Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Deep End Of The Ocean
By Jacob Clifton | Season 5 | Episode 13 | Aired on 08.31.2009
At Pilar's fundraiser, Nancy looks so fucking incredible. When you're already the prettiest woman in existence it's hard to really make it pop, but sometimes she looks so good it makes me want to cry. She sits all alone in a corner with the women, watching Esteban and Pilar work the crowd. It's what he was born to do.
Silas informs us/Shane that Nancy's already got Adelita booked on a flight to a rehab in Arizona. "It was weird seeing Esteban cry," he says, and I agree. Shane gives a resounding "fucking idiots" to the situation, or the world at large, and downs more champagne. When Silas tells him to slow down, he says just because he "enjoys the bubbles" doesn't mean he's going to become an IV drug user. "No," says Silas, "You 'like pain' too much." Shane just laughs.
When Shane asks why Silas ended up staying in America, Silas is honest: "Because it looked like you were going to go off the deep end, and I wanted to be around to jump in." Shane assures him that he'll be fine, and he should still go, but Silas scoffs. After all, there's also Nancy to worry about. "The Teflon warrior?" Shane laughs, but Silas knows: "One day her luck's gonna run out." Shane heads off for more champagne, but they both know it's true.
Cesar glumly approaches Nancy and they talk about appetizers for a bit before he tells her to get used to this. "The role you're playing. Pilar, and her ways." Pilar smiles over at Nancy, condescendingly, and Nancy grits her teeth. "I'm not prepared to get used to Pilar and her ways. I'm prepared in other ways." Cesar doesn't show quite the interest he should, as though he already knows something Nancy doesn't, and then runs off in the direction of sliders. (Mexicans eating white people food is hilarious! I wonder if Heylia's still making those panini of hers, wherever she might be.) Nancy approaches Esteban, ready to leave, and he pulls her to him in defiance of Pilar. "I'm sorry, Nancy. I'm sorry about everything," he whispers into her neck. She hugs him back, because it's going to be okay.
"That's life. Shane told me: Something happened today, something else will happen tomorrow." Esteban seems to understand, and offers her his jacket as she's leaving. "I'm not going anywhere, you know." She kisses him goodbye. "Tell the boys I'll meet them at the car?" He can't believe she's trusting him with her kids, but she just smiles sadly. "We're all broken."
("If we picture Agrestic as an airplane, a grand soaring jet carrying us through the sky, I think you all need to understand: There are motherfucking snakes on this motherfucking plane.")