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A sleigh ride — Bette and Tina and Angelica have just taken a sleigh ride. Angelica is wearing the most adorable fuzzy bear hat with ears.

Tina: "That was almost as good as her first step."
Bette: "I wouldn't know."

Zap, pow. But Bette plays nice when Tina says she's glad they were there together.

Chane's bachelor party — Peggy wants to know where Carmen is. Alice says she's not allowed at Shane's bachelor party.

Peggy: "Oh my goodness, I had no idea you were such role-playing lesbians."
Shane: "Come on, we're not. Actually, I'd like for her to be here, but her family's so traditional, you know, so I stepped back."
Max: "I think that's nice."
Jenny: "I think that's regressive."
Helena: "Well... we're pretty traditional in our family too, aren't we Mummy?"

Peggy has never looked more incredulous or more amused.

Bette and Tina arrive, so it's time for dinner. Helena takes Peggy's hand and says "Let me bury my head in your ample bosom if I get a little too emotional."

Um. Where am I supposed to bury my head if I get a little too distracted by wildly inappropriate thoughts?

Elsewhere, Kit is chowing down, and Angus teases her about her appetite. "I'm pregnant," she blurts, and Angus is beside himself. Kit doesn't want him to be that excited.

Angus: "Okay, okay, um... let me try this again. I don't know what you're planning, but it's certainly your decision, completely and totally."
Kit: "You got that right."
Angus: "Yeah, okay, but I just want you to know that I'm with you. I'll support you in whatever decision you make. Specifically, I'll take you to the doctor, and I'll hold your hand during the procedure, and I'll drive you home and put you to bed with a hot water bottle. Or, you know, if you decide to... go through with it, I'll be your Bradley coach and I'll bust my ass to save enough money to put our kid through college."

He can't really hide the excitement on his face when he says that, and they laugh. You're all right, Mange.

The toast — Jenny and Alice make a toast.

Jenny: "Shane, the thing that you've taught us about friendship is about being fearless. So thank you very much for convincing me to cut off my lustrous, mink-like, long long mane as short as humanly possible. And Shane, thank you very much for not making it look like yours."
Alice: "It's really... grown back fast."
Jenny: "Yes, it has."

Snort.

And then they toast/roast Shane in other little ways, but they don't have a lot to draw on because we don't really know that much about Shane. Or anyone else. "Shane, only you could make a two-piece pleatherette ensemble look good at 7:30 in the morning, drunk, after a one-night stand."

But they're right when they say she's a loyal friend and has "taught the whole group that people's rough edges are beautiful."

And then Peggy brings it home:

Peggy: "So my dear Shane. Although I don't understand why you would embrace an institution that breeds conformity and restricts free will, that said, if you give one another children, I only hope that they're as generous and kind and lovely as the one my good-for-nothing Brit gave me."

Aww. Never mind that last season Helena was the opposite of all of that, except for the British part.

Angus makes Shane answer the kid question. Shane says she thinks she might want kids. Bette says she thinks Shane would make a wonderful parent.

Max: "Carmen would be really beautiful pregnant."

I think there was a global incident of eyeroll-induced eyeball strain after that line. Jenny's wince is hilarious.

Shane: "In any event, I think kids are such a beautiful gift. I mean, I don't know, I look at that little one [looking at Angelica] and I see the love that you have for her, and the love that you [looking at Bette and Tina] actually have for each other, despite the things you're going through, and it just seems that sometimes love just doesn't last the way you hope it will, but if you get through that pain, it just could last in ways that are more precious. Maybe. Possibly."
Alice: "Wow. Hi, I'm Alice. It's nice to meet you."

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