Buddy arrives at his former house to find all of his trophies and deer heads out on the sidewalk. Pam says she's getting rid of them, and won't let him in the house because she doesn't feel safe. Buddy apologizes for the little outburst from last week but she's not having any of it, and just as they're about to get into another fight, Lyla puts a stop to it by obediently heading out to Buddy's car with her siblings.
Julie picks up her paycheck at the Community Pool of Sin and Amniotic Fluid, where she runs into The Swede. He thanks her for coming to the show, and she tries to keep her composure but you can tell she's outrageously embarrassed about the whole thing, even denying that her father picked her up. I know I give Julie a lot of shit, but there isn't a teenage girl who hasn't been in this terrible position - being thought of a as a cute little kid by an older crush. And it doesn't help that he acts like a total jackass about it - talking about how she's still in high school, warning her to watch out because she's going to be a heartbreaker someday, and finishing up with by tousling her hair. Dickwad.
Tami, drenched in sweat, arrives at the school to meet with Glenn again. He tells her she's crazy for walking all that way in 100-plus heat, but she points out that it's not crazy if you have a baby that won't stop crying unless she's moving. Yes, that is quite a pickle. Maybe she could just put the stroller on the treadmill? Anyway, Glenn is not having any of it and says that her behavior is questionable and he's worried about the baby's health. WELL. If anyone thought that Tami Taylor was down for the count, they were sorely mistaken. "Excuse me, GLENN. Let me tell you something right here and right now, okay? This isn't my first barbeque, GLENN. Alright? So I don't appreciate you going on and on and on about what a bad mother I am." Glenn denies that this is what he's implying and even amusingly confesses that she frightens him, but Tami just gets more and more upset until she finally breaks down into tears, in what is the first but certainly not the last crying jag of the episode.
"Welcome to the barbeque, GLENN."
Matt, still working at the Arctic Freeze, calls Julie about the plans for later, but she doesn't pick up. I think I see Smash working there too, but it's been so long I can't really remember what he looks like anymore.
Jason catches up with Tami as she's leaving the school and starts talking to her in a voice that's slightly higher than usual, in what I can only assume is an attempt to make him even remotely resemble a teenager. He tells her that he's been having a dream a lot lately and that she's in it. Ooh. This episode just got interesting. As "Stacy's Mom" plays in the background, he tells her that in the dream, she tells him to get up and walk, and he does, and one time when he woke up he could make a fist where he couldn't before so he thinks this all means that he's going to walk again. Tami looks confused, then sympathetic, then maybe a little horny, and finally deeply touched. He thanks her and heads off, and she almost starts crying again.
"I had a dream about plants too. It didn't end well."
Sigh. I was somewhat afraid this plotline would come up this year. I know it's in the nature of the story for Jason to hope to walk again, but I for one hope that he doesn't. I know that sounds terrible and I'm pretty much confirming my reservation in hell, but I've always felt that it would be such a happy-ending cop-out. Everyone in Dillon is gritty and miserable in one way or another, and so much of Jason's character is built upon that element that it would be a shame to just get rid of it. To put it in the context of yet another 24 reference, it would be like Terri Bauer not getting killed at the end of season one. So come on, writers. Have the balls to continue on in your quest to tear my soul apart.
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Comments (10)
I never got a chance to comment on the season premiere, so let me say now, Screampillr, so glad you're back to recap season 2 (didn't you lose an "a" from your name? Can we buy you a vowel?)
I also was a little concerned about the murder plot, but I can also see how teenagers can operate with blinders on and not see future consequences of their actions. After seeing this episode, I'm feeling ok that the plot line will play itself out in character with the tone of the rest of the show.
I'll second your thoughts on Julie's character: she's impulsive and self-absorbed and it ain't pretty to watch most of the time, but it's a fair portrayal of what many of us were like at that age.
Anyone else think the hot Latina nurse is going to make a man of our boy Matt?
1 of 10 | Posted by JasonR | Posted on October 16, 2007 8:01 AM
Awesome show, and equally awesome recap, SP!
Too many things to comment on, so I'll just pick one.
Grandma with the tiara scene was an absolute scream!
