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Bunheads- “I’ll Be Your Meyer Lanksy”
Bunheads seemed a bit all over the place this week, just like it’s sister show beforehand, Switched at Birth. All the characters all involved in some story, but none of it comes together. Last week, Sasha was told she needs to choose to move with her mother or father, but she hasn’t packed a thing. Her mother just gives her the keys and leaves. (How a mother could just leave behind her 16 year old daughter is beyond me, but anyway….) She has an empty house for 2 weeks until the next family moves in, but where is she going to live? How is she going to support herself? I figured she would just go to Michelle, but we’ll probably find more about that next week.
The accountant still has an issue with Fanny and Michelle: They are losing money. Fanny is still not charging half her students, and all of this land is just sitting there. Accountant suggests to make profit somehow like pony rides or something, just to get some income. So Michelle and Fanny have some crazy idea of building an amphitheater, and Millie wants in on it. WIthout consulting Fanny, Michelle agrees, because Millie has the money to invest, but it upsets Truly in the mean time. Millie always wins, but Michelle pointed out that she wasn’t her friend, just merely a business partner. Also, she never got Hubell. Man, that guy’s presence will always creepily be there.
Guess what? Hottie bartender GODOT returns. But, I really don’t care. He and Michelle shared a kiss, and the bunheads ant her to go for it again, but Michelle messes it up. After finding out she was a few credits shy of a diploma, she is down in the dumps. She also assumes GODOT is a high school dropout, but he has his masters in oceanography. I don’t know why she would assume that he’s a dropout because he bartends at a crappy restaurant.
Boo is missing this week, so we get more time with Ginny and Melanie. The kids at school are still interested in Frankie and Cozette, but I am so done with them. They are so popular and interesting because everyone says they are. They know sign language (They should have went to Carlton), and even win trivia night! The show makes it seem that the Frankie/Ginny thing might happen, but I still don’t care.
Also back: Melanie’s annoying brother, Charlie. Turns out, he was a really sweet guy to his girlfriend who publicly dumped him in the school hallways. This upsets Melanie and shows that she actually cares for her brother, she yanks his ex’s ponytail and knocks her to the floor, which was the funniest thing I’ve seen all day.She knocks down GODOT as well, too bad he didn’t have a ponytail.
Random Remarks:
-Millie named Sparkles. Truly was right, woman gets everything!
-Melanie’s yank made The Soup’s clip of the week.
-Cozette suggests Melanie to try out for the roller derby.
-Michelle refers to junior college as “baby college”.
-“We won’t be long, we talk fast!”
Bunheads- “Channing Tatum is a Fine Actor”
There are new faces in Paradise, and our little Bunheads aren’t really fond of them. Cosette and Frankie, the new brother/sister students just happen to be those insanely talented kids who seem like they could do anything. Cosette is an excellent dancer, so its clear that the girls would be jealous of her being the MVP of Fanny’s school. I wish we could have seen Fanny’s reaction to the new girl, but she was MIA for some reason. All they know about the new kids is that they talented and have picnic lunches with wine. The girls vote Ginny to get the scoop from Frankie, who seems very reminiscent of fellow network bad boy Caleb from Pretty Little Liars. He even figured out Ginny’s name was Virginia even before I did.
My second favorite ship of ABC Family has returned: Boo and Carl! (COO!) Feelings are still there 6 weeks apart, so they are officially a couple! They are even doing coupley things like meeting each other’s parents. Boo’s parents are more carefree and welcoming to embarrassing stories, while Carl’s are the opposite. They make Boo feel uncomfortable and throwing her off with many questions. She gets flustered, and excuses herself from the table, but she overhears something shocking! She may be the one he wants to marry! This freaks Boo out, but then she sees how sweet he is and accepts his non-proposal. Carl just mentioned that to his parents to keep them quiet. Boo is a bit discouraged, but both realize that it would have been too soon and will hold off on any planning.
