"If I haven't shared things with you, it's for your own protection," Purcell says, lamely. We've all heard that one, am I right, ladies? The old, "It's not you, it's me - I'm being followed by the CIA and we can never see each other again for your own protection," line. If I had a nickel for every time I heard that one...I'd have exactly $4.05, and I could probably use it to buy a Starbucks coffee right now.
*Singing* "Come see the softer side of Claire..." Is that still the catchline for Sears? That reminds me - I need a new washing machine. And also a garter belt.
Purcell asks when he can see Busty again. "I don't think you will," she replies. Burn! She says it's gotten too complicated. Busty goes and kisses him goodbye. "That was the last time," she says. Daniel Purcell, you have just been dumped, sucka.
Ellen's working when she gets a phone call from Katie, who is at the police station after just having been mugged. At least we know they didn't take her pants, since she's been leaving those at home lately.
At the police station, Katie explains to a cop how she was robbed. Then she looks across the station and sees a tall cop with a mustache. Her face squinches up in thought. It looks like it hurts. Suddenly, she has a flashback to last season when Frobisher had her followed to get her to sign the confidentiality agreement. She confronted the man following her, and he was...Mustache Cop! Katie gets an "oh shit" expression on her face.
"OMG! The girlz are never gonna believe I saw the hot Jonas brother!" *Clicks, sends text, waits for soul to die.
Katie brings the information about the bad Mustache Cop to Ellen, who takes it promptly to Dee and Dum. Before we see her get into their car, Dum is on the phone again with his estranged wife. Man, after seeing him getting worked up over the phone every other episode, I really hope this subplot goes somewhere. If it turns out his ex-wife isn't Busty's evil twin sister, Lusty, I'm gonna be pissed.
It turns out the FBI are even more useless than we thought and they tell Ellen they can't help her because Mustache Cop has nothing to do with the Patty Hewes investigation. "This is bullshit," Ellen says. Looks like she'll have to put on her investigation pants all by herself.
And who does she turn to? Patty Hewes. Ellen tells her about Mustache Cop and reminds her of the promise she made to let her use the firm's resources to connect Frobisher to David's murder. "My resources are your resources," Patty says.
Then we see Mustache Cop telling Grizzly Murder Investigator, also known as Kurt, apparently, that Katie Connor saw him. Grizzly Kurt tells Mustache Cop to do nothing and keep his mouth shut.
We then cut to a scene where Dave, the straight-faced, purple tie man from Kendrick's roast (seen here in a brown tie) is buying a Cadillac. With cash. The sales guy goes over the attributes of the car.
Now, I don't want to be cynical and say that this scene is pure product placement, but...yeah. There would be no point in launching into a tirade about using plotlines to sell cars, especially since I'm watching this episode for free on the internet and we all know the production staff needs the money to get Glenn Close her double frappucinos somehow, so I'm just going to do the show a favor and help further its agenda by typing the word Cadillac seven times in a row.
Cadillac. Cadillac. Cadillac. Cadillac. Cadillac. Cadillac. Cadillac.
You're welcome, show.
This is a Cadillac. It is awesome. Please address my royalty check to TVGasm World Headquarters in Mumbai. (I am not a whore. I am merely selling myself for bucket seats and a kickass navigation system. Oh wait, that is the literal definition of 'whore?' Hm.)
Later, the same shiny Cadillac pulls into a dark and mysterious alley in the rain. Dave gets out.
Then we see Ellen in Patty's office. They're talking about how the UNR merger doesn't make sense and Kendrick overpaid. "Well if he overpaid he must have a way to make that money back," Ellen says. Patty says they have to find out what that is. That was a nicely done bit of exposition, there.
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Comments (1)
I'm glad you mentioned that Ellen is getting too skinny. A couple episodes ago she was wearing a sleeveless blue & black ensemble and I swear her upper arm looked the same size as her wrist. Someone needs to put down the bottle and pick up some burgers.
1 of 1 | Posted by suedisco | Posted on February 17, 2009 2:58 PM