Minicap: The A-List New York

The A List

By Alejandra | Tuesday, August 9, 2011 | 12:49 pm | 6 Comments
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Roughly two things actually “happened” this week, in the sense of actual events occurring, and the rest of the episode was talking about one of those two things or the AustinHateFest of last week.  It was rough, I don’t mind saying.  Y’all may hate Austin, but he’s not a hypocrite and he’s anything but wishy-washy.  It’s incredibly refreshing.

Derek spends 75% of the episode going to different people who were at the meeting and gently dressing them down for not sticking up for Austin.  He speaks to Ryan first, and while Ryan does agree that he probably could have stepped up more in Austin’s defense, he’s sick of the boy drinking his face off and gettin’ all crazylike.  Ryan also makes the point that if Austin had come at him physically twice, Ryan would have filed a restraining order, too.  Fair.

The rest of Derek’s story is taken up by his horrible HORRIBLE date with Duncan, the older British dude he’s completely into and annoyingly refers to as “the boy.”  Seriously, the man is pushing 60.  After said date, Derek meets Austin and Jake at a bar, Duncan walks in, and makes fast friends with Austin and Jake – so much so, that they invite him to Austin’s “Look, I Can Drink and Not Get Crazy” cocktail party.  Derek can’t believe this, and swears never to speak to Austin again.  At least until next week.

For Austin’s part, he makes the rounds and talks to Reichen and Ryan about the HateFest, and it goes pretty well.  He listens to both men when they express concern about his drinking and violent behavior, which both surprises and impresses me.  It looks like Austin’s on an upswing, until the party when everyone notices that Derek isn’t there, and Duncan is disgusting.  The episode ends with Derek in tears, and Ryan, after having trashed Derek to Austin earlier, decides to trash Austin to Derek.  Pick a side or don’t get involved, Lady.

In other news, Reichen  invites TJ to go to Hawaii with him, Mike works out, Rodiney interviews about how awesome he is, and Nyasha sings in awful pants and bad wig.  Here’s a sample lyric from one of her songs: eeny-meeny-miny-mo, welcome to the Nyasha show. And that’s all I have to say about that.

Check back Thursday for the full recap!!

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Alejandra lives in Los Angeles and is an actor/writer/producer of opinions.  She loves the beach, but never goes, and hates reality stars, but follows them religiously.  In addition to TVGasm, you can read her writing at the online magazine DigN2It, or various fanfiction websites if you're industrious enough to find her.  If you're not industrious at all, a bottle of fine wine will always be an acceptable bribe.

6 Comments

  1. 1
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted August 9, 2011 at 4:42 pm

    @ Alejandra, so funny you think the date with Duncan was so horrible. From what I could tell, Duncan was trying to break the ice because Derek is so humorless. When Duncan realized that Derek was an uptight cunt, he went straight for the low-brow humor. I would have at least dated Duncan more than once, especially if he’s giving out Cartier watches as tokens of his appreciation. Hope Duncan reinstated his Grindr, A4A, and Craigslist accounts! :-)

  2. 2
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted August 9, 2011 at 5:11 pm

    Duncan Roy has a blog about his filming with derek. He says what’s fake, what isn’t, and he hours in on derek. I would link it but I dunno how to copy and paste from my phone. (I’m in the boonies with no wifi, lol)

    Oh, and Duncan was on sex rehab with dr drew..

  3. 3
    vallegirl vallegirl
    Posted August 9, 2011 at 5:22 pm

    Duncan is just so gross, and a compulsive liar, so I wouldn’t necessarily believe anything he has to say anymore than what Derek has to say. I’m no fan of Derek’s but Duncan is just repulsive. And, obviously, reeks of BO.

  4. 4
    Derek Hazelton
    Posted August 9, 2011 at 5:58 pm

    @ Vallegirl, I didn’t watch Sex Rehab so I can’t comment on Duncan’s honesty or not, but it would seem to me that if Derek dated/spoke to Duncan long-distance over the course of a few months and he really liked him as he claimed about Duncan, then Derek would know that Duncan has an off-kilter, inappropriate sense of humor.

    But, Austin was SO WRONG for inviting Duncan to the “Look I Can Drink and Not Be An Asshole” party, especially since he made Derek feel so uncomfortable. As little as I agree with Derek, I felt so mortified for him since he went to bat for Austin on several occasions, but Austin decided that being self-involved and not caring about people who care about him is the way to go. Duncan wasn’t worth losing a friendship, no matter how humorless Derek can be.

  5. 5
    sarcasatire sarcasatire
    Posted August 9, 2011 at 7:10 pm

    The blog shows chats (iphone?) where derek explains the plot, his story line for the season and where derek fits in. derek says the relationship will be fake but none of the others will know. Duncan said that when they filmed the Cartier scene, he was given a box to put his own watch in and he used that in the scene. When the scene was done, derek politely handed back the watch.

    I do tend to believe duncan but I also think a player got played. He may have ben in on the joke of the fake relationship, but he was left in the dark about how he would be dumped then portrayed. So I got a sour grapes vibe but also plenty of insight. Duncan is asexual, impotent, or celibate….i couldn’t tell which by his description, lol.

  6. 6
    juddfan
    Posted August 11, 2011 at 11:44 am

    oh Alej, I’m so behind . . . just got back from vaca and haven’t seen the show yet–I will be back tho! I still haven’t read last show’s . . . moan!

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