Episode Report Card LuluBates: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Euthanasia Euphemism
By LuluBates | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 12.03.2008
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.In the Drama of the Week, a woman is eight months pregnant and her baby is breech. And did I mention that she's in a coma? Awesome! Of course, I already saw the movie on Lifetime, but this has Addison! Addison insists on surgery, but the woman's not-quite husband demands that the baby be delivered naturally. When Comama's parents disagree it's a courthouse procedural wrapped inside a medical drama -- more bang for the buck!
Speaking of bangs, Addison has been taking care of SWAT while he recuperates from his gunshot wound. He has an awesome scar and even more awesome facial scruff. How could Lorelai ever have divorced that?
Speaking of bangs, again, Violet's patient killed Sam's patient. While you might think it was the police's job to sort out whether it was a mercy killing or a murder, Violet decides to play Lenny Briscoe. With the help of SWAT (yes, Addison's SWAT, he's bored, okay?) Violet makes a fateful realization and outs her own patient. Luckily he waived all claims of patient-doctor privilege. They made sure to mention that for once. Yay writers!
Speaking of writers, they had a field day today when randomly deciding which of our merry cast of characters' back stories includes donations to Planned Parenthood and which include drafting hate mail to Gloria Steinem. Turns out even our soon-to-be midwife is anti-choice. Baby killing hijinks ensue! And who is spearheading that baby killing? Meg! Pete's erstwhile ersatz girlfriend has encamped at Oceanside Wellness much to his privacy's and the anti-choice movement's chagrin.
Did someone mention chagrin? Charlotte is totally regretting hiding her career aspirations from Cooper. He is completely pissed and isn't looking conciliatory at all, despite Charlotte's pleading and apologizing. Maybe she should try frosting herself again!
See our reasons why any patient should avoid Oceanside Wellness Center. Come back on Friday for our full weecap.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Violet is suffering from a postmodern Hopper-esque frumpiness -- eating Chinese alone on the couch and talking to her television. When the phone rings she thinks it is Cooper, but it's Doug. Doug? When Violet rushes to Doug's house she is greeted at the door and quickly follows him upstairs. She doesn't notice that he is covered in blood and carrying a gun, so we can cross "attention to detail" off of Violet's list of attributes. When the gun is waved in her face and Doug's wife appears to be headless, Violet finally realizes that something is horribly wrong in the House of Doug. Sam and Cooper play racquetball and wish their ex-wives/ex-girlfriends were dead. Seriously! What a perfect segue! Artfully done, writers! Mid-game Sam gets a call and runs off. Meg and Pete discuss how bored she is. She is bored enough to jog, which I think we can all agree is really bored. She's been jogging so much her thighs ache! Oh, I smell a dirty insinuation in the works. Pete hugs her and tells her he knows it is frustrating being in a new place. Then he offers to hurt her thighs in non-running ways. I knew it! I love this show. Addison gives SWAT a sponge bath. He complains about it. As if!
Doug is still covered in blood. Sam can't figure out why Doug shot his wife. Doug claims a shot in the head is way faster than hemlock tea for those inclined to assisted suicide. Sam scratches his head and suggests that palliative care may have been a slightly better option than shooting his wife in the head. But Sam, it's no fun to watch Reiki massage, pain management therapies, and acupuncture! A bullet to the head is quality television! The cops are already at the house. They ask Sam and Violet for their thoughts on the situation. As Doug's therapist, Violet refuses to say anything. Sam as Doug's now-deceased wife's doctor feels more at liberty to discuss the fact that Karen and Doug had a troubled marriage and Doug was planning on leaving her before she was diagnosed. Violet cuts off Sam. Their conversations were privileged. The cops take Doug away. Sam is not at all happy about any of this. Violet is very calm and collected, though.
Cooper is patiently waiting for the elevator when Charlotte enters the lobby. Man does he wish she was dead, or what? Cooper claims the elevator is his territory and she has to use the stairs. Charlotte tells him he has one more day to grovel in his immaturity, and then he has to grow up and discuss the situation. He tells her to go to hell and he enunciates it really, really clearly so she doesn't miss a syllable.