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His stupid remark finally sheds a little light on Ashley’s attitude problem. She asks Spencer, “Do you want that life? Stupid little comments about what you are and how you feel?I learned to laugh most things off because it hurts too much to do anything else. ”

I see what she’s doing. It’s the Chase Them Away Before They Freak Out and Get Cold Feet technique. It’s a risky move, but that’s our Ashley.

Spencer, in true femme fashion, cuts through Ash’s bullshit and straight to the point. “You know what? I can’t just be your friend Ashley. It needs to be more than that or I’m out of your life. I need to figure out mine.” When Ashley says nothing in response, Spencer storms out of the club. I’m not worried, though. This is all probably leading to a steamy reconciliation.

Later, Ashley asks Aiden for advice about the whole Spencer Situation. He asks, “Do you want to be with her?” Ash says she isn’t sure (yeah, right) and is worried she will scare her away.

Aiden, in true femme fashion, cuts through Ash’s bullshit and straight to the point. “I think you’re the one that’s afraid. I know from experience that you’re the one that does the heartbreaking. Maybe you’re afraid that Spencer’s the one that could break yours. ”

Ok, so much for the Dumb Jock stereotype. He’s totally right.

In the locker room, Glen and Aiden discuss the Madison Effect. Aiden confirms that she criticized, harassed and pressured him constantly when they were together too. Glen looks only slightly less miserable after hearing this. On his way home from school, Glen stumbles across a little pick-up game with The Fates. Shooting some no-pressure hoops, he rediscovers his pure love of the game, and blows his knee out in the process.

Meanwhile, Clay arrives at a diner in Vegas and finds his birth mother, Cecily. (If she looks familiar to you, it’s because you’re remember her as Vanessa from The Cosby Show – actress Tempestt Bledsoe).

He awkwardly tells her some facts of his life, but what he really wants to talk about is her—who she is, how she came to be in Nevada, and how she could give him up as a baby. She tells him that she was only 15 when she had him, but he’s disappointed because he thinks she didn’t even try to keep him. She sees his success and thinks she made the right decision, but he thinks maybe it was only the right decision for her.

Is it just me, or was she overly harsh with him? Just like Vanessa, she was pissy and defensive. When it comes to mother-figures, poor Clay kind of got the shaft.