By Lady Lola
In a hurry? Read the recaplet for a nutshell description! Finished? Click here to close.There is much patching up of things this week -- but first! Massive carnage. Ivy gets the ball rolling by spotting a prime opportunity to take down Jen. At a frigging horse race. Because that's where all the high school kids are hanging out these days… Anyhow, the plan involves, amongst other things, plying Naomi (or "Nie-oh-me" as Ivy so irksomely insists on calling her) with expensive gifts and spinning around a colorful umbrella. Amidst all this chicanery, the potty plotters fail to notice that Jen is right the eff behind them as they loudly map out her demise. She corners Liam to secure the upper hand but actually ends up playing right into his labyrinthine scheme. She is exposed both to Naomi and Matthews, who takes a minute from pontificating about Kierkegaard to let Dixon tell him the truth. Jen realizes she's sunk with Naomi, so moves her attention to Matthews and gives him a speech right out of As Good As It Gets, but it's too little, too late.
Naomi composes herself and goes to straighten things out with Liam, only to be spotted by Ivy, who rubs salt in the perma donna's wound by planting a big smacker on Liam. Later, Naomi calls Annie to make amends for assuming the worst all these months. Annie, however, is having an olive leaf exchange and a hearty laugh with Dixon over how majorly effed up their lives have become. Lest you worry that Hobo-Killin' Annie gets even a moment to forget her troubles this episode, rest assured that bitch is going down episode. She has been about as subtle as a sledgehammer in her strictly forbidden comings and goings with Kris Jr., so it's only a matter of time…
Silver begins putting her life back together after Jackie's death, and Teddy is more than happy to be one of those pieces. They kiss in a moment of mutual vulnerability and teenage horniness. Silver is set to forget it in light of Teddy's player reputation, and this assumption may well benefit Dixon after he and Silver rekindle their old spark a bit. But Montgomery the Manwhore proves a little softer than we thought, pining for Silver in secret.
Finally, Navid and AAdrianna also suffer the effects of lives in various states of crumble. AAdrianna stands amidst the ruins of her social life after she gives up the drugs only to lose all her friends for being a stoned, unreliable mess right when everyone needed her most. Navid's fracturing is more literal, what with the whole broken bones thing and all. Not to mention he can't remember who pushed him down the stairs. That is, until his memory is jogged when he recalls those Nazi Youth boots that a certain spiky-coiffed drug dealer is so fond of wearing.
Want more? The full recap starts right below!Previously: RIP Jackie Taylor Silver. RIP Teddy's mom. Long live Jen's shamelessness in bilking her sister for every possible penny, now with more race horses! The Three Dudesketeers injected some life into Liam's percolating plan to destroy Jen. AAdrianna got fried, thanks to Kris Jr. Things boiled over at La Casa Nueva re: Annie's drug dealing boyfriend. All of which led to Navid being tossed down the stairs.
Navid wakes up in the hospital, completely unaware of what got him there -- aside from the intense pain, broken arm, and concussion. His parents, as well as Liam, Ivy, Dixon, Teddy, and Naomi are all there. All he wonders is where AAdrianna is, and Naomi has to remind him that they're not dating anymore. Cut to AAdrianna's bedroom. She wakes up God-knows-how-long after she passed out in a drug-riddled stupor. She hears all of Naomi's increasingly irritated messages about Silver's mom dying and Navid's accident. AAdrianna throws on clothes and rushes out of her room, throwing her pills in the trash behind her.
Back at the hospital, Naomi has an awkward elevator ride with Liam and a visibly threatened Ivy. Elsewhere, AAdrianna finally makes it to Navid's room to admit that she's been fucked up for weeks and that his accident was a downfall. She apologizes for reaming him out and denying she ever loved him. She says she's clean now and tells him he's the only person she's ever loved. He looks at her stone-faced, saying she was the first and only person he wanted to see when he woke up. Then he asks, "How could you?" and tells her to leave. She complies sadly.
Over at West Bev, Matthews reminds the students their Kierkegaard assignments are due tomorrow. The bell rings, and they trickle out. In comes Jen with a slew of vomit-inducing Catholic school fantasies. Thankfully, she cuts short before the money shot to invite him to a horse race she and Naomi will be attending. Matthews accepts with a kiss, only to be interrupted by Ivy, who forgot her book. Ivy runs outside to find Liam and gush that she's found the perfect opportunity to execute Operation: Justice for Jen. Bouncy credits.
Later that afternoon, Naomi consoles Silver after they left her mother's stranger-filled Shiva. Silver still hasn't adjusted to her mother's loss, both the concept and the day-to-day reality of it. She is further disheartened that AAdrianna was a no-show. Naomi has no sympathy for AAdrianna's relapse and consequent unreliability. The door knocks, and Naomi opens it to find a beautiful bouquet of flowers with a card from Teddy apologizing for not coming to the funeral. Naomi thinks it's strange he didn't show since she saw him at the hospital in a suit.