Sasha is still avoiding going home, so she sneaks over to the dance studio to meet Roman. (He always seems to be hiding in the bushes and Michelle knows. She invented that!) Last week gave a preview of Sasha’s parents divorcing. She’s given an ultimatum: Move away with her father or move away with her mother. Sasha’s life is clearly in Paradise, so she won’t be going anywhere. The way that the Michelle/Sasha relationship is going, i think Sasha will be crashing on Michelle’s couch for awhile.
Michelle is already having an uninvited guest: Truly and her store. Truly hasn’t paid her rent in months and her landlord has been unreasonably raising the price. She uses Michelle’s space to do some business and go to town on some wine. Michelle offers to help Truly negotiate with her landlord, Millie, who happens to be her sister and played by Liza Weil. (OMG GUYS, PARIS!) Sister drama ensues, and it turns out that truly stole Hubbell away from Millie. Since she was completely unaware, Michelle had to explain who she was exactly. I guess Millie doesn’t hang around town often, but hopes she stops by again real soon.
Random Remarks:
-I am glad this title’s episode was said during the episode because it is lovely.
-Sasha’s mom- “You have a choice, Sophie.” I missed that the first time.
- I too, would love to hear Michelle’s version of “the talk”. I assume it’s very colorful.
-I really hope you all are enjoying ABC Family Monday nights as much as I do. I love the back to back pairing of Bunheads and Switched at Birth, especially since they aren’t the typical kind of high school shows or high school kids. Remember Melanie quoting The Breakfast Club some episodes back? It probably came out 20 years after she was born.
Bunheads- “You Wanna See Something?”
It’s a very ABC Family day on TDHN, with winter premieres galore! (Switched At Birth review to follow) My favorite new show from last summer returns: Bunheads! In the mid-season finale, Michelle left Paradise after macing the entire cast of The Nutcracker. Where does she end up? Back to her Vegas roots, of course! She is the backup dancer/poser for a lame magician’s act that barely anyone wants to see. Ironically enough, the tagline for the magician is “You want to see something?”, and Michelle tells him that it’s redundant because people showed up. Michelle is miserable, sleeping on Dahlia’s couch, feeling unwelcomed by her grandfatherly boyfriend and eating his food. (He also wonders if her hoohah is broken.)
Back in Paradise, Fanny is watching old videos of Michelle and the girls during class. The studio is now used as a storage unit (someone needed to store their canoe somewhere), and she also discovers a DVD from Hubell and Michelle’s wedding. Michelle was just a drunken mess, but Hubell is as clear headed as can be. Michelle probably had too much beer, so she had to head to the ladies room. Hubell tells the camera guy they can cut that part out and let another wedding go before them, but it was unedited. It’s exactly what Fanny needed to see. Hubell loved Michelle so dearly, as he admits it to the cameraman. He wanted her to have a life with her in Paradise, and thought she would have been happier. This causes Fanny to go to Vegas and convince Michelle to come back home. (It still is technically her home.) Fanny leaves the wedding DVD with her for her to make up her mind. Fanny just wants to honor her son by bringing Michelle back and making her happy. We knew that would make her come back this episode, how much longer would we take sad Michelle on the couch in Vegas?
Without and dance classes, the girls needed to take up new hobbies. Ginny worked with her mom’s real estate agency (is she old enough to do that?), Melanie spends time with her gramps at The Oyster Bar (“He likes coming here, I don’t know why!), and Boo is running around the house babysitting as her pregnant mother is on bed rest. During half the episode, they discuss if a certain package has arrived. The package turns out to be Sasha, who spent the summer at Joffrey. Sasha isn’t ready to go home, she’s afraid to go back to her parents, but none of the girls can take her. She sneaks into Michelle’s guest house and invites Bauhaus t shirt boy she met at the hospital. As they are about to kiss, Michelle returns and Sasha could not be happier. You thought maybe Michelle would have been upset that Sasha snuck into her place with a boy, but it just turns into the sweetest moment in the episode. Michelle notions boy to leave, and Sasha spends the night at Michelle’s.
Random Remarks:
-Next week’s episode looks like a divorce for Sasha’s parents-and possibly moving away?
