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shallowness) wrote2024-07-27 08:28 am
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HoD: Pastry elf!
Hart of Dixie - 4.5 Bar-Be-Que Burrito
Zoe was suddenly showing and hormonal as she and Wade started thinking about preparations for the baby’s coming, one of which might be moving out. (I kind of expected this to lead to the house that Zoe had fallen for owned by the Wilkes aunt, but no.) But Brick didn’t look like he was going to give Zoe a raise, and the Rammer-Jammer was losing business to a newly established burrito van. The daft plot continued like clockwork, with Meatball suddenly mentioning a cousin who was a proper country music star he’d never mentioned before. As she turned out to be a proper diva, I thought she was played by an actress, but then she sang like any other country act at the end, so I don’t know if a singer was willing to ham it up. Wade had got her to agree to come do a gig at the Rammer-Jammer by promising a very restful B&B (in Bluebell?) When he told Zoe all this, she had to admit that she’d shut just the B&B down because of bedbugs, and even though she was trying to impress Brick into getting her a raise, there really were.
Zoe’s solution to this was to make Lavon pretend that his place was a B&B. She also mentioned a pastry elf, which made my mind explode (there were more foodstuffs than usual in this episode). As Pamela’s demands got ever more extreme, Lavon learned that Zoe and Wade were planning to leave.
And it’s not like he wasn’t already down after his and Lemon’s talk in the previous episode. Zoe suggested that he go out and try to meet someone else. Meanwhile, Lemon was going great guns with Fancie’s but her father found her a little dejected, she admitted it was over romantic woes, and he suggested that she go to a singles hoedown in Mobil. Guess who she bumped into there?
Why, yes, Lavon, and a string of cranks. They compared notes and longing, but AB was still Lemon’s best friend.
In the meantime, AB had decided that she wanted to train to be a nurse, but needed money to pay for it. Cricket reminded her she owned the houseboat, which happened to be something like Wally was looking to buy. So, AB went over to said houseboat, to find it in a total state. George, was, in fairness, starting to clean it up, explaining that the Truitt brothers had had a rehearsal there. He also automatically assumed that AB was there on Lemon business. She was a bit worked up about telling him that she was giving him a few weeks’ notice and could he please tidy the houseboat up, because she wanted to show it to the prospective buyer that night.
He did not, and when AB and Cricket brought Walt around, the Truitt brothers were back, making rowdy, with George claiming they’d be near neighbours and the houseboat was still in a state. Wally backed out, AB exploded and let slip why she was selling.
The next morning, George, feeling bad, as he should, came to apologise, although it somehow got diverted into an anecdote about wererabbits (I say somehow, it was via a Truitt.) They were just chuckling together when a strung-up Lemon saw them and had a giant lightbulb moment (been ahead of you for a while about this potential permutation, babe.) And so she started scheming/matchmaking, finding another buyer for the houseboat who’d be happy for George to stay on as his tenant (not sure if this is legit), but insisting on telling AB and George together. When they both, knowing her so well, asked why she hadn’t just told them separately on the phone, she spun a line about asking them to be try-out guests at the new and improved Fancie’s. They agreed and told her she could have just asked them straight up, ignoring the bit where she told them to dress up because it would be more romantic.
It occurred to me, even if the show made nothing of it, that the last time Annabeth had come here, it was when Lemon was helping Davis propose to her (with an ulterior motive) and she set Fancie’s on fire. Anyway, Lemon rather obviously left AB and George alone, swopping anecdotes about all the times in the past, when Lemon and George were dating, that she’d tried to force the three of them to be close.
While buying her excuse for being away, Lemon bumped into Lavon, who learned what she’d been doing and warned against trying to set AB and George up to clear the way for him and Lemon to be together. Lemon was sure it would be fine. But AB and George had reached the desert stage, where Lemon’s menu had been particularly obvious, and in trying to piece together why, AB had known George well enough to read his face and find out that Lemon had feelings for Lavon again, as she put it. So, when Lemon returned to Fancie’s, her two subjects were glowering at her, and AB called Lemon out for being selfish and using AB. And while I can think of times when Lemon has put AB first, she is mostly selfish.
This did seem to have got through to Lemon. Meanwhile, AB and George were still hanging out, mainly venting about Lemon, but also getting on rather well, which I’ve always assumed they would. As I like that fact that Lavon will check Lemon, I like the fact that they have grown up together, and although George has made ridiculous decision after ridiculous decision (yes, like every character on this show, but they’ve never really been sure what to do with him after Zoe picked Wade and it was clear he and Lemon weren’t meant to be. Meanwhile, AB has been growing and growing into a main character, with more smarts than, say, Cricket. If they can write a way for George to treat her well – better than Lavon ultimately did – then, fine. But better that they get there without Lemon’s ‘help’.)
The burrito van was still a rival, but the Rammer-Jameer looked like it was going to have a better night after Lavon apologised and got Pamela to perform there. It soon became apparent that neither Zoe nor Wade wanted to leave Lavon’s, and they agreed to do something to the attic of the carriagehouse and see how it went (until the baby grows as we all hope it will, but maybe that house Zoe set her heart on that time will come back into play.)
But I have to note the one massive thing Zoe did that I was unimpressed by: making the even more pregnant Wanda carry luggage as part of the B&B deception! (Even if it was punishment for Wanda eating all those burritos and betraying her boss Wade, which it wasn’t, it was the hierarchy of main character vs. supporting character is what it was.)
