Fashion Victims

S01E06

Back at the studio, Debbie's boss reviews her prints. He compliments her heartily as Harry walks in to pick the whole gang up. Harry greets Adrianna, then cluelessly says to Annie that things seem to be looking up between she and her theatrical arch-nemesis. Annie gives him a lukewarm response, and Harry displays once again his complete lack of a grasp on principal's ethics by telling Annie about Adrianna's (obvious, but still unproven) drug problem. It doesn't faze Annie, though, who is always one step ahead of him -- and unabashed in telling him so.

Back at Clark Compound, we find Naomi and Ethan in flagrante. She asks whether he still loves her. She says he hasn't said it much lately. He's saved by the Crazy Eyes as Mrs. Clark walks up in a hot little minidress. Naomi says the guys will be falling all over her at the fashion show. Once she's out of range, Naomi adds, "At least my daddy will!" Ethan, God bless him, tries to inform her that she's not living The Parent Trap, but she brushes it off, tells him to go home to change, and pushes him out the door as a devious glint sparks in her eyes.

It's fashion show time! Debbie takes photos, inadvertently bumping Annie back into, as luck would have it, a lady who saw her magical performance in Spring Awakening. We all suspend our disbelief long enough to hear this walking, talking plot device ask Annie to come read for a part in her new high-school cheerleader slasher flick. To the show's credit, at least the content and concept of the movie sound on par with Annie's craptacular acting skills.

All the while, Adrianna stands in the shadows and gets her pigtails in a bunch as this goes down. Annie tries to smooth over the situation by introducing Adrianna to the producer, but it backfires when she recognizes the former child actress and is all, "What happened to you?" Adrianna stumbles over her answer until Annie points out that Adrianna was actually the lead in the musical until she "got sick at the last minute." The producer takes the bait and lets them both audition.

Over at Kelly's house, Brenda plays Legos with Sammy. Kelly comes in to send him to bed, and I start rubbing my palms together. There's a fight a-brewin', Beverly Hills! Brenda says she's going with Matthews to the fashion show so he can "keep an eye on Adrianna." Kelly doesn't buy it and tells Brenda that old habits die hard. Brenda pretends she doesn't know what Kelly's implying, so Kelly eventually asks why Dylan called Brenda today and not her. Kelly thinks Brenda is rekindling the romance with Dylan. Brenda says he called about Kelly and that she was trying to protect Kelly from getting hurt again. Kelly's still suspicious and snipes a bit at Brenda, who then starts to leave. Kelly -- who is not even half the big, beautiful bitch she used to be -- backs down and apologizes. They hug it out and blah, blah, blah. Where's all the hair pulling? Brenda heads to her car and deletes Dylan's number from her phone.