-Hubell makes an 80s movie reference: “Ducky got Molly.” Oh, Cameron!
- Truly’s cardboard box kitchen was insane and genius at the same time.
-The nutcracker macing auto tuned video was also amazingly genius when the class danced to it when Michelle returned.
Bunheads-“A Nutcracker in Paradise”
Michelle as I like her best, smiling and eating Chinese.
Christmas in July has returned to ABC Family in the Bunheads summer finale. Madame Fanny’s dance school is finally premiering their Nutcracker routine we’ve been hearing about the whole season. Things won’t go as planned, because why would they? This is television after all.
The opening scene, Michelle surprises Fanny with a performance, including Sasha! Fanny is stunned, but loved the performance. Now that Sasha is over her gothy-to-cheerleader phase, she can go back to being Clara. In Sasha’s absence, Fanny called up another girl, who is nicknamed the ringer, to replace her. it’s not that Fanny doesn’t have the heart to tell Sasha, she is just terrified of the ringer. She is super serious and doesn’t clown around. Sasha tries to tell her, but ringer won’t take no for an answer. Eventually, Sasha wins her part back.
Fanny also wants Michelle to take more responsibility in the school, as she wants to spend more time with Michael in the mountains. (Michelle’s Brokeback Mountain joke was excellent.)Michelle is doing her best to help promote the performances and rents out the Oyster Bar for free. (A town where everyone helps each other out!) It includes a short make out session with GODOT, but from what I recall, he is going to Australia, to do stuff. Ginny and Melanie cannot talk about Charlie, because that Mel’s brother, gross! They agree not to talk about it, but now they barely talk. When Charlie and Ginny hung out, they tried sticking Charlie’s equally annoying friend with Melanie. In better news, Boo apologizes to Carl, on stage, in front of EVERYONE. Totally ballsy and sweet, and of course she won Carl back. And they did their Ginger and Fred dance to a version of “The Rainbow Connection”. I think Cupid just hit me with an arrow.
One downfall at the Oyster Bar: Michelle talks with Micheal about Fanny’s plan. We find out he wasn’t on board with it once Fanny told her he just left. They basically had an open relationship for 30 years, and that was comfortable for them. Fanny is upset with Michelle, but the show must go on, and Michelle premieres her Vegas Slut Bag! It includes everything in that emergency situation. Instead of spraying the girls with water, she accidentally picks up her MACE. YEAH, THAT HAPPENED. Performances were cancelled, parents are complaining, everything is just a hot mess. Michelle even has another performance dream, which includes an appearance from Hubell! GHOST HUBELL. Michelle just wants to turn in and give up, but the girls stick up for her with “Oh Captain, My Captain.” That’s how it ended for me, so I hope my DVR didn’t cut off much.
Alright, everyone. Thanks for sticking with me and my new favorite show this year, I’ll be back reviewing once it returns, late winter/early spring. To fill my hole, I will review another ABC Family vehicle- Switched at Birth. Hope you’ll join me there!
Random Remarks:
-Ginny talks about Charlie to another student, who is 12! Her mother would be so disappointed to hear that filth!
-Michelle’s Vegas slut bag is a genius invention, and should be sold at all Rite Aids around the world.
-Sasha has a new boy interest, so I’m sure we’ll see more of him in a few months.
-I’m sad to see Michael go, but this show needs Kelly Bishop. She is just fabulous, and ASP wouldn’t play us like that!
Bunheads- “Blank Up, It’s Time”
Fanny is back, and she brought company! Is it her boyfriend, or just a one time thing? I wonder which was more awkward: Michelle finding out about Fanny’s gentlemen caller, or her conversation with him about kinky breakfast?
Fanny’s man friend Michael (played by Richard Gant, most recently as Owen Sr. on MOACA!) is an old friend, an excellent pianist who’s always touring. Whenever he ends up in Paradise, they get together. Fanny is playing the old friend card, but we ain’t buying it! Get it Fanny.