Zoe was suddenly showing and hormonal as she and Wade started thinking about preparations for the baby’s coming, one of which might be moving out. (I kind of expected this to lead to the house that Zoe had fallen for owned by the Wilkes aunt, but no.) But Brick didn’t look like he was going to give Zoe a raise, and the Rammer-Jammer was losing business to a newly established burrito van. The daft plot continued like clockwork, with Meatball suddenly mentioning a cousin who was a proper country music star he’d never mentioned before. As she turned out to be a proper diva, I thought she was played by an actress, but then she sang like any other country act at the end, so I don’t know if a singer was willing to ham it up. Wade had got her to agree to come do a gig at the Rammer-Jammer by promising a very restful B&B (in Bluebell?) When he told Zoe all this, she had to admit that she’d shut just the B&B down because of bedbugs, and even though she was trying to impress Brick into getting her a raise, there really were.
Zoe’s solution to this was to make Lavon pretend that his place was a B&B. She also mentioned a pastry elf, which made my mind explode (there were more foodstuffs than usual in this episode). As Pamela’s demands got ever more extreme, Lavon learned that Zoe and Wade were planning to leave.
And it’s not like he wasn’t already down after his and Lemon’s talk in the previous episode. Zoe suggested that he go out and try to meet someone else. Meanwhile, Lemon was going great guns with Fancie’s but her father found her a little dejected, she admitted it was over romantic woes, and he suggested that she go to a singles hoedown in Mobil. Guess who she bumped into there?
Why, yes, Lavon, and a string of cranks. They compared notes and longing, but AB was still Lemon’s best friend.
In the meantime, AB had decided that she wanted to train to be a nurse, but needed money to pay for it. Cricket reminded her she owned the houseboat, which happened to be something like Wally was looking to buy. So, AB went over to said houseboat, to find it in a total state. George, was, in fairness, starting to clean it up, explaining that the Truitt brothers had had a rehearsal there. He also automatically assumed that AB was there on Lemon business. She was a bit worked up about telling him that she was giving him a few weeks’ notice and could he please tidy the houseboat up, because she wanted to show it to the prospective buyer that night.
He did not, and when AB and Cricket brought Walt around, the Truitt brothers were back, making rowdy, with George claiming they’d be near neighbours and the houseboat was still in a state. Wally backed out, AB exploded and let slip why she was selling.
The next morning, George, feeling bad, as he should, came to apologise, although it somehow got diverted into an anecdote about wererabbits (I say somehow, it was via a Truitt.) They were just chuckling together when a strung-up Lemon saw them and had a giant lightbulb moment (been ahead of you for a while about this potential permutation, babe.) And so she started scheming/matchmaking, finding another buyer for the houseboat who’d be happy for George to stay on as his tenant (not sure if this is legit), but insisting on telling AB and George together. When they both, knowing her so well, asked why she hadn’t just told them separately on the phone, she spun a line about asking them to be try-out guests at the new and improved Fancie’s. They agreed and told her she could have just asked them straight up, ignoring the bit where she told them to dress up because it would be more romantic.
It occurred to me, even if the show made nothing of it, that the last time Annabeth had come here, it was when Lemon was helping Davis propose to her (with an ulterior motive) and she set Fancie’s on fire. Anyway, Lemon rather obviously left AB and George alone, swopping anecdotes about all the times in the past, when Lemon and George were dating, that she’d tried to force the three of them to be close.
While buying her excuse for being away, Lemon bumped into Lavon, who learned what she’d been doing and warned against trying to set AB and George up to clear the way for him and Lemon to be together. Lemon was sure it would be fine. But AB and George had reached the desert stage, where Lemon’s menu had been particularly obvious, and in trying to piece together why, AB had known George well enough to read his face and find out that Lemon had feelings for Lavon again, as she put it. So, when Lemon returned to Fancie’s, her two subjects were glowering at her, and AB called Lemon out for being selfish and using AB. And while I can think of times when Lemon has put AB first, she is mostly selfish.
This did seem to have got through to Lemon. Meanwhile, AB and George were still hanging out, mainly venting about Lemon, but also getting on rather well, which I’ve always assumed they would. As I like that fact that Lavon will check Lemon, I like the fact that they have grown up together, and although George has made ridiculous decision after ridiculous decision (yes, like every character on this show, but they’ve never really been sure what to do with him after Zoe picked Wade and it was clear he and Lemon weren’t meant to be. Meanwhile, AB has been growing and growing into a main character, with more smarts than, say, Cricket. If they can write a way for George to treat her well – better than Lavon ultimately did – then, fine. But better that they get there without Lemon’s ‘help’.)
The burrito van was still a rival, but the Rammer-Jameer looked like it was going to have a better night after Lavon apologised and got Pamela to perform there. It soon became apparent that neither Zoe nor Wade wanted to leave Lavon’s, and they agreed to do something to the attic of the carriagehouse and see how it went (until the baby grows as we all hope it will, but maybe that house Zoe set her heart on that time will come back into play.)
But I have to note the one massive thing Zoe did that I was unimpressed by: making the even more pregnant Wanda carry luggage as part of the B&B deception! (Even if it was punishment for Wanda eating all those burritos and betraying her boss Wade, which it wasn’t, it was the hierarchy of main character vs. supporting character is what it was.)