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The Fairmont Chateau Whistler — Nice place. Oh, and nice guest! There's Peggy Peabody; apparently she and her daughter have become buddies now. Speaking of guests, guess who's in the lobby? Carmen's familia. Carmen and Peggy are confused, but for different reasons.

Peggy: "They're all dressed in the same clothes."
Alice: "She didn't think they were coming though. I think Helena might have had something to do with it."

I'm with Peggy, though: exactly why are they all dressed like that? I guess we're supposed to think they're not used to travelling and are making a big touristy event of it. Or perhaps it's that they want to be able to go up into the mountains, and this way when the guards stop them, they can say their travelling clothes are "our costumes, naturally," and then beat the pants off the von Trapps in the singing competition.

Carmen just steps forward in disbelief, and breaks into a grin as her mama gives her a big hug. Her mom apologizes and says she couldn't miss it: "My baby's getting married."

One of Carmen's sisters (?) introduces everyone to Helena, and says that Helena's the one who got in touch with her and paid for everyone's tickets and hotel rooms. Peggy gives Alice a look and says "I guess it grows on trees." Oops.

Carmen's family swarms around Helena. It's cute.

Mama says she needs to check Carmen's dress and jewelry, and tells Chane she will make "such a handsome bride... groom" and is not allowed to see Carmen until the wedding.

Recreation — Max hits the slopes, but Jenny's not interested. I'm surprised Max is still calling Jenny "baby," after she kind of kicked him to the curb at that dinner.

Jenny sits and watches the people playing in the snow. A woman (Élodie Bouchez) nearby begins to speak. Probably because she's reading a book, and so is Jenny, and they both look so unapproachable: if that's not enough reason to strike up a conversation, what is? The woman has a French accent.

Femme: "Do you hate skiing also?"
Jenny: "I just hate all the bullshit that you have to go through with all the equipment."
Femme: "Me too. I don't do any leisure activities that require me to use more than one piece of equipment. Except sex."
Jenny: "Sex isn't a leisure activity."
Femme: "What is sex then?"
Jenny: "Sometimes it's a revelation. Sometimes it's fun. Sometimes it's scary. Sometimes it's tepid."
Femme: "Which is it with your friend? I'm interested. I've never been with a transsexual."
Jenny: "That's a personal question."
Femme: "I only ask questions that are personal. Questions that are not can be answered by a textbook."

Remind you of anyone? The accent, the clever replies: it's Marina all over again, except this woman is about half as tall and half as gorgeous. She's also a writer; she writes for a gay travel magazine. She tells Jenny that all destinations should be gay destinations.

Femme: "We limit ourselves with these stupid ..."
Jenny: "Labels."
Femme: "Labels."

The captions sorta disappeared for a minute there, so I hope I've deciphered the femme's accent properly. It's quite thick, and I think it's sexy, and I think Jenny agrees.

Next thing you know, they're in bed, enjoying a postcoital cigarette and talking about whether Jenny should be labeled as a gay writer.

Jenny: "Ce n'est pas juste."
Femme: "Pourquoi ce n'est pas juste?"
Jenny: "Parce que... because you said that you didn't like labels."

She may not like labels, but she likes Jenny. They lick champagne off each other and it's quite tasty looking. I think I might prefer fondue though.

But really: this woman is the French version of Jenny, and what could be better than that? Pretentious and prefrenchious, sitting in a tree. Un arbre. Merde.

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