Patty then mentions her partner in the charity, "good friend" (poor bastard) Sam Arsenault. A pic of the Samster pops up on screen. Then Patty goes on to drop the bomb - she isn't taking on any more cases because the charity is taking up all of her time. Can this be true? Are Patty's dog-killing days really behind her? Or is she just pulling the wool over Regis' fabulous eyes?
Smiling everywhere
Then Patty gives props to her team and mentions Ellen. "Isn't she standing in the wings?" Regis asks, and then we pan over to see Ellen, who is in fact standing right there, and smiles and walks out onstage. "Ellen's been with the firm not even a year, and I can tell you we would be absolutely lost without her." She claps and Ellen smiles, and they try to hide their "bitch, I will cut you," faces when they look at each other in front of a studio audience.
Now we see Ellen walking down the street. She's not as bad-ass looking as she was in the opening, but her hair is still wavy the way it was post-prison stint, which signals that the naïve Ellen of yore may be gone for good. And yes, this new, slightly improved, but still not-all-that-bright Ellen gets into a shiny car with two FBI agents in the front seat.
"That woman is full of shit," she says. "A month ago she tried to kill me and now she's acting like my best friend."
The humorless agents, Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee (I can't actually be bothered to remember their names), tell Ellen that the FBI is putting together a fake case for Patty to take, and they want Ellen to pitch it to her. It's a set-up, and they'll use Ellen to monitor Patty from the inside. Ellen wants to start right away, but Dee and Dum tell her to hold her britches. These things take time (seriously? Just follow the woman for a few days and wait until she gets the urge to knife down a four-legged creature. Can't be that hard.)
"You just want to arrest Patty Hewes," Ellen says. "And you don't?" Dee asks.
"I want to destroy her." Yeah, good luck with that one. Frustrated, Ellen gets out of the car.
After the credit sequence, we see a brightly lit field, full of happy yellow weeds and sunshine and...blood? Yes, that's a trail of blood, followed by legs, followed by the body of....Frobisher! He's still in the field where he was shot? Man, that sucks. He's dragging himself through the field slowly until he looks up and sees a house. From out of nowhere, an attack dog runs up at him and is stopped by a chain (seriously, what is it with this show and dogs? I'm officially opening up my own investigation).
What did I do to deserve- oh....right
Frobisher stands up and walks to the steps of the house, until the door is kicked open and he looks up in fear. It's Ellen, standing in fishing boots and looking bad-ass again, this time in a more woodsman-y way.
"Oh no," Frobisher says, and Ellen looks at him expressionless.
Then we cut to Ellen later, sitting in a room."Revenge fantasies are normal," a voice says. Psyche! The voice belongs to a woman in a yellow scarf, leading a support group in a dingy room with a dozen or so sad sack-looking people.
"Ellen, how about you? Have you had anymore revenge fantasies about the man that you think killed your fiance?"
We go back to Frobisher and Ellen in front of the imaginary house, where she cocks her rifle and shoots him in the chest, over and over.
"Nothing comes to mind," she says. Liar, liar, big girl pants on fire.
Patty is in her office, talking with old man Pete, who asks if he should continue to follow Ellen, who now lives in a hotel. "Are you sure you can trust her?" Pete asks. Patty just looks at him, playing with her nails. Man, Glenn Close is amazing. She says it's all in the past, but then at last minute adds, "fine, watch her. I'm concerned about her well-being." Tommy walks into the room, looking dapper in an off-white suit (I think of the Colonel, and now want some KFC, but maybe that's just me.) He starts to badger Patty about now trying a case. She pretty much blows him off, and looks into space.
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Comments (3)
Hey Linds! WELcome! Great job, awesome recap, I love your style! I have never watched this show (okay, actually I DID see that weird scene with Frobisher in the field crawling and looking all shot and stuff, but when I realized that it was Ted Danson, I changed the channel 'cuz I thought it was some lame "Cheers" reunion thing). Still, it's a sign of a damn good writer when someone like me who has never before watched the show and knows nothing about it can pick up the storyline and follow (and now I'm totally going to IHOP for a Grand Slam) so kudos to you!
love, J-Mo :)
1 of 3 | Posted by J-Mo | Posted on January 10, 2009 9:49 AM
Hey, Linds - I've been reading recaps and comments at this site for a couple of years now and have never been compelled to comment - until now. Although I have read many entertaining and/or well written recaps over the years, I have to say, I think yours is one of the best - both entertaining (very funny, without straining or wearing out the jokes) and very well written. I missed most of this episode, but your recap was so clearly written I feel that I've seen it. Kudos to you! I look forward to reading more of your recaps.
2 of 3 | Posted by notme | Posted on January 10, 2009 12:17 PM
I love this show! I am so glad to see it's being recapped! Great job. I'd add a little more snark, though. You're gonna need a lot of sarcasm to keep up!
3 of 3 | Posted by Anonymous | Posted on January 12, 2009 4:56 PM