Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Quiet Before the Storm
By Lady Lola | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.10.2009
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.Holy crap! Two proposed takedowns, a drug spiral in the making, cherry popping, and sibling rivalry reaching a boiling point. Things are poised for a shit storm of calamitous proportions. Bring it, bitches!
Dixon continues to mope about his dead nonexistent baby. Guilt drives him to try to get in touch with DJ Hottie, who has been ignoring his phone calls per Debbie's threats. Seeing that their son is a persistent little bastard (no pun intended), Debbie and Harry finally give him the full story on DJ Hottie's fake pregnancy. Instead of realizing that they saved him from a life of misery with a crazy hooker, he turns into a little bitch about it and throws it in Debbie's face that she's not his real mother. He also remains on bad terms with Annie, but that's mostly her fault.
Silver's story starts more than a decade ago, when Jackie was too drunk to remember her own name, let alone her accidental daughter's birthdays. So Silver started celebrating half-birthdays to dull the pain of unfulfilled expectations. Flash forward to the present: Naomi is especially keen on celebrating Silver's half-birthday this year since being Jackie's primary caregiver has put a damper on Silver's social life. But Silver thinks it's too much and tries to cancel it. Teddy gets wind of the situation and goes to work his charms on Jackie. He chips in some of his father's Hollywood set designers and allows Jackie to fulfill every one of Silver's birthday wishes since she was five years old. And she plans to have a proper barbecue with all of her friends. This amends-making comes not a moment too soon, because the morning of the party, Jackie goes and pulls a Joyce Summers on Silver's ass. Sadness.
Kris Jr. confronts Navid about whole "drug dealer" rumor. He basically shames Navid into thinking he was wrong about it, ironically causing Navid to approach him to make a formal apology and see him dealing the dope -- to Aadrianna, who straight-up steals money for Silver's half-birthday present for her happy pills, but that story is still developing at a rapid clip. Navid calls her to tell her he saw her, but she denies it. Also in denial is Annie, who continues to be entranced by the over-the-top compliments Kris Jr. doles out to her on a minute-by-minute basis. Seriously, he tells her she's an amazing actress and even gets her an audition for a Shia LaBeouf movie. Now if that's not a get-in-your-pants move, I don't know what is. And it works. So, while Annie and Kris Jr. make sweet, sweet, virginity-quashing love, Navid and RuWill team up to take Kris Jr. down.
Speaking of takedowns… Liam is acting a fool all over the place, keeping his rage about Jen's lies bottled up. Instead of coming clean, he returns to his pre-Outward Boot Camp ways and starts picking fights with both friends and strangers. Finally, he comes clean to Dixon, Teddy and Ivy about sleeping with Jen, explaining the circumstances and what a manipulative hussy she is. They vow to take her down as a group. I am literally licking my lips at the prospect of this ragtag bunch going up against Jen. It's like Stephen King's It all over again. Don't forget your asthma spray, kids!
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously: Jackie got sick, Silver got stuck with her. Teddy offered to bond over his own experiences with dead and/or dying mothers. AAdrianna crashed. Ivy crushed. Jen lied (what's new?). Annie smooched. Her new bf dealt drugs.
Harry finds Dixon in a comatose-like state playing a video game. He tells Dixon some good news: Dixon's back on the surf team. Naturally, Dixon looks this gift in the mouth. It's all a function of his guilt over the fake miscarriage and DJ Hottie's refusal to give him closure, per Debbie's instruction to get out and stay the hell out. Dixon is in the throes of an existential crisis, basically. And being a real bitch about it. As you do.
Downstairs, Harry pushes Debbie again to tell Dixon the truth about DJ Hottie making up the pregnancy. Debbie thinks it'll be worse if Dixon knows what happened and tells Harry to trust her until Dixon snaps out of his funk. Don't hold your breath, Debs.
Meanwhile, Silver feeds Jackie her health cocktail of pills and electrolytes before going over Jackie's nursing schedule for the next day. Jackie is amazed how organized Silver is. Silver says she's always been organized, and her description of all the things she's done to demonstrate this are lost on Jackie, who was bombed out of her mind on booze for pretty much all of Silver's youth. Yeah, these two have some bonding to do. Before it's too late.
The next day at West Bev, Naomi makes some gross innuendos about her BMOC boyfriend's cock, then asks whether she should accompany him and his throbbing member to a frat party at CU that weekend. She assumes no since it's Silver's half-birthday, but Silver says she doesn't plan on celebrating this year in light of her mom's illness. AAdrianna walks up looking pretty listless and dull, even though she claims she's doing better. She apologizes for being a mess and assures them she's okay. Silver heads off, leaving Naomi and AAdrianna to discuss her. Naomi's worried that Silver isn't up for celebrating, and AAdrianna agrees it would be a good way to take her mind off of Jackie for a bit. They decide to at least get her a gift -- a massage. Now that she's back on the pills, AAdrianna says she's a little low on cash. Naomi offers to cover it as long as AAdrianna picks up the gift certificate. She hands her a card and a wad of cash. This is going nowhere fast.
