Couples, couples everywhere! But no one’s having fun. Liam and Naomi, Silver and Teddy, Adrianna and Gia, Dixon and ... Ivy? Yup, the friends caved under the pressure of being single amongst couples and teamed up for a “pretend relationship.”
Of all the relationships West Bev is producing lately, theirs might be the best. D and I ate burgers and actually kissed, while Teddy ran around trying to prove how well he knew Silver by buying her faux diamonds and Flaubert and Liam faced expulsion when he attacked the teacher Naomi told him sexually harassed her. Oh, and Adrianna freaked about going public with Gia. Give me a burger with Dixon and Ivy over any of the “real relationships” any day.
So Liam and Naomi. The two are still playing house in N’s mansion, but Liam can’t get over the fact that Naomi was harassed and Naomi can’t bring herself to tell the truth. Even a fake trip to the therapist doesn’t help. We just said good-bye to psycho sister Jen! Now why is Naomi becoming her? Annie might have a chance of getting away with murder (btw, Jasper jumped off the Hollywood sign, but lived and is going to a mental institution [finally!]), but everyone knows Naomi is not going to walk away victorious in this case. And she is going to lose Liam and be alienated by her friends. Is it a rule that each girl must take turns being the outcast at this school?
Speaking of outcasts, Adrianna (still gay this week), learned she could turn Gia on by ironing (interesting) and then learned she could turn her off by refusing to make-out in public. The Glourious Steinems had their first gig playing a rather huge venue after, like, two weeks of band practice and Aid, a former professional actress, became overcome with stage fright. But true to their name, the band used girl power to get her onstage, while number one groupie Gia watched the show alone, creepily from the wings. High on a performing, Adrianna gave Gia the public kiss she’s been wanting.
Also watching the Steinems was Ivy’s music-producing, Mr. Matthews-doing mom Laurel. She cheers her daughter up by mocking Liam’s helmet hair and later trying to get her to skip school to go surfing. Laurel digs Aids’ sound and when she sees her at school the next day when she drops Ivy off, she offers to sign her, but not the band. She also bumps into her bumping buddy Matthews and, hilariously, Ivy can immediately tell what went down between them. Hmm, side note: could we do some kind of five degrees of separation … Liam slept with Jen, who slept with Matthews, who slept with Ivy’s mom, who birthed Ivy? Does that bring Liam and Ivy close enough? Anyway, I don’t think we’ve seen the last of Laurel and for a hippie, she seems like she can cause a lot of trouble.
Which West Bev couple are you behind? Do you think there's something under Laurel's sleeve too? Finally, do you think Jasper will spill Annie's secret while in the mental institution?
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