Susie opens the door and her new client is - Patty Hewes! Surprise. But Patty isn't there for the nookie - she just wants an explanation of what happened the night Susie and Finn Garrity were arrested. Susie gets her phone to call her agency and make Patty leave. Patty tells her to go ahead - but if she does, then she'll call Finn and let him know that Susie sees other clients. Busted.
"All I want to do is talk," Patty says. That's what Tommy told Gabriela two weeks ago! Can't a hard-hookin' girl get a decent lay in this town without all the chit-chat? Patty says she knows that Susie is trying to put herself through school and get custody of her son. She says that if she cooperates, she can put a good word in with the judge in family court and pay for Susie's tuition. What's the catch?? Oh yeah, that crazy cokehead you're sleeping with will probably strangle you with the seatbelt of a Cadillac SUV when he finds out. But good luck.
It's the dinner party extraordinaire at the casa de Hewes. Phil welcomes Dave and introduces him to Sam Arsenault who is, as I earlier promised, now bearded. "I hear I'm being vetted," Dave says. "Rumor travels halfway around the world before truth can tie its shoes," Dave says. What the frak does that mean?
Arsenault only really seems interested in the Energy Secretary position as a means to eventually becoming governor. "You're prepared to faithfully represent the interests of your country?" Dave asks. "Well we're all businessmen here, aren't we?" Arsenault replies, smarmily. I vomit up another little piece of my soul. I'd vomit up food, but my broke ass can't afford to. In further news, I hope Patty kicks both these guys in the testicles at some point, and takes their wallets for good measure.
Laughter at the dinner party of the rich. Some balding white dude asks Phil if it's safe to get back into the market. Blah blah chit chat blah. When Phil says he believes the economy will turn around, Patty makes a rebuttal. "Phil makes the mistake of believing that man is inherently good," she says. Phil makes a boring response about man being self-interested. He turns to Arsenault for help, and Sam, God love him, pretends to snore and wake up suddenly. Everyone laughs, and I vow to never ever throw a dinner party.
At her hotel, Ellen asks Katie if Wes called her and Katie says yes. Boy works fast. "Would you mind if I went out with him?" Katie asks. Ellen laughs and says no. Liar, liar...Katie asks how much Wes knows about Frobisher and David because she doesn't want to say something that she shouldn't. "Then don't," Ellen says. Hi, Ellen, have you met Katie? Yeeeaaaah....
Back at the most boring dinner party on the planet. Seriously, this is making my Friday night Hot Pocket and TNT New Classic movie look like a rock fest. Then Phil calls for Michael to bring down the keyboard. Yessss! Karaoke, old white dude style!!
Arsenault gets up to sing, and Dave requests "Danny Boy." Really? I would have kicked off the night with a little Journey myself, just to get the crowd started. Karaoke 101.
Freebird!!
Man, this song is really bringing the room down. Or more down. Dave sits down by Patty and starts discussing Arsenault during his song. Patty makes a comment about all the guys in the room being born in the manor. Is that like a euphemism for being rich? Dave says his dad salted steel for 37 years. Patty cheers him. Yay?
Dave asks for Patty's opinion on Arsenault. "I think he's a terrific guy. But you have to watch out. When you peel away all his glad-handing and honey-voiced charm, what's left is an entitled brat." Geez, Patty, sugarcoat it why don't you? Dave considers this.
And finally, we see Dee and Dum in an actual office. They are talking to someone I take to be their boss, asking him why there's no record of all the reports they've submitted. So Dee and Dum aren't in on the loop. Why does that shock me so very little?
The boss pulls out a thin-looking file folder full of the investigation reports. Seriously? That's all they've got? After months of surveillance and an accidental death, and that's the file? My 2008 tax return had more paperwork, and I just threw that thing together with old crumbled receipts, paper towels and some matchsticks for good measure.
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Comments (3)
Thanks for the detailed blow by blow. I am obsessed with this show and all the details. I hope one day to be able to piece everything together and have, at least, an idea about what the hell is going on. The writers must be schizophrenic or on the road to it keeping track of all the details. It drives me to drink and Ive never wanted a Cadillac so badly in my life. Keep up the good work. I fell asleep during the last episode for about 6 or 7 minutes and without your recap I could have been forever lost. Can anyone please tell me if Patty is a good person or a bad person. That would be a good start. -thnx
1 of 3 | Posted by Garg | Posted on March 9, 2009 5:27 PM
Hey, Linds, great recap, as always! I, too, appreciate the detailed blow-by-blow, especially for those episodes I doze off during. Thank god you're staying awake, snarkily commenting!
2 of 3 | Posted by notme | Posted on March 9, 2009 7:59 PM
"Can anyone please tell me if Patty is a good person or a bad person"....word..
3 of 3 | Posted by ridonk | Posted on March 9, 2009 11:25 PM