Alex (the dude from last time) comes in for a fitting and the scene is strewn with vaguely sexual innuendos, knowing smiles between Whit and LC, and sadly few visuals to illustrate. For example, why must we have to watch LC put a hideous jacket on a hanger while Buckler is saying, "Get your clothes off. Do you have your underwear on? Good. Aw no, that should be zipped UP." Please, MTV, give this recapper some eye candy! Mama needs a little something once in awhile.
"Why am I suddenly craving hot dogs?"
I think LC is in a bit over her head with this tasty meat market, and her nervousness is given away only by the fact that she is incapable of not playing with her hair every time she looks at a half-naked guy. Which, here, is about every three seconds. Additionally, Whitney keeps taking sharp breaths in, raising her eyebrows and flaring her nostrils. I guess these are the California mating signals.
Back in L.A., Heidi is beginning what is surely a painful stretch of unemployment. See, I just have a lot of trouble believing this is a hard time for her when I know she is getting paid 35 grand for putting on lip gloss in front of a mirror. The only thing that soothes my anger is the fact that she's looking more and more like a hand-me-down ghetto Barbie doll every day. Oh, and the knowledge that she's a moron.
"Glossing Sequence Activated."
Spencer tells her he doesn't understand why they have to get up so early to get her a job. Ummm, because the real world starts before noon? He thinks that the Bolthouse party needed some entertainment. Indeed, and isn't a wildly drunk, 90-lb, bottle-blonde PR coordinator just the kind of pizzazz they needed? It's kind of a weird scene, because the whole time, Heidi only moves one side of her face, using only one side of her mouth to speak, like a stroke victim or something. In any case, Spencer tells her he'd love to be her #1 reference, because he'd tell them she was the best employee he ever had. Way to demean your woman, Homie. Your babe seems less than amused.
"Weird, I can't even taste the vanilla on my lips."
No offense to my stroke-victim readers. Spencer suggests they go out that night to celebrate her newfound free time (yeah, there's nothing like bottle service when you're supposedly broke, right!) and she mutters "Okay. We'll go out tonight," before walking out of the room. Smells like a setup to me.
Hey, speaking of Barbie dolls...
MTV, sometimes you know just what I need.
They're like really hot versions of Charlie Brown's Pigpen. Ol' Justin Bobby Pigpen could learn a thing or two from them.
#1 - SHAVE.
#2 - BE QUIET.
#3 - STAND AROUND MOSTLY NAKED ALMOST ALL THE TIME.
#4
The only thing that really concerns me is the odd presence of bobby pins in everyone's very short hair. I guess the artistic meaning escapes me. Alex comes over to ask Whitney what she thinks of his look, and she tells him he looks like he has "a really bad fake tan." Couldn't have said it better myself, honey. But seriously, folks, this guy's gorgeousness is killing me.
I mean, you know... after a shower.
Adam, looking even more like a hobo, asks the girls to come to a restaurant that night to hear his friend's band play. Sounds kind of lame to me, but the girls agree anyway - Whitney hesitantly, LC with a gigantic smile on her face.
Down, girl.
Just as Alex is getting a mighty jealous frown on his face, the fashion show starts. You know what's weird? When I watched this episode on TV they played that M.I.A. song "Boyz" during this section of the show, but online it's a different song altogether. This has no relevance to the show itself, and actually I have no joke to go along with this observation, I just thought it was bizarre and wondered why they'd do that. Especially because M.I.A. is The Shit.
At Il Bastardo later that night, the girls arrive and some kind of generic band is playing, probably thinking, "Coooool, we're on The Hills!" At least, that's what I thought until I saw the lead hottie.
Holy Effing Ess.
And then I saw Whitney completely ignoring polite introductions because she was rapt with attention to the band.
"Must.. bone..."
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Comments (10)
As usual, the re-cap was much more interesting then the show. Is it just me, or is Heidi starting to resemble Michael Jackson?
1 of 10 | Posted by FatGirlsRule | Posted on November 13, 2008 5:16 AM
#4... mmmmmmm.....
2 of 10 | Posted by MargotTenenbaum | Posted on November 13, 2008 7:25 AM
That scene from the credits that you like has already been shown! It was from when they went to Vegas about when they were either going on or getting off the plane - I specifially remember that shirt LC was wearing bc I thought it was odd that it had a racerback.
Anyway - great recap - the Aussie was hot, but seemed a little on the short side. They are totally setting Whitney up for her show.
3 of 10 | Posted by yankeesfan | Posted on November 13, 2008 8:25 AM
Brent Bolthouse is my new hero.
4 of 10 | Posted by LAjane | Posted on November 13, 2008 9:31 AM
Maybe it is just me, but Brent seemed like he was in love with Heidi and truly sad that he had to fire her. Even when she was begging for her job back, he got soft. He was tough at first, but then kind of smiled and said he would definitely talk to Sam. It wasn't a huge brilliant smile, but there was a small smile in there. Definitely gave me the feeling that he was feeling the little Pocket Sprite. (Great line by the way!) I was shocked to see him tower over her!! I wondered if he had been standing on something...
5 of 10 | Posted by Thatswhatshesaid | Posted on November 13, 2008 11:13 AM
Since Heidi's "job" at Bolthouse was fake to begin with, so was her "firing". I honestly wish it had been real.
6 of 10 | Posted by murphena | Posted on November 13, 2008 1:46 PM
I always got the impression that Sam is a very big guy thus making everyone around him look small. I bet Brent is about average size.
Great recap. I couldn't believe how Whitney just blew off Alex. So what that he's shy. To me that means the guy is less likely to be an ass and jerk you around.
I loved when Brent told Heidi off regarding Spencer. Too funny!
7 of 10 | Posted by akgirl7 | Posted on November 13, 2008 4:28 PM
Not done the recap (I just skimmed) but I was very pleased to see that you covered the Brent/Heidi/Spencer fiasco explicitly. I am SO glad that somebody finally handed Heidi her ass. Now, as we know from the previews, Sam gives her her job back, but they still told her that Spencer is not allowed at her work functions anymore. Which, considering that her work is basically one giant office party, kind of sucks for her. But do I feel bad? NO!
And thatswhatshesaid, yeah, I was wondering if Brent was standing on something, but in the far away shots I don't think he was and he looked equally ginormous over Heidi. How tall is she anyway? Spencer, I figure, is somewhere in the 5'10/5'11 region and he was nose to nose with Brent. So Heidi would be less than 5'5, I'm guessing. But she never looks that short next to Spencer...
Oh, why do I even care so much?
8 of 10 | Posted by georgiababe | Posted on November 13, 2008 10:28 PM
Georgiababe - yep, you are right. We are spending an inordinate amount of time on Brent's height. I think after him looking so short last week and then looming over everyone this week it was just surprising... A theory about Heidi is that she probably wears really high heels so that makes her closer in height to Spencer...Just a thought.
okay, and done! :)
9 of 10 | Posted by Thatswhatshesaid | Posted on November 14, 2008 11:16 AM
That Lisa CuntThroat looks like SATAN! The chinese girl on the phone was probably talking to a customer. Was she suppposed to just hang up on them?
And Heidi gets her job back. I wonder.... did she spit or swallow??
10 of 10 | Posted by FatGirlsRule | Posted on November 19, 2008 5:52 AM