Lude Awakening

S01E05

thing we know, Nancy and Andy are meeting with a lawyer -- played by Allison Janney (eeeeee!) -- about Andy's legal options. The lawyer is delightfully spacey, and if she's not currently high, then she either just was or she's about to be. She assures Andy that he's only looking at probation and an anti-drug class because he had less than an ounce of weed on him. Nancy thinks that's great news, but Andy's pissed that he paid for a full ounce and Heylia cheated him. And if you're listening to the DVD commentary track, you then get to hear Tonye Patano bellow, "Were you smoking in the car? OF COURSE you were! So that means you no longer have a full ounce!" Thank you, Tonye. Nancy clarifies that less than an ounce is a misdemeanor, and Allison says that's only if the cop's an asshole; most cops just let you go. Sensing a friendly source of legal advice, Nancy asks about the penalties for edibles. "If you can eat it, you can beat it," Allison singsongs. She gives Nancy the whole rundown: It's not illegal to have weed (less than an ounce), but it is illegal to buy it. As for growing, so long as it's not broken down, you're talking 3-5 years probation. Nancy clarifies the not-breaking-it-down part, and Allison says, "Not unless you want to go to jail. Or flee to Mexico. Or Canada. Canada rocks. Primo weed. Really good Chinese food." I, uh, wouldn't know. Nancy asks for Allison's card, since in her, ahem, "business," you never know when you might need a lawyer. "What's your business?" Allison asks. Nancy says she owns a baker. "Smart cover," smirks Allison. "Call any time." And not that I'm hoping Nancy gets into any legal trouble in the third season or anything, but PLEASE bring Allison Janney back to this show. She rocks so hard.

Time-lapse Silas waits around in front of Megan's house until she shows up. He begs for her to take him back, but she just shoves her way past him. Punk.

Back at the Botwins', Silas sits in the gutter popping caps with a hammer. Nice undercutting of the "pop a cap" metaphor, I like. Celia strolls up, still in her Pink Ladies jacket, looking for Nancy. Nancy's still bailing Andy out of jail, though, so Celia sits down to Shane. He says he likes the jacket, because who wouldn't, really? She says everyone thinks she's lost her mind, and Shane counters that everyone thinks he's weird. Celia's like, "Well, yeah, I can see that," but she's not nasty about it like she might usually be. He says he doesn't care what people think, but he's maybe not as convincing as he could be. Celia tells him to "let [his] freak flag fly." She says she's stopped giving a damn what people think, and it feels great. She has cancer and Shane's got a dead father, and both of those things make people uncomfortable, so they can either feel self-conscious about it, or they can just "be our strange selves." Shane thanks her for telling him the truth. Celia looks away for a second and then looks back at him and says, "It's a bitch, though, ain't it?" Shane nods. The scene ends before Celia allows her "free to be you and me" thought processes to drift towards her daughter.

By Joe R

Andy's at home watching porn (Incredahoes, in case you were curious) when Doug comes calling. After a short while where they debate whether Andy's name is or is not "Randy" (Doug really thinks he looks like a Randy), Doug catches a glimpse of the TV and recognizes Incredahoes instantly. He asks if Andy would mind if he came in (so to speak) and watched with him. Andy's like, "That'd be weird," but when Doug says he's got and eighth of herb on him, Andy welcomes him right in.

Agrestic High. Silas runs into one of his greasy-haired friends, who gives him shit about tying himself down to the Deaf Girl, especially when he's not even getting any. Grease-Turd tells Silas that he's in his prime, and oh by the way, while he was wasting his time with Megan last night, he missed some girl's party, where apparently all the hot girls in his class were. And one of them, Chelsea, is into Silas. Silas says he's full of shit, and just then a trio of high school bitches strut down the hall in Mean Girls formation. One of them casts an oh-so-brief look at Silas, though, to his credit, he appears to remain slightly dubious.

Celia's still clearing out boxes of clothes to give to Blanca. She comes across a box of unused baby clothes and tells Nancy she had a miscarriage last year but, "with my track record, it was a blessing." Celia offers the clothes to Blanca, but Nancy wrests them out of her hands, as she knows someone who could use them. She doesn't tell Celia that someone is one of her weed suppliers. [Okay, since we're speaking about Vaneeta, let's sidebar: She's Heylia's daughter? Daughter-in-law? In later episodes, Heylia talks about her "grandbaby," but then Vaneeta calls her "Heylia" and not "mom," so what gives? And why have the Wiki nerds not come up with a comprehensive blog for this show so I don't have to ask these questions mid-weecap?] Thrwarted in her attempt to score some onesies, Blanca starts digging through another bin and finds a hot pink roller skate. Celia gasps and remembers what hot shit she was in the days of the roller disco, rocking the hot pants and high on 'ludes. "I could fuck against a wall with my skates on. No easy feat." Nancy smiles, and Celia asks Blanca how she feels about free furniture.