This week, North Shore continued it's on again, off again relationship with its fans with what can be considered the best episode of the season. By some form of chance, all of the good episodes are also the same episodes where the viewers are given Mary Kate sized bites of Gabriel. As an added bonus, the producers left us with Ashley sized pieces of Nicole. Without the burden of keeping those two story lines afloat, the writers were able to concentrate on more important things, like MJ and Tessa and the story behind their crazy exes.
Although North Shore made strides with the disappearance of Nicole and Gabriel, we still get a little too much face time with Vincent. If anybody could use a little more bite in this show, it is Vincent. I mean, does anybody actually believe that he is going to follow through with one of his firings? This time, we get to listen in as Vincent is complaining about a proposed advertisement for his hotel. We also see that he is a little paranoid because he believes Morgan has come to Hawaii to get his hands on more than his fiancee. Jason is elated, of course, because this revelation into Vincent's psyche gives him cart blanche to continue his passive-agressive games with Morgan and Nicole.
Some of you may remember those periods in time earlier this year when The OC wasn't aired for like 3 or 4 weeks in a row? If were going through withdrawal, your only choice for Tuesday night pleasure was probably 24. Some of you who weren't fans (as if) might have even learned to like watching Kiefer and friends fight doublecross after doublecross before the final big twist at the end of the episode. I believe the North Shore writers had the same experience because there is more intrigue than ever at the Grand Waimameia.
During the episode where we got Tessa, we were dropped a little hint that her boyfriend would be back, and he wasn't going to go away without a fight. As Tessa is checking in a new guest, Kendall, we hear that she recently lost her husband, but she met a great guy at the airport who has swept her off of her feet. That great guy is, of course, Roy, Tessa's ex-boyfriend and partner in crime. He is now going by Austin and is looking to scam the vulnerable widow out of her expensive jewelry. Tessa is conflicted, but doesn't want to blow the whistle for fear of exposing her own sordid past and losing her job.
Always doing his job with a blender in one hand and a blunt in the other, Frankie is chatting up Kate, assistant to David Salzman, an ad executive in town to pitch some ideas for the Hotel's ad campaign. You see, Kate does all the work, and her boss gets all of the credit. Not important enough to have Michael Moore take on her cause, Kate must trudge on through life, only one bad day away from life as a barista. Frankie gives her some bartender/philosophical stoner advice and they share a moment staring into each other's glazed eyes. The moment was a little too long because Gabriel announces "Lobster Alert". Seems like David Salzman forgot the Banana Boat and has been burned worse than Gary Payton on a pick and roll.
Roy, meanwhile, corners Tessa and explains that he only needs to get the combination to the safety deposit box in Kendall's hotel room and he can grab the jewels and they will have enough money to live for a year without problems. Tessa, who is aware of rumors that guests at another hotel were assaulted and robbed, warns Roy he should leave and forget about it. Roy follows Tessa home, confronts her with their history, and they proceed to get busy, seemingly back for one more ride together.
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Comments (1)
Is it me, or did this show already jump the shark with the ridiculous kidnapping plot of mj and chris. And to add insult to injury in order to dig them out of the hole the writers put them in they make mj high school buddies with the head pot farmer/kidnapper? Ugh.
1 of 1 | Posted by jen | Posted on July 14, 2004 10:40 AM