In the hallway, Liam finds Matthews to clear his name after Jen told Matthews he hit on her. He calls her a psychotic bitch, which I suspect isn't going to win any favor with her boyfriend. And I would be right. Matthews says he thinks Liam's dad is right: Liam is a bad seed. Matthews enters his classroom, and Liam stomps over to his locker. Ivy finds him there to brag about eating 11 packets of butter in a bet that morning. She senses his tension and follows him down the hall trying to talk about it with him. In short order, he snaps and tells her to back off. She's not his girlfriend. More weepy eyes from Ivy.
Down the hall, Teddy walks up as Naomi continues her campaign for Silver to have a half-birthday celebration. Her primary argument is that not having a party will deny Naomi the chance to wear a dress that gives her "lots of cleavage, excellent ass." As if that's a thing she pulls out for special occasions. Better reformulate that argument, home girl. Naomi runs off to meet BMOC, leaving Silver to explain to Teddy why she celebrates her half birthday. In short, Jackie fucked up a lot as a mom. Specifically, on Silver's tenth birthday, she got so wasted that Silver had to cancel a camping party she'd been anticipating for weeks. After that, Silver gave up on birthdays because there was too much expectation and inevitable disappointment. So celebrating her half-birthday guarantees that she doesn't get let down. Teddy speculates what he could get Silver for her half-birthday, including but not limited to a half-bikini, but Silver gets distracted when she sees AAdrianna giving them the stink eye.
In the Blaze room, Navid edits RuWill's footage on the piece about drug use at West Bev. Coincidentally, Kris Jr. chooses this time to confront Navid about telling Annie that Kris Jr. is a drug dealer. Navid won't reveal his sources, so he tells Navid to be as responsible a friend as he is a journalist and check out his sources. Kris Jr. lays down a thick sob story about having no friends and being subject to the rumors of kids who hate him. Navid, being a stand-up guy, falls for it and feels instant remorse. Bouncy credits.
Out in the quad, Annie finds Kris Jr., and they do the high school "I missed you!" -- "I missed you more!" thing. Kris Jr. tells her he showed his father the footage from his art school wannabe film, and his dad was impressed. The cherry on top is that he leveraged the positive response to get Annie an audition for a Shia LaBeouf movie. She is ecstatic, and they joke about what will happen when Annie becomes a big star.
Over in the caf, Ivy finds Dixon, Teddy, and Navid. She immediately asks them what's up with Liam. Teddy says he's been a snappy asshole lately, then gets distracted by Ivy's adventures scarfing down butter. As they patter back and forth about curly fries, tater tots, and the like, Ivy tries to keep on the topic of Liam. They're not too keen on talking it out with Liam. Turns out he's not a verbalizer. Shocking, I know. Ivy gives them a hard time for not being concerned enough about their friend's emotions. Because that's totally how guys are.
Outside, Silver and AAdrianna chat over lunch. Silver clears that air about her recent hanging out with Teddy. She assures AAdrianna they're just friends and have been bonding over their cancer-stricken mothers. She offers to sever the friendship if it's hurting AAdrianna, though. AAdrianna puts on a strong face and tells her it's fine. Then she goes into the bathroom and pops pills.
Later, Silver's at home tussling with the doctor over some records she needs to get for her mother. Teddy stops by to give her some assignments and a cup of coffee. He notices she seems frazzled, and she explains that she's overbooked, needing to stay at home for her mom and pick up some important medical records. Teddy offers to stay with Jackie while she drives to the doctor's office. She gratefully runs out the door.
Back at West Bev, Navid checks in with Dixon re: DJ Hottie. Dixon wishes he could properly apologize to DJ Hottie for not being there in her time of need. Navid spots Kris Jr. and says he, too, has some apologizing to do. He approaches, only to see Kris Jr. slide into AAdrianna's car and sell her drugs. And how does cash-strapped AAdrianna pay for these drugs? By stealing the money Naomi gave her for Silver's half-birthday present, of course.
Silver returns home to hear Jackie and Teddy giggling and having the time of their lives playing card games.
Over at AAdrianna's house, her cell phone rings, and she smiles widely at the caller. It's Navid. She starts to tell him how glad she is to hear from him, but he gets to the point: He saw her buying drugs. She throws it in his face that he shouldn't be calling since she's not his problem anymore. He tells her he still cares for her. She lies that he didn't see anything, then hangs up on him.