* Photo credit to The Closet *
Remember when Bill Chase used to be sort of hot? Now he looks like a villain in an ‘80s movie who picks on Dean Cameron or something. And DeeDee Gordon… well, she just has no life behind her eyes. She also appears to be part magnet to all things Bill.
Formerly independent DeeDee is suddenly acting super needy when it comes to Bill; she can’t even sign up to design sets for the talent show without wanting to consult him. But why? Because Bill is acting so distant – the initial magic is gone! Paranoid about her parents’ own divorce due to not spending time together and the fact that her art teacher lost her husband to a person much less vibrant than she, DeeDee gives up her life and interests and devotes herself to making her relationship work – even if it drives Bill insane in the process – and by “making it work,” I mean showing up his house unannounced, sitting outside the boys’ locker room waiting for him to finish swim practice, and crying when he breaks plans to live out his dreams. Awk-ward.
Bill is totally frightened of DeeDee now, so he goes to the movies with “independent as could be” Droids’ songbird, Dana Larson. Jess and Cara Walker see them there and Jess ensures DeeDee finds out, because Jess is still out to “punish” DeeDee for making Bill love her. DeeDee spazzes on Bill, and Bill calls it quits (and Liz Wakefield just happens to be in the vicinity!). Later they try to talk it out and DeeDee promises to be more independent, but despite that Bill misses her (what’s it been, an hour?), he doesn’t know if it’ll work and says he needs more time, that he’s “not ready to be shackled again.”
DeeDee throws herself into working on the talent show set, finally realizing that her confidence plummeted to zero. Liz and DeeDee’s BFF Patty Gilbert devise a plan to make DeeDee understand how capable she is, and it’s to tell DeeDee that Liz is deathly ill and so DeeDee must take over the talent show meetings. (I’m getting sick of typing this girl’s name.) DEEDEE gets so wrapped up in the whole shebang that she has no time for Bill anyway. Breakthrough! Bill wants her oh-so-bad again now that she’s large and in charge (well, not physically large – Francine would never stand for a fatty doing any good in this world). That’s right: Pine, Bill, pine!
So the talent show is a hit, everyone chants DeeDee’s name, Bill makes out with her, and DeeDee learns a valuable lesson about being whole person in a relationship and not just half of a couple, which is a good thing, because she actually becomes someone likable by the end.
Wakefield time! Ned and Alice go away to Mexico City to get some lawyery documents. Of course they don’t bring their brats. Liz wants to be boring and Jess wants to tear it up and throw a party, as usual. Throw me a curveball once in a while, girls! Lila Fowler convinces Jess to invite a bunch of frat guys, and of course a shit load of drunk college boys arrive. Just as Jess is about to be arrested for the insanity, Steven Wakefield appears from the bushes and the cops say, “Okay, he’s eighteen, carry on,” because they are adults and authority figures and thus total morons. Some of Alice’s big important interior decorating plans get beer on them and Jess has to call upon DeeDee for help, and blah blah, everything works out, and once again Jess is off scotfree. Psh.
Other Notes:
- It is official: The twins have oval faces! Now you know the face shape of true beauty
- Todd Wilkins cries reading a poem on stage at the talent show. Gross.
- Jess and Liz get into some laundry soap and grease fire antics while Ma and Pa are away—oh, those two! How classic!
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