Episode Report Card Lady Lola: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Teenage Mutant(s). Ninja Turtles.
By Lady Lola | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 02.15.2010
to find an understandably less jovial Jones. Tasha mentions the drive-in. Baze tells Jones to stay put and not call the police. Jones waits about half a second and calls anyway.Inside the stolen vehicle, Lux tries to convince Bug to turn around. He asks why she cares so much, suggesting she has a crush on Jones. She denies it, explaining she just wanted to fit in. He meanly tells her she'll never fit in with those kids. She says he's being a jerk, and he shoots back that maybe she'll throw him a party like the a-holes from her high school. He calls her out for cutting out Tasha and him after they've been there for her for years. He says again that she'll never fit in with the Westmonte kids. She swallows that bitter pill just as the blue-and-reds light up behind them. Moments later, the cops have Bug in handcuffs and are frisking Lux. Tipsy Cate thinks she can sort this mess out. Tasha warns her against it, but Cate ignores her. She gets a little too hands-on and ends up getting her arm twisted behind her as the officer pins her to the hood of the SUV. Baze tries to intervene and suffers the same fate. Cate screams out for Lux to call Ryan and her producer at the bar. This time it's Tasha who issues the "I told you so." Lesson learned: Never touch a cop.
Back at the bar, three-legged Bolt staggers to a stunning upset victory at the turtle races, which have picked up so much that no one hears the phone ringing. On the other end, Lux complains that Ryan isn't picking up either. Tasha, too, is giving her the silent treatment. She finally spits out that she can't believe Lux is ashamed of her. Lux opens up that she didn't invite them to the party because of her own issues. She wanted to see what it was like not to be a "foster freak" for one night. Tasha says she gets it and tells her not to leave her behind. Tasha heads back to the desk asking if they can leave already, but the cop won't release them until a guardian or relative shows up. Lux says there's one person she hasn't tried and returns to the phone.
Inside the clink, Baze has bonded with the guy who took him down. When Cate asks about getting a phone call, he just waves her off. Baze laughs it off as Cate wonders what it is about him that people -- namely Lux -- are so drawn to. Baze says Lux is cool with him because she has no respect for him. To her, he's just the burn-out older brother. Cate says he should have seen Lux's face when she saw her at the party. Baze asks Cate how she would have felt if her mom had crashed one of her high school parties. Cate points out that she wasn't exactly the party-throwing type in high school, then lets it sink in that Lux actually considers her a mom. Baze tells her she's a natural mom, unlike him who blew up at the first chance. Cate assures him that Lux deserved all of it, except being called stupid. Baze feels bad about that because it was something his dad would have done. He acknowledges that he acts like Lux's friend more often than her dad because he's afraid he'll turn into his father. Cate identifies with Baze's dad, saying maybe he feels stuck in a role he didn't plan on and maybe he just wants a second chance. She reminds Baze of his bond with Lux and encourages him to just try being a dad. Just then, the cop returns to tell them they've been bailed out. And speak of the devil, it's Daddy Bazebucks, as carefree and chipper as ever.
Daddy Bazebucks drops the whole gang off at Baze's bar. As the girls head inside, Baze starts into an apology. Daddy Bazebucks picks it up and finished it for him with toe-curling efficiency, citing everything from endangering Lux to squandering his entire education. Baze just goes with it. Cate has been in the backseat and heard all this. As a typically disheartened Baze retreats the car, Cate stops him and pushes him to talk to his dad. Baze leans down to the window. He admits that parenting is hard. He says their relationship can't be what Mr. Bazile intended from the start and invites him in for a beer to "reset" things. Daddy Bazebucks refuses to look at him as he spurns the olive branch and drives away. Baze heads inside, still disheartened. Cate grabs his hand, saying at least he tried. They exchange a meaningful gaze. When in should walk none other than Ryan, with the hyper-alertness of someone who was roused in the middle of the night. Cate apologizes that he had to come all the way to the bar. "Glad I did," he says curtly. Lux comes back into the main room, and Cate suggests they all go home.
As Cate and Ryan go outside, Lux hangs back to properly apologize to Baze. He quietly, seriously reminds her of all the consequences of tonight's little fiasco, had they been caught. She knows she shouldn't have taken the keg. He, in turn, apologizes for yelling and becoming "that guy." Lux insists he's not his dad. Then she says that his dad's not all that bad. He might be an old-school, iron-fisted kind of a dad, but the first thing he asked when Lux called was if Baze was all right. She says he loves Baze, he just shows it differently. She heads out.
Back at Cate's, Lux pretends to sleep so she doesn't have to talk, but Cate's on to her. She promises not to "get too maternal" and tells Lux she arranged for Bug's bail. Lux thanks her and apologizes for everything. Cate jokes that at least she wasn't playing beer pong with people half her age. Lux snarks that at least Cate wasn't playing the real life version of Grand Theft Auto. She gets serious, assuring Cate that Bug was never really going to steal the car. She maintains that Bug is a good guy. Cate takes her word for it.
Back at the bar, the bros share a beer as Math basks in the glory of Bolt's three-legged wonder. As they toast to the little turtle that could, the door pops open. It's Daddy Bazebucks, who's decided to take Baze up on the beer after all. He asks Baze how the turtle races went and plops down a bill. Baze says it wasn't as profitable as he hoped but he can still afford to buy his old man a beer. Daddy Bazebucks turns a corner, saying the money's not for the beer, it's for the turtle. Baze asks him which turtle he wants, and Daddy Bazebucks picks Bolt: "Think I'll root for the underdog for a change." And so the games begin.
Next week: Nothing is safe! It's the Great Baze-vasion!