Fanny is back to teaching her first class,(sharing strong opinions on cheer leading) and Sasha is still in bitch mode. She removed her hoodie to show tan lines from a bathing suit. We know of Fanny’s strict rules from last week, so that was not going to slide. She gives a very unapologetic apology and Fanny takes her out of her signature Fred Astaire/ Ginger Rogers dance and gives it to Boo. Not only is Sasha replaced, so was her partner. Boo’s partner is now Carl, and she’s kind of nervous about that. I feel she doesn’t think he can dance as well as the other boy, or that she’s taller than him. That can be awkward for them both, but they make it work! Carl comes off as a bit weird and stalkerish, as he scares her from behind while she’s working. He was helping her clean up and pouring water for other customers. he also talks about being a Jew and making homemade lasagna, so that automatically makes him a winner.
Fanny has free tickets to a local theater, and drags Michelle along. Michelle is already having problems with a woman who wouldn’t move for her to get through, so she’s clearly ready to be miserable. Both women during intermission are questioning what’s happening in the play, but Michelle shares similar banter with the director in the back. She was stuck in the back from returning to the bathroom too late, and wanted to avoid confrontation with the difficult woman. They exchange numbers, and Fanny basically tells her to get some. Michelle says she’d never do that with someone she just met, but ends up in bed with him the next day. Things seem to be going well, until she starts crying. It was the first time she’s been with someone since the night Hubbell died. She feels embarrassed, but the director says she could stay.
The next day Michelle just shares with Fanny that she was thinking of Hubbell. Before the class practices, Carl invites Boo over to hang out, but Ginny and Melanie answer for her, making him feel like a loser. Boo doesn’t really defend him or her feelings, but I don’t think that will ruin their relationship, as they share a kiss next week? Hey now! Coming in late as usual, Sasha in full goth mode (blue streaks!) and has the fastest banter in Palladino history with Fanny where she admits that she doesn’t need these classes- because she can’t do cheer leading and dance. Fanny tells her to leave, and we’ll see how long goth Sasha will last. I’ll give it a week.
Random Remarks:
-We see the girls in a new location: school! On a Saturday?
- Boo feels horrible about taking Sasha’s dance, so she treats her to a special dessert, with Tabasco sauce?
-Melanie spits out a Spinal Tap reference. They know what that is?
-Now that Boo has Carl, I hope we can erase Melanie’s stinky brother from the picture.
Bunheads- “What’s Your Damage, Heather?”
We are Fanny-less a second week in a row on Bunheads, and I’m sure she’ll be back next week. Michelle is on her own once again- she’s overtired, disoriented and her parade is being rained on-literally. This Michelle is much different than last week’s birthday party girl- a total 360 to what she eventually becomes the Head Bitch in Charge.
Boo’s keeping track of Michelle’s busy teaching schedule. It looks like this is the first time in Michelle’s life that she was working a 9-5 job. She’s so used to working late and sleeping in all day. It’s also the first time Michelle is in control of anything. She feels some dripping water on her head, and finds out that some pipe is leaking in the girls locker room. Before she thinks of calling the plumber, she leaves Fanny an amazing message where is talking on behalf of both of them. She finds a guy-with an eye patch, who isn’t the greatest, or actually fixes the problem, small towns, right? Truly helps out the best she can, because her and Michelle are going to be best friends. (I smell bromance! Come on, she left work to help her out!)
Since this is Fanny’s school, the dancers must follow her rules. Most importantly, showing up right on time. Sasha sashays in 15 minutes late, telling the girls she did not get punished, but she was treated to a spa day! (I do not believe any of this, didn’t you see the look on her dad’s face last week?) Once classes are over for the day, Michelle is drying the carpet with a hairdryer, so it doesn’t smell like mildew. The girls offer their help, by using their own hairdryer for 3 hours. Michelle treats them to dinner at the Oyster Bar, and Michelle discusses her past with men and how much fun she had. We finally meet Ginny’s boyfriend since second grade, and it’s their 8 year anniversary (can i puke now?). Michelle is astounded that she’s been with the same guy for that long at her age. What could their best memories be, watching Barney and The Teletubbies?
