by Aimee Curran
I think we all knew when Dan rambled off in his pick-up truck with heartbreak in hand at the end of 2010, he'd come back and stir the pot of Lancer drama. Well, that ship sailed last night when he rolled into town to serve as the best man at his brother's wedding.
Wanda, the hired wedding planner, can't help but get herself all up in Marti's business by volunteering Marti to sing Rolling Stones covers at the reception in an attempt to get Marti and Dan together. Real slick. Marti can't say no and has a heart-to-heart with Savannah about Dan coming home. Cue Savannah's crazy eyes when Marti says she doesn't know how she feels about Dan. Since Savannah lives her life with a competitive state of mind, she tells Marti the only way to resolve the Dan drama is for both of them to go to the wedding and throw themselves at Dan to see who he likes best. Ummm…yeah. Thank goodness Savannah is able to get a hair appointment at the last minute!
Back in the annoying storyline of Vanessa, Derrick and Red, Derrick, who apparently is a member of the Army Reserve, gets news that he is being deployed overseas and asks Vanessa to tie the knot before he leaves. She agrees, but isn't stoked. Who would be when her feelings are still stuck on a former flame? She talks to Red hoping he'll tell her not to marry Derrick, but he gives her some wishy-washy "follow your heart" answer, leaving Vanessa pouting like a kindergartner who didn't get her favorite color crayon. The next day she freaks out, won't sign the marriage license and admits she has a thing for Red. Derrick takes it surprisingly well, making her feel even worse and leaves her crying alone in the bedroom. Peace out, Derrick, it was fun while it lasted.
On the Alice front, she feels guilty for not visiting Jake in prison but doesn't think he deserves any visitors. She bros down with Travis, who, fresh out of jail is living with Wanda and working as a server at The Rat. They share a giggle and suddenly all is well. Alice finds her way to the jail, cries and admits to Jake that she tricked him into confessing with the stadium pow-wow. Jake says the blame is all his and she shouldn't feel responsible for his situation. Wake me when all the do-gooding, tears and sincere talks are over!
Meanwhile, wedding bells are ringing at the Patch wedding, and Marti looks smokin' while Savannah is dressed in a dowdy catering outfit. Yep…that's how she got an invite to the wedding—she's serving appetizers! It's totally cool because she has her own dress-to-kill stowed away and suits up to flaunt herself in front of Dan. Dan finds Marti and apologizes. Just as Marti is about to dive into a serious talk with Dan, Savannah pops up with mushroom puffs looking hot, hot, hot. Sorry to say, everything about her is screaming desperation. She is ready to fight for Dan, but in a crazy turn of events Dan is suddenly mouth to mouth with Vicky, his new girlfriend he met on a boat while helping with the oil spill clean up!
After feeding each other mushroom puffs, they hit the dance floor leaving Savannah and Marti dumbstruck. Savannah pays a guy $50 to distract Vicky with oil-spill talk while she throws herself at Dan. The dude can't stand Vicky, tells her that Savannah can keep her money and Vicky calls Savannah out in front of Dan, his dad and the majority of the extended family. Embarrassing! Well, turns out Vicky is just a date Dan brought to keep him from doing anything dumb with Marti. Dan's dad steps in with fatherly advice and tells Dan that Savannah is the girl for him. Marti and Dan settle on being BFFs, Dan patches (no pun intended) everything up with Savannah, breaks things off with Vicky and proceeds to make out with Savannah on the dance floor. Yay?
So now that Travis is out of prison, all the love triangles are resolved and Wanda isn't as much of a train wreck as she used to be, what storyline is interesting now? Oh yes…Savannah's prego sister and the mystery of who the baby daddy is! Wooohooo! Stay tuned for all the baby-mama drama next week!
Are you glad Dan is back? Do you think he chose the right girl? Have any guesses as to who the baby daddy is? Tell us in the comments and on Twitter!
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