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at Bette's — Franklin wants to know
how Bette's going to handle things at the C.A.C while
she's taking care of Melvin. At first Bette thinks
he's being nice about it all, but then he suggests
a temporary leave of absence. Bette wasn't planning
on that, of course, and starts to protest, but then
Shelly says she needs Bette's help. Shelly teaches
Bette how to turn Melvin every few hours. Franklin
sees no reason to respect such a moment, so he interrupts
and say he has to go. Bette makes him wait, and then
asks if she can have the weekend to think about the
leave of absence. Franklin, I hope your daughter decides
to put her work first when you end up like Melvin.
The
Planet — Helena's ordering for herself
and some blonde woman — and no, I don't mean
Tina. It seems Helena has two blondes tonight. Anyway,
Helena tells the server to ask Lara to send out "a
selection of small tastes," and in doing so,
she asks Dana, "It is Lara, isn't it? Your chef?"
— which makes Alice squirm, of course.
I
can't believe it's possible for that much smugness
and arrogance to be concentrated in one person. I
mean Helena, in case you were wondering.
Tina's
feeling like a bit of a third wheel as Helena flirts
with the other blonde, so she decides to go. Tina
finds Helena's fake solicitude rather irritating:
Tina:
"Helena, I'm tired. I just wanna go home
and be alone."
Helena: "Fine. Enjoy being
alone."
Tina: "I will. I want
to enjoy it while I can."
Helena
can't just leave it at that, of course, so as Tina
tries to go, Helena pulls her into a hug and pretends
to apologize. But what she really does is continue
to irritate the hell out of Tina, and me: she whispers
"You won't be alone, but you'll still get lonely."
Whatever. If that's going to be Tina's drama in season
3, we're all in trouble. 'Cause that sounds boring.
Tina
just gives her a "you're crazy" look and
leaves. There's a lot of that going around.
Bette
is reading Langston Hughes's "The
Negro Speaks of Rivers" to Melvin. That's
lovely, and has stuck in my brain since I first read
it in my 20th Century Black Literature class. Oh,
I'm so old.
She
gets up to try to turn Melvin over by herself, but
suddenly Tina is there to help, and she's even brought
dinner. She says hi to Melvin and says "It's
Tina. Ms. Kennard." Melvin says he knows who
she is.
Tina:
"Kit's at work. She'll be here as soon
as she can."
Melvin: "Who?"
Bette: "Katie, Daddy.
She said she's gonna be here soon."
Melvin: "How does she
know Katie?"
Ugh.
And ouch.
Bette
gets Melvin a glass of water while Tina takes off
that damn shawl and gets Bette some dinner. She also
apologizes for being selfish the other night. It's
nice how these two are sort of settling back into
being around each other, but shouldn't they talk?
Like really talk? And could we please see that?
They
sit next to Melvin's bed and talk quietly. Bette leans
back against Tina.
Bette:
"We've never done this before...
Tina: I've never held
you?"
Bette: "In front of my
father."
Tina: "He's asleep."
But
he's not. And what happens next is very hard to watch;
Melvin asks Tina to take good care of his girl, which
at first seems very nice, but then it becomes clear
that he thinks Tina is Bette's mom, Maxine. He talks
about how he let Maxine down and how much he needs
her to stay. Sigh.
The
Planet — Dana and Alice are mumbling
about something and looking a bit angsty. Shane shows
up and says "Carmen called me: is she really
here?"
Alice:
"Who?"
Shane: "It's Peaches.
Come on."
Um,
okay. I'm not enjoying this much. I'm all for the
blender thing, but this is just kinda tired. But I
do like the way Shane and Carmen are sort of leering
at each other in the crowd, like 12-year-olds. They're
starting to seem like the only bit of "fun"
left in this show, which is saying a lot.
Peaches
tries to get Shane to go up on stage, but Shane did
that with Betty and is probably still recovering.
Carmen looks surprised that Shane didn't jump at the
chance to be that girl, while Helena just sort of
stands alone in the crowd, probably wondering what
the hell she's watching.
Aww.
Shane gives Carmen a cute flirty look. Okay, my confusion
is complete: I'm even finding Shane cute. This season
has given me lapses of the synapses ((c) Lily
Tomlin and Jane Wagner).
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