For the time being, Michelle let the girls use her place and they take advantage of that. They go through her drawers, sit on her bed, snooping in every way possible. Except for Boo, cause she’s the nicest. Later, Michelle finds Sasha wearing one of her shirts. Sasha denies it to her face, which is dumb cause Siegfried and Roy gave that to her! Sasha waltzes in late once again, and Michelle will not have it. She takes her to the side and just freaks out on her. She is not ready for all this responsibility, and puts her in her place. Hopefully this is the end of bitchy Sasha.
What Michelle said affected Ginny’s “feelings” for Josh. She realized that she’s young, and this routine is getting boring and she eventually dumps him. Ginny’s mother (who is the real estate lady? Did I miss something?) basically threatens removing Ginny from the school, as long as Fanny’s back. I don’t think she really cares about her daughter’s relationship, she just wanted a handy guy to fix everything. I’m betting she’s the parent I will hate the most.
The episode ends with Boo’s mother giving Michelle motherly advice, being that the only mother figure she has is still vacating. She tells her not to be so hard on herself and that she does make a difference in the girls’ lives. Boo is very fond of her, and talks high of her. Boo’s mom is a good mother figure, although she seems to forget her son at car washes and grocery stores, she probably has a lot on her plate. Although that failure cake idea was terrible, we might be able to put behind it. She gave Michelle cookies and a juice box, so doesn’t that qualify being a good mother?
Random Remarks:
-Michelle calls Zumba Roomba. Is she really 36? She doesn’t even know what Twitter or Yelp is!
-Why Michelle and I could be friends- the peanut butter jar next to her bed and apologizing to the birds as she poured water all over them.
-Another pirate joke that could have worked- Eye Patch Adams.
-Now that Ginny is off the market, Melanie’s crummy brother is interested and wants Boo to put in a good word. WHY DO YOU LIKE HIM, GIRLFRIEND? He looks like he needs to throw himself in the shower.
-Truly’s mini fling with the pirate! When Michelle asks if they have history (I wanna say yes) but she claims that she’s still in love with Hubbell. She needs to get over it and start to grow up.
Bunheads- “Money For Nothing”
I’m pretty sure the opening of this week’s Bunheads was one of my worst nightmares: waking up in bed with a possum. Seriously, have you seen a possum up close and personal? (Did you see that thing HISS?) It’s not cute. Believe me, they roam Brooklyn once that sun sets….
Enough about my personal nightmares, back to Bunheads! After Michelle’s traumatic experience, she goes into the house to find Truly and Fanny dealing with expenses. By the way truly was freaking out, it looks like Fanny is deep in debt. Fanny tries to brush it away like it’s not a problem, but eventually, you gotta pay those bills! Michelle finds Fanny a real accountant, because Truly is not capable of doing it. She looks like she’s going to have a nervous breakdown for Fanny. After meeting with Mr. Accountant, we learn that not everyone of Fanny’s students pay- only 9 of them do. (“NINE?!”)
Since Fanny is out of money, Michelle demands that everyone must pay, being that Fanny is running a business. This results in Michelle apologizing to everyone on the phone to get them to do their big show. Michelle also suggests to open more paying classes, such as Zumba and toddler classes. Fanny teaches 30 classes a week already, and asks Michelle to teach. She is certainly trained enough to be, but Michelle is stubborn. Fanny says, “Just because you teach doesn’t mean it’s over.” Even temporarily, Fanny can use all the help she can get. Once the performance is over, Michelle was in love with it and maybe she’ll give a second thought about teaching.
Back in Ballerina World…. Boo gets a job as a waitress at the local oyster restaurant. And her manager is a dumb teenage boy who makes her jump in the dumpster. His ego is definitely bigger than his obsession on going to college. In the picture above, the girls are at said oyster restaurant in fancy dresses. This place seems like a dump, why are they all dolled up? Here is the reason, and let’s say hello to him:
Hello! Or here, we say hey now.
