Episode Report Card Demian: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shannen sings!
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 24 | Aired on 01.19.1997
Kidding. I want to get this done at some point before my fortieth birthday. Either keep up on your own or stop reading. House Delta. Alison informs her mates on the brunch line of the discovery of Brad’s body behind Club Rendez-vous earlier that morning. The gals agree that pepper spray is A Good Thing. Shannen draws Alison aside to ask her opinion of Chloë’s performance. "I got chills," Alison gushes. "So did Sammy!" She cuts herself short when she notices Shannen’s expression. "I’m sorry. Is everything okay?" "Fine," Shannen lies. "Everything’s great." Cut to the Lair of the Adolescent. Dawson proudly screens his All-Chloë, All-The-Time rough edit of the video. Shannen glowers darkly from the sofa. Dawson pauses the tape to allow Sammy and Nick a little exposition moment about Brad’s corpse. Chloë’s a bit too casually dismissive. Nick and Shannen roll their eyes. Shannen asks Dawson when he plans to reschedule the club shoot. Sammy and Dawson hem and haw and stutter and stammer. And mumble and mutter. Shannen demands to know what gives. Seems the band -- sans Nick and Shannen, of course -- decided it would be better for Shannen and Chloë to "trade off" on lead vocals. Simon tries to finesse the announcement a bit by blathering about differing vocal styles attracting a broader audience. Nick orders him to shove it. "This is not the band I signed up for," he states as he rises to his feet. Shannen prevents him from leaving. She gently suggests that they mull over this particular option a bit more after they’ve rehearsed the new song she wrote with Nick. Nick relents, and the others tentatively agree to her plan. South Pasadena. Shannen confers with her mother over the Scary Psycho Bitch with which she’s saddled herself. "All of my sorority sisters love her," Shannen notes of Chloë’s newfound friends. "But secretly I just want to smash her face in." "That doesn’t sound like you," Mom replies. Shannen agrees, adding that she hasn’t felt in control of herself or her life since Chloë came on the scene. Mom counsels patience. "So she’s singing a couple of songs you used to. The band’s not everything." Shannen strenuously disagrees, but Mother begs to differ. "You have your family, your friends, and your education." Shannen smirks that perhaps Mother is right -- perhaps she has been too single-minded of late. "I haven’t said two words to Simon since [Chloë] joined the band," Shannen realizes, and determines to patch things up with the boyfriend immediately.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25Next