Episode Report Card Erin: C | 1 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Blowback? Blow me.
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2004
Then Syd and Vaughn exit and Vancouver Dude says his "Please! Don't do this!" line, only this time, we know that he's really saying that to Lauren, who's standing just off to the side. Vancouver Dude shoots, Syd and Vaughn run, and Lauren, who somehow instinctively knows that neither Syd nor Vaughn have been killed (what, can she see through walls now?), pumps a bullet into Vancouver Dude. Syd and Vaughn come back out, and The Chase of the Shooter begins anew, only this time? Damon Albarn and his mates are along for the ride. I'm telling you, the repeat of this whole scene only worked for me because "Song 2" was being used. I actually got up and danced. Complete with that head-slam thing I used to do in college when I'd go see Soundgarden at the Aragon Ballroom and I'd wake up the next morning, smelling like the bottom of someone's combat boot, and my constant head bobbing from the previous evening would ensure that I'd only be able to turn my neck a quarter inch to the left and a half inch to the right for the rest of the weekend. Ah. Good times.
Hee. The closed captioning says "Blur: Whoo-hoo! Whoo-hoo!" Hee hee hee. Right. The chase. It's the same as the first time around, only we get glimpses of Lauren and Sark in the interior of their Mustang. "They're right behind us!" Lauren snits. "Yes, thank you, I can see that," retorts Sark. Heh. Chasing and chasing and chasing and shoving the car into the street and CRASH and the Mustang gets away. Apparently, car chases get Lauren hot, because she orders Sark to pull over immediately and jumps his bones right there in the front seat. And I gotta say, I found it kind of sexy. In a funny way. Especially when Lauren pulls back and her lip is bleeding and that totally gets Sark all hot and bothered and he flips back his car seat…which turns into him flipping back onto a bed with Lauren on top of him. Now THAT'S the kind of snappy editing I like to see on this show! And there are boobs! And Blur! And David Anders having sex! Oh, it's all good, people. It's all good.
After the break, we check in with Vaughn, who's coming out of Marshall's office, talking to Lauren on his cell. She, of course, is lying next to the naked Sark. More naked Sark, please! And could someone tell the director that if he wants us to believe that Sark and Lauren had some mind-blowing, room-quaking sex, her wig would be flung across the top of a lamp somewhere and NOT STILL ON HER DAMN HEAD? But I will say that the smudged makeup and absent lipstick are nice touches. It's the little things that bring me joy. Vaughn and Lauren chat, then Lauren puts him on hold for a second. She turns to Sark and, as he's kissing her arm and shoulder, goes, "I'm working." Heh. He just leans over and kisses her. Lauren gets back on with Vaughn and tells him she has to go. She hangs up, and Sark wonders aloud if she thinks Vaughn and Syd spotted them. Lauren doesn't think so.