The Bartender, Goudot (apparently a French sounding name?) just got back from surfing around the world. Tubular! Sasha tries to get a drink at the bar but fails miserably. (she comes back with a glass of cherries.) He forms a friendship with Boo, as he finds her in the dumpster. He didn’t like teenage boy manager bossing her around, and said to ignore basically whatever he says. He even gives the shirt off his back (yet another reason to be shirtless, thank you) since hers was full of sauce. He gave her a cd of his to listen to, Boo claims they are only friends, even though she has his coconut scented shirt. We will see where their relationship leads to next week…
Random thoughts:
I loved Michelle as the older gal of the group embarrassing the teens like she was the mother. Isn’t she like 25 in real life?
Sasha’s comment on the cd: “How modern.” People still use CDS, SASHA!
Teenage boy manager named all the tables after colleges. I guess no one needs to tell him to stay in school.
Bunheads- “Better Luck Next Year”
We were Bunhead-less last week, but our favorite summer dialogue is back! Michelle is moving into the guest house…with all of her unwanted crap from Vegas. Her former landlord just shipped her everything that was in it, including a grandfather clock. (“Hello grandfather!”) Fanny is getting ready to spruce her studio up for the dreaded Joffrey auditions (whom I think is run by Game of Thrones’ Joffrey because they just sound evil). Fanny wants Michelle to pull a Copperfield and make it all disappear. (A Vegas reference!)
Unfortunately, Joffrey called off having the auditions there for a much nicer studio in Ohi, a town 30 miles away. Fanny refuses to go there, or any other town it seems. Michelle stops by the town hardware store and tries seducing them into paying them later. She fails horribly. Later in the episode, Fanny picks up a guy (that just showed up in the car, or maybe I was dreaming),who will fix up the floors with a I.O.U. and using her womanliness. The Joffrey people change their mind and have the auditions at Fanny’s.
In ballerina world, we only deal with Boo and Sasha. Boo sort of stood up for Sasha’s bitchiness, and I think Sasha realizes that. She’s being nicer to Boo, but is being brushed off. She is just focused on nailing her audition. She is also put down a bit by her mother (who seemed to have a great relationship) when she discovers a cake in her fridge with the message, “Better Luck Next Year!” written in bright yellow, before her audition. (Ouch. Exclamation point!) Boo’s pair of ballet slippers snap after only 2 months, and fears her mother won’t buy her a new pair. Sasha takes money from her mother so she can have them. She tells her her father bought her the wrong size, so she can use them. (Seems like Sasha grabbed a 50. Is that how much they cost? Oi.)
After going through the audition, Boo doesn’t make it. Fanny tells one of the girls to get the ‘box’ of wigs and other items. She makes her go back into the audition with different colored wigs and fake names. Still, Irina and Selma didn’t make it, but they tell her to come back next year. Sasha makes it, but Boo still waits for her to fill out her paperwork. BFFs for life!
From what I gathered from next week’s clip, there is some long haired shirtless man with a delivery? Maybe a love interest for Michelle? Can I get a Hey Now?
Bunheads- “Inherit the Wind”
Last week’s episode left us with Michelle being the sole owner of Fanny’s home and dance studio. She thought that was all she owned, but with the help from annoying realtor, there was so much more….about 7 acres.
Michelle hasn’t owned much of anything before. She admitted committing 6 months to lease an apartment was overwhelming. Now that she owns all this land, in the course of 2 days, what’s a girl to do? Realtor lady tries convincing her to sell it all. She explains all the work that has to be done would cost a lot of time and money. Fanny sees Michelle and Realtor lady talking and knows what she’s up to. Small town, everyone knows who’s who. She yells at Michelle on why she would sell the house. Michelle isn’t selling anything, Realtor lady just showed up with a taco casserole and a magnet. (“A MAGNET?”)
