"Work Out" Recaps: Episode 3.6 "Get Nasty"

Real-life drama — To save the show from degrading into a nonstop free-for-all of boobs, booze and blow-outs (not that there's anything wrong with that), we pay a visit to a horse ranch where Shannon's daughter receives equestrian physical therapy for her cerebral palsy.

Years ago, doctors told Shannon she should shop for wheelchairs. Shannon ignored them, did her own research, and got her daughter in a program that moves the pelvis in a walking motion and embeds that muscle memory into the brain.

Sometimes denial is a good thing.

Separate ways — Back at Boob and Blowout Central, Jackie calls Doug Blasdell's friend Don Scott to talk about the upcoming fundraiser. Jackie tells Don she's excited to be a part of the event and is so looking forward to it. There's just one thing he should know: Brian Peeler was fired, and please keep him at least 50 yards away from her.

Meanwhile, out in the Valley, the excommunicated trainer is working out his frustrations with a pair of dumbbells in a not-so-fancy gym.

Gregg pays Brian a visit to see how his buddy has been since getting his walking papers.

Brian: They been all right, I guess, you know, since I got fired. That, and I've been having problems at home. Kate and I separated. It's like my whole world's been …
Gregg: Are you serious?
Brian: It's been coming down. I lost 14 pounds in the last week and a half.
Gregg: I'm sorry, man.

Brian talked about his fiancé last season, so he must be a newlywed. A newlywed living in his car.

Gregg cheers Brian up by talking about the fundraiser and Jackie.

Gregg: What about Jackie? What do you want to do about that?
Brian: I don't think it's something that's fixable because it's so much animosity built up over time, and it's just like, I don't know what's going to happen when we go to this fundraiser. I don't want to bring out anything bad and do anything like that because it's the Doug thing.

Gregg knows Peeler all too well and laughs and says it's going to be an interesting night.

And by "interesting" he means fubar.

Poor Brian. He says he's "at the bottom of the well … swimming in the water, trying to figure out how to climb out of this thing." Things can always be worse. He could be at the bottom of an outhouse.