Steph gets all weepy and looks like she may hyperventilate. "This is, like, getting fired right now?" Yes, it's LIKE that, but I dunno if you can call being let go from an internship "fired." LC promises to help her get another job, but what does she mean, like, spinoff? Because that would last three episodes less than her internship at PR. Stephanie sobs an apology for making LC look bad, and Lauren pooh-poohs it away as her computer dings and she glances at it. I theorize it's her coworkers IM'ing her mean things to say as she fires Stephanie.
Steph tries to work through the reasoning of why fucking up would mean this kind of consequence instead of the usual reward of a three-episode story arc about drama with her DJ boyfriend. That's what all the other girls get. "Should I leave right now?" she asks, perhaps a little unsure of what "fired" actually means. LC is all, "Well.... Yeah... I mean, you don't want to be here if you're upset." Or if you're FIRED.
As Steph is released from responsibility, which was no doubt weighing too heavily on her fur-vested shoulders, LC breaks out her patented Concerned Face, to a ridiculous degree which we've been missing for a long, long time.
Some other day, Stephanie meets Heidi for lunch. Heidi sees her future sister-in-law is upset and immediately primps her hair to maximize its shock absorption for whatever news Steph may throw at her. When Steph tells her that LC fired her, Heidi makes a bitchy "What a disloyal hootchie!" face like she always knew LC would pull something like this.
Steph blames it all on Kelly Cutthroat, saying, "She's, like, a sadist! It's like this sadistic game she plays to get your friends to fire you." Sure, the high-powered CEO of a bicoastal PR firm has nothing better to do than to play Puppetmaster with a peon and a sub-peon (intern). Heidi offers her condolences and says she'll keep her eyes open for opportunities for Stephanie. "Here's the thing," Steph interjects. Um, you don't actually want a job? Nope. The thing is, she has a story about boys. She tells Heidi about her sordid ordeal with those wretched boys from The White Tie Affair (CD out now!) and describes the truth that Sean bestowed upon her as "the gnarliest bomb." You know what is gnarly, Steph? Every piece of clothing you own. And the fact that you say "gnarly." That's gnarly. Stop saying it. I will if you will. Anyway, Heidi is appalled. I mean, like, Blow-Up Doll appalled.
Heidi: NO
Steph: YES
Heidi: NO
Steph: YES
Heidi: NOO
Steph: YESSSS
Really, I don't see what the big deal is. It's not like he proposed to her and then she found out he was married or something. Let's maintain some perspective here. Oh, what am I saying?!
Heidi sighs, "This is so weird, because this is, like, the first good week I've had in months." Annnnnd now Stephanie has ruined that for you? With her pathetic life? Yeah, how selfish of her. Stephanie wonders aloud what this will do to her friendship with LC. I'm guessing she wordlessly jumped back to the fired thing, I can't imagine the lame boy thing would affect her friendship with LC in any way.
Cut to lunch being had by Lau and Lo. Lau tells Lo about how she reduced Stephanie to a slobbering mess of tears. "She cried??" Lo practically giggles. "In front of the whole office?"
"I don't know if I've ever made someone cry before," LC says. Ummmm, Jen Bunney? Heidi? I'm sure she made someone from Laguna cry, but it's been so long since I've watched that I'll have to rely on reader comments to back me up on that one.
Elsewhere some evening, Spencer takes Heidi on a Ferris Wheel despite her objections due to being afraid of heights. A word of advice to my romantic male readers: do NOT take your lady on a Ferris Wheel if she's afraid of heights. Someone did that to me once and, I assure you, a panic attack is way less romantic than you'd think.
The happy couple hops in and, as they are the only ones on the ride (or even, seemingly, in the park), it starts to feel like the beginning of a great horror film.
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Comments (7)
stephanie pratt...wow...just wow
1 of 7 | Posted by efk2020 | Posted on May 20, 2009 2:10 PM
So, as usual your recaps made me laugh quite hard. :o)
The part about the movie fear was one of my most favorites.
Heidi's real dad was ridiculous but it was great because for once Spencer looked like he might actually piss himself.
The proposal was sweet in it's sick kind of material way and the pecking that the two of them did made me want to barf.
Lauren did an excellent job firing stephanie and the look that Lauren's co worker shot her cracked me up.
Though I am not proud of steph's work ethic I admired the way she told that band dude to "zip his flirtatious lips" because honestly, what kind of douche explains his relationship as a "situation"
I love how Lauren and Brody have platonic romantic dinners. As most other viewers feel I wish that the two of them would just date again already. He is yummy and I hope that he stays on the hills even though Lauren is leaving.
Yes, Lauren has made a few people cry. Audrina, jenbunny, heidi, and oh, yeah stephanie! I am sure they are not the only ones!
2 of 7 | Posted by whit-ster | Posted on May 20, 2009 2:46 PM
Heidi's daddy reminds me of the man that did the Quacker Oatmeal commercials. Funny though...Heidi actually looks just like her Step-Dad. Hmmmm..sounds a little fishy to me.
Did Audrina actually call someone else 'Promiscious"?? Wow, talk about the pot calling the kettle black!
When Spence pulled out that ring I said "Yep, somebody has been to Claire's"
3 of 7 | Posted by fatgirlsrule | Posted on May 20, 2009 8:28 PM
OOOppppssss, I forgot to say this: What the hell was Steph wearing when she met Heidi for lunch??? It looked like a tater sack being held in place by some duct tape.
I cant believe that heidis dad asked spence what his 'intentions' were with his daughter. Lets see, been shacking up for awhile, getting the milk for free........
Is the word Narly really spelled Gnarly??
4 of 7 | Posted by fatgirlsrule | Posted on May 20, 2009 8:40 PM
Love the Fear reference! Maybe Spencer can tattoo his chest with
Heidi
4
Eva
5 of 7 | Posted by totallydifferenthead | Posted on May 21, 2009 10:51 AM
HIGH-LARIOUS! Great job O.Snapp! This was a good episode! I liked watching Spencer squirm at the thought of Heidi's (real) dad coming. I wish her dad had really tortured him more though. He seemed to win over the dad so easily. I guess teaming up against Darlene must have been a stroke of genius. I, too, thought it was a risky move. The interesting thing is that Darlene thinks Spencer reminds her of Bill, and she DIVORCED Bill. If Heidi is anything like Darlene, she could eventually be following in the same footsteps....They certainly don't SEEM that similar, but I'm sure eventually she will see the light.
6 of 7 | Posted by thatswhatshesaid | Posted on May 21, 2009 10:52 AM
Osnapp, I have to tell you how much I love your recaps. You're totally one of the writers I go to when I need to 'get in the mood': the writing mood that is. Sorry, didn't mean to make you too uncomfortable. Hee-hee.
Hugs,
Yenta
7 of 7 | Posted by yentapatrol | Posted on May 24, 2009 6:07 AM