Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Snow Falling on Seethers
By Lady Lola | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 12.08.2009
!) of that extremely specific quote and takes it in the spirit in which it was intended.Across the room, Annie and Kris Jr. stare at the dancing lemmings, vaguely sad that they've painted themselves into a corner where they can only act self-important and judge others. Sometimes it's just fun to dance, y'all. Eventually, Kris Jr. relents, and they head onto the dance floor. Not before he gives the excuse that he doesn't know how to dance. Seriously, people? Can you put your hands on someone else's hips/shoulders and sway? Okay, then. As they dance, Navid looks on with hatred in his heart. Naomi walks up and snarks that they'd be better if she just threw up on them. And by "they," she actually means some random girl's ugly shoes. Navid thinks she's talking about Annie and Kris Jr. and ends up revealing that Kris Jr. is a drug dealer. Naomi looks alarmed. She assumes all the blame, rationalizing that she took away all her friends with the sext and, in essence, forced Annie to befriend the lowest elements of society. A little egotistical, but not entirely off-base. Navid tells her Annie won't leave Kris Jr.'s side for the world, but Naomi insists they must be broken up -- for Annie's own good! What's that they say about the road to Hell, Naomi?
Meanwhile, Silver seeks out Teddy. And of course she sees him right as some red-dressed floozy practically straddles him. Teddy introduces the floozy to Dixon, and it turns out she's his sister Savannah (cringe) back from boarding school. She says she came to console him after he sad-texted her about getting his heart broken by some girl. She pries for details, which is all kinds of uncomfortable for Dixon.
Elsewhere, Teddy brings Ivy a Sno-Cone. But she is far too glum to partake in the coconut deliciousness. She confronts him about still having feelings for Naomi. He tries to brush it off, but she presses. He owns up to it. She tells him to go get the girl already, damn it.
Speaking of deliciousness, AAdrianna eyes a bottle of vodka out front. Matthews interrupts her before she gets out a syringe and starts shooting it into her eyeballs. He tells her to take off early. She does, and he pours a shot of vodka into a glass for himself. I hope this Matthews sticks around!
Back inside, Kris Jr. offers to go get a drink for Annie. Dixon drags her off to attend to an "emergency," which is actually just code for an intervention that Navid, Silver, Naomi, and he are staging. Annie takes it about as well as a strung-out crack whore. So Navid brings out the big guns that Kris Jr. pushed him down the stairs. Annie claims they all have a vendetta and are blindly following the latest rumor to go through the mill -- just like they believed that Annie slept with Liam. She asks what proof they have, and Navid has to admit that he doesn't have anything solid. But then! AAdrianna materializes to confirm that she bought drugs from Kris Jr. on multiple occasions. She takes it a step further, saying she is willing to take it to the administration. Annie backs away, crying, then fully flees.
AAdrianna starts to leave, but Naomi and Silver stop her. They say she's being selfless by selling herself out to protect her friends and wonder what will happen to her at school. (AAdrianna graduates!) They commit to patching things up after their trip to St. Barts. Navid asks to speak with AAdrianna alone for a moment. As they walk off, Naomi gets a startling text message. But we won't find out what it was yet because we cut to Navid, who has had a change of heart. He refuses to let AAdrianna fall on the sword for his personal vendetta. He vows to find another way to take down Kris Jr. -- a way that doesn't involve AAdrianna getting kicked out of school. He tells her he still cares about her after all the crap they've been through.
Outside, Dixon catches up with Silver, who is waiting for a cab after Naomi ditched her to attend to the mysterious text message. Dixon can tell Silver is a bit out of sorts, so he volunteers to talk it out with her. Then she starts in on her waffling over whether to give it a go with Teddy. She admits she was thisclose when she saw the floozy in the red dress, signifying Teddy's perma-player status. Dixon keeps his mouth shut that the floozy was actually Teddy's sister come to town to mend his broken heart. He sells out Teddy and positions himself as a shoulder for Silver to cry on -- then make out with! He tells Silver he can't remember why he ever let her go, then goes in for the smooch. Pan across the parking lot, to Teddy, telling his sister: "There she is. The girl I can't get." Worst. Dialogue. Ever. They leave abruptly. Silver pulls out from the kiss, wondering what the hell just happened as her cab pulls up. She tells him they'll talk after she gets back from St. Barts.
Dixon returns to La Casa Nueva, where Debbie gives him a half-sandwich and a warm smile. They pat themselves on the back for patching things up. Then he drops a bomb: He thinks it's time for him to meet his birth mom.
Over in Liam's garage, he hears a knock on the door. It's Naomi. Apparently the mysterious text in question was from Ivy, informing Naomi that Liam had something to tell her. He tries to push it back on her, and she takes that as a sign that he'll never change his secretive, mysterious ways. To wit, he won't even tell her what he's hiding under a tarp. She starts to leave, but he tells her to wait. He pulls the tarp off of the boat he's building. He explains that the wilderness boot camp he attended taught him to redirect his anger, so he comes out to the garage to take his step-daddy issues out on the wood and build a boat to remind him of the good times with his real dad. He explains everything Jen did to manipulate him into falling into her plot to destroy Naomi (for no good reason, I might add). He tells her he doesn't want to be private and secretive anymore and asks her to give him another chance. They kiss for all the months they missed. For no good reason. Cut to Gillian Zinser, silently weeping that the days of Ivy are numbered.
Meanwhile, Kris Jr. finds Annie. She tearfully, angrily tells him that she knows he's a drug dealer. He tries to rationalize it, saying he sold the drugs to finance the film. She says she doesn't know him anymore, that he pushed Navid down the stairs and lied to her. He again tries to rationalize it, saying he didn't intend to push Navid down the stairs, he just pushed him and he fell. Slippery, no? He adds that she's made mistakes, too, but he doesn't judge her. And I'll just quote this one in full: "I accidentally pushed Navid down the stairs, and you accidentally ran over my uncle." A shocked Annie gets out a few whimpers before we cut to black. And here's where we know Kris Jr. is a certifiable sociopath. If someone drunkenly squashed your favorite hobo uncle's head like a cantaloupe under their tires, would you date them and subsequently take their virginity? I wouldn't. But that's just me.
After hiatus: Naomi and Ivy carry on their feud. Teddy sticks his player status to Silver for being the first person to hurt him. Lots of fights. Matthews develops a drinking problem. And lots of making out, including the not-at-all anticipated RuWill lesbian kiss. Wake me when winter's over!