Keep it coming, FNL!
2 of 10 | Posted by ThisShowRocks! | Posted on October 16, 2007 8:50 AM
I am glad to hear that you loved Pierce on 24 as well. I was so excited to see him.
It was interesting to see the difference in how he carried himself in this role as opposed to the one on 24. I almost didn't recognize him for a minute, because of the drastic change in demanor!
Way to go Pierce/Landry's Dad! Way to act!
3 of 10 | Posted by fnllover | Posted on October 16, 2007 11:00 AM
Another fine recap!
I'm also getting more comfortable with the murder plot. In fact, most of the story lines felt better. I don't know if that is because the writer's are getting more comfortable, or us trusting that they do, in fact, know what they are doing. (We've all had our hearts broken by shows that lost their mojo in the off season - darn you, Remington Steel!)
4 of 10 | Posted by fire@will | Posted on October 16, 2007 12:10 PM
I'm not a big fan of the murder storyline but maybe that's the plot device the writers are using to make it believable that Tyra would fall in love with Landry. Kind of a messy way to do it.....but I wasn't really comfortable with the racism storyline last season and the way they dealt with that was beautiful. I think that's the episode that I became a full-fledged FNL fan! Whatever happened to Coach Mack anyway?
5 of 10 | Posted by volleydawg | Posted on October 17, 2007 10:14 AM
OMGoodness - I LOVE YOUR RECAPS!! Love love love them! That said - can I die of laughter again from "Community Pool of Sin and Amniotic Fluid" . hahaha.. and Miss Dementia 2007. Hahaha.
Okay, so, I'm totally not feeling the murder thing either. Actually, I kept speaking to the tv that night saying "No, they didn't do that. They didn't go there. Cmon, they didn't write that." But, they did.
I want to marry Matt Saracen. ASAP.
Thanks for such fantastic recaps. : )
6 of 10 | Posted by dainsey | Posted on October 17, 2007 2:04 PM
OMGoodness - I LOVE YOUR RECAPS!! Love love love them! That said - can I die of laughter again from "Community Pool of Sin and Amniotic Fluid" . hahaha.. and Miss Dementia 2007. Hahaha.
Okay, so, I'm totally not feeling the murder thing either. Actually, I kept speaking to the tv that night saying "No, they didn't do that. They didn't go there. Cmon, they didn't write that." But, they did.
I want to marry Matt Saracen. ASAP.
Thanks for such fantastic recaps. : )
7 of 10 | Posted by dainsey | Posted on October 17, 2007 2:06 PM
As a self diagnosed TV addict, I am a huge fan of dragging my enjoyment of a particular show out by reading recaps. In my search for the best recappers out there, you, Screampillr, are in my top two....I can't even tell you how many times I have (painfully) read a recap of some show I love only to be sorely dissapointed with the inane play by plays... "then this happened....then he said this....blah blah blah"
That being said, top notch recappers that write with just the right amount of snark, personal perspective, and obscure entertainment references are hard to come by....
So, Screampillr, I heart you and your screencaps very much.
I was feeling this episode a lot more too....
My favorite parts....
Grandma Saracens tiara and
your Lila screencap...i was howling..."Christ in my windshield wiper fluid.." indeed.
And for the record, I vote that The Swede is both B and C.... "a poor man's Adrian Grenier" AND "Ikea-like in his blandness and affordability"
Keep rocking the recap Sreampillr....looking forward to this season with you!
8 of 10 | Posted by mamabird | Posted on October 17, 2007 2:26 PM
Long time reader, first time poster, I love this show, thanks for your hilarious recaps. Just wanted to let you know someone else watched FNL!
9 of 10 | Posted by RLR123 | Posted on October 18, 2007 2:33 PM
I'm so over Julie. Her huge lips and knockers are distracting and her acting is getting worse by the ep. Someone needs to tell her to turn down the facial tics and quit trying so hard! Oh, and be a nicer daughter and girlfriend. (Wait that's the writing, but I think her acting is even killing that, which is hard to do on this show... hail to the writers!!)
10 of 10 | Posted by I.Heart.MattSaracen | Posted on October 21, 2007 8:57 PM