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More subtlety — Dana the cutout falls off the garbage truck; the garbage man (sorry, sanitation engineer) hops off and retrieves her.

Surviving — A doctor (or whatever) tells Dana she might feel a little nauseous after her chemo. Just a little.

Lara stars to ask about special foods, but Dana interrupts to ask, "Am I gonna die?" The doctor tries to reassure her; after all, Dana's young and has taken care of herself. After the standard spiel, Dana just says "When am I gonna lose my hair?"

Yes, it's sad that Dana's hating everything, but at the same time, it's probably better than if she said "yes, I'm sure I'll be fine." Because that would just be too Lifetime movie-ish.

Outside The Planet — Kit's riding some sort of pneumatic ramp or similar thing. Never mind; the point is that she's trying to get ready for the B-52s show, and Billie is there drinking a bloody mary and looking very rough. He half-assedly defends his sleepless lifestyle, and Kit resorts to her pseudo-jive and just embarrasses everyone.

Kit: "All I wantcha to do is get yo shit together by tomorrow night 'cause I don't want any fuck-ups with the B fitty-twos, you understand?"

Yo. G. G as in Gah.

Helena's office — Helena's chatting with her children via webcam, like a good mummy. There's a knock at the door: it's Dylan, who's grinning and interested in the children and looking like the perfect girlfriend for me. Um, I meant perfect girlfriend. Generally.

Dylan was just in the neighborhood, yeah yeah, and thought she'd bring Helena a Cadbury's Flake and Branston Pickle. Oh, yawn. Next time go for Minstrels and flapjack.

Dylan tries to move in for a thank-you kiss, but Helena resists.

Helena: "You know, Dylan, I made a promise to myself to stop sleeping with married people."
Dylan: "Danny's my boyfriend. We're not married. We live together. "
Helena: "Yeah, but in lesbianworld, that is married."

Please. In "lesbianworld," the second date is married, and Dylan couldn't possibly know that, even if she did used to live with Ellen.

Helena says "what starts in chaos ends in chaos." Well, yeah, and you used to be the one who guaranteed that, Helena. But Dylan tells Helena she likes her — a lot. "What does that mean, Dylan?" says Helena; so Dylan pushes her against the wall and tries to show her.

Helena: "I don't want to be the lie you tell to someone else."
Dylan: "Well, what do you want?"
Helena: "You know what I want. But I don't want it halfway, and I don't want it at someone else's expense. We should just be friends."

Did you ever think you'd ever hear Helena say anything remotely like any of those things? She must have done some incredibly life-changing stuff in between seasons. Maybe Peggy sent her to some sort of adult boarding school to teach her a lesson. Oh, I seem to be taking the whole thing in an entirely different direction now.

A pool non-party — Shane and Carmen are showing off their new tattoos. Helena likes them, but then Helena seems to like everything lately.

Jenny wanders in, smiling like she has some sort of secret. Maybe she does. Where has that cute puppy Otto disappeared to, anyway? Hmm.

Jenny has picked some flowers for Dana. Dana seems to like them. They look really, really fake.

What is this weird synthy spacey music in the background? Why does it almost seem like everyone's high? Oh, right; remember who wrote this episode.

Bette and Lara emerge from the house with a cake. Lara says "Happy first chemo, baby." Um. I know it's good to make light of things sometimes, but happy first chemo? That's just wrong.

Dana says she's nauseous and can't have any: "I'm fucking sick, Lara." Well. Now it's even more wrong.

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