Michelle and Fanny argue a little more, but Michelle just cannot deal with all of this so she goes for a drive in a car she now owns. Hubbell fixed a classic car with all new pieces from the internet. Her ride does not last long, and her car is stuck in a private road. She calls to get it towed, but can’t being that she’s 3 feet over the private road. She gets zip tied and Fanny has to pick her up like her 15 year old daughter vandalized. Once she gets home, she tries to get his car back talking up Bill, the guy who lives on the private road. The town heard he was a mean guy, but turns out he’s real cool and not named Bill. He calls his friend and tows her car off his road.
At the end, Michelle pours some wine for Fanny and herself. She explains that her home and studio are still hers, and they should just get really drunk tonight and start over tomorrow. So Vegas of you, Michelle!
In the ballerina portion of the show, the girls enter an ugliest feet contest. (Ew, feet) The only girl we learn more about is Sasha,(other than Boo having a crush on Melanie’s brother) the mean girl who seeks perfection. The girls talk about her in the locker room, but Boo says she just has problems at home and takes everything out on them. Sasha’s mother picks her up after class, and she could be a body double for a Real Housewife of Orange County. Checking her makeup in the car mirror, barely paying any attention to her daughter. Michelle finds her late in class, but Sasha claims her parents won’t know because they wouldn’t bother to check. Sasha begs for attention in class because she is ignored by her parents at home.The girls simply think she’s a bitch just because. People are quick to judge, but sometimes they have to stop themselves before they assume anything.
Did Michelle end up returning that Corgy?
Bunheads- “For Fanny”
Last Week’s Bunheads left us on a somber note: Hubbell is dead, and the town is unsure on how to deal with it. Fanny certainly has too much going on in her mind that she can’t even remember that she’s a dance teacher. Tragic things will do that, especially the loss of a child. It’s every parent’s worst nightmare.
Michelle, who still barely knows anybody, wants to help out somehow. Fanny and her crew (who I hope make weekly appearances) are trying to plan the perfect memorial that her son would appreciate. Fanny’s demands are over the top, such as renting the Intrepid and the actual Dalai Llama himself, because the cocktail napkins with his face on it wouldn’t be enough. Michelle goes inside thinking she’s alone, but in comes Truly, with a plate of food. (People don’t know what to when someone dies, so people just send food. People gotta eat, right? This is all too familiar to me from personal experience.) Truly’s childlike jealously lashes at her, saying she is to blame. Instead of fighting over it, Michelle agrees.
Even the girls are puzzled, and can’t even realize right away that Hubbell died. The girls ditch their gym class and find Boo in Spanish, in which they they cut the rest of the day to the movies. That results in them being late to class, even though it’s not even happening. Sasha is particularly annoyed that no one is doing anything, but she walks into the house just to see Fanny crying on the couch. Michelle is basically doing the same by herself, but no one is ready to face reality just yet.
Michelle wanders the town, getting lost in the process. An old man in a van asked her to walk his dog and now she has an adorable Corgy! She stumbles into a surf bar where the owners and the rest of the town know her as: The sex at the party girl. She is now receiving phone calls from caterers and sitar players regarding the memorial, when one of Fanny’s girlfriends finds her. She knows that Fanny is not herself, and how could she be? Although Michelle is new in town, she is probably the only person that could but this together.
Boo gets Fanny’s attention by letting her know she missed class and that leaky sink. She enters to a candlelit walkway and all her closest friends in attendance. The girls perform a number to a Tom Waits song, since that’s what was in Hubbell’s cd player. It was a really nice moment, and something that’s so depressing didn’t necessarily have to be.
At the end, we meet a lawyer friend of Hubbell’s who wants to discuss paperwork. Michelle and Fanny both seem confused. It’s regarding his will, as he left everything to Michelle. TWIST TIMES 2. Would this mean a possible suicide? Or was he just so prepared that his will was ready to go? We’ll probably never know. I wonder if this show will always end with a twist….
There were a lot of good moments tonight, so I’ll just name a few:
This Corgy BETTER be a featured character from this day forward.
Fanny wants everyone to wear white at the memorial, but they’ll either look like a cult or a karate class.
“They laugh at me like I’m Ellen!”
I wish I had a good excuse to get out of gym class.
