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HoD: What's Norwegian for 'sisters'?
For Reasons, I stuck to watching Hart of Dixie last week.
Hart of Dixie - 4.7 The Butterstick Tab
The title-related framework of this episode was Zoe catching Wade reflexively flirting with a postwoman to get her to deliver a parcel for him, and getting riled, not so much because she was jealous as she thought it would be a terrible example for their kid. Wade conceded the point, tried to pay for a muffin (where he had the tab) and failed. He dragged Lavon in to help and we had a quite amusing montage, where the joke was that Lavon slapped Wade every time he flirted, so YMMV about how amusing it was. He then decided to speechify at all the ladies in the montage, managing to offend them all, and landing him and Zoe with the bill for the tab of over $4,000. Zoe ordered him to fix it, and he did in a way that was charming and showed signs of maturity. (The marriage proposal I thought was coming never materialised.)
Lavon only had a little bit to do, but Zoe was unfortunately pulled into The Abandoner Returns part 2, which did go to show that she would make a pretty great mother. I have probably got a lot of things out of order below.
The episode started gently, though, with George confirming details about their first date with AB, which went so well you knew the other shoe was going to drop. She asked Lemon’s permission, which was granted, while Lemon shared that she’d seen her father and mother. AB offered to forget the date and for them to hang out, but Lemon wasn’t having any of it, still probably remembering she wasn’t taking AB for granted. But she did admit that seeing her mother again had stopped her from going to talk to Lavon.
Anyway, the whole Brick lying to her aspect didn’t continue long, because he soon told Lemon what she already knew. Having heard Alice’s story, he had softened towards her, but when Lemon said she could never forgive her and didn’t want to hear Alice’s side of the story, he accepted it. Oh, Lemon. I had some sympathy for her, and thought she had every right not to have to listen to Alice and if she changed her mind, to do it on her terms, but the unforgiving stance? Not good. (Not going to last I expect, either.) What riled me the most – and it took most episode for them to address it – was that Lemon had no right to withhold the information from Magnolia, especially as she’d felt betrayed that Brick had gone behind her back. Magnolia had also been abandoned.
Alice forced the issue, turning up wanting to talk to Lemon, who was horrified and rude, (and fair enough, it was years after she was owed an explanation, but she didn’t have to listen to Alice there and then on Alice’s terms) and ran to Brick, who said he’d sort it. All this was complicated because Scarlett of the broken arm had really taken to Bluebell and Dr Zoe. Also, an active only kid who couldn’t do what she normally would, she was bored, so she and her dad turned up at the surgery to see Zoe. And bumped into Brick and Lemon. Scarlett’s father looked a lot like Brick, only taller – awks, but it was worse for Lemon to see the daughter that her mother was staying with, and Zoe knew it. Rose, hanging around – not clear if it was as AB’s replacement or she’s still in her wanting to be a doctor phase, although she’d later talk about getting paid – did not know much of this, so Zoe used her as a buffer to get Scarlett away from the Breelands. Later, when Scarlett asked to hang out in the town, Zoe bribed Rose into babysitting her.
Shelby was also around, preparing Ethel’s first birthday party, which Lemon was catering, while Magnolia was unimpressed. AB got waylaid by Cricket and her new girlfriend, who introduced the idea of going somewhere fresh for her first date with George. He accepted this point, but as they ran through the lists of local restaurants, they realised they’d each visited them with someone else, which left only a new Norwegian place with terrible reviews. They mutually agreed to go there for their first date.
Lemon was being a bit of a monster at the party, particularly to the wait staff. Magnolia tried to call her out on it. That was Magnolia who’d been quite rude to Shelby. Again. Zoe, who had a better idea of what was going on, advised Lemon that in her own family drama, talking to her father had helped her move on.
Guess who crashed the party? Rose and Scarlett, and Magnolia was bored enough to talk to Rose and this kid. The horrified adults saw them, and Zoe tried to run interference. But! Lemon had taken her advice, gone to Alice and was talking about how her mother had ruined her life…when Zoe and Scarlett arrived, and the kid heard everything, and now her life was turned upside down too.
With an intrepid spirit, George and AB went on their date. I thought the actor playing their ‘Norwegian’ (think broad Scandinavian) waiter was continually on the verge of corpsing as the waiter haughtily informed the couple there was a fixed menu and no complaining allowed. As the fixed menu seemed to involve a lot of fish, you knew what was coming.
Anyway, they tried, the food was terrible, they agreed to bail. Not seen whether they went somewhere else, but George was walking AB home and they’d just reached the point of a goodnight kiss, which would be their first kiss, having got on well through all of this, when what he’d eaten started coming up and soon the same was true for AB, so they parted, thankfully not retching onscreen.
At some point during all this, Shelby was quite direct with Magnolia about her attitude. She acknowledged that she might have had a ‘tude too if she’d been in Magnolia’s place, but said that she was going to love her, and Ethel was going to love her big sister regardless. Fine and dandy, except haven’t we covered this ground before, that time before Shelby bailed again?
Zoe and Wade were touching base (this was around the $4,000 bill that needed to be paid) at home when they had visitors, who turned out to be Rose and Scarlett. Scarlett had run away from home, called Rose because she was an older girl and could drive, and Rose, now having some idea of all that was going on, was sensible enough to turn to an adult. Future mama!Zoe found a balance between letting Alice know Scarlett was safe and giving Scarlett a sympathetic ear over ice cream before driving her home. That done, she saw Lemon and had an awkward conversation with her, because she knew that she’d unwittingly got involved in something major and personal for Lemon, but got Lemon to see that her ‘sister’ (I kept yelling ‘half-sister’ at the TV, and of course Ethel is Magnolia’s stepsister) was an innocent kid whose life had been shifted on its axis – as Lemon’s had been, as was completely recognised – but urged Lemon to be a kind adult.
This led to a Breeland family meeting, where they finally told Magnolia all. She was a little mad that they hadn’t – quite right – but when it came to deciding what to do next, asked Shelby’s advice. A touched Shelby said something about families being a blessing and the bigger the better. (Which she would.)
Fortunately, because she knows she’s not a main character, Magnolia said she didn’t really remember Alice and considered Lemon her real mother. Basically, she left the decision to Lemon. In the midst of all this, Lemon did find the time to talk to Lavon and share all the family drama AND tell him she’d been on her way to tell him that she wanted to make a go of it. He’d been moping a bit all episode, but now that he knew what was going on with her, was sympathetic and understanding.
So, the next day, having quickly recovered from their food poisoning, AB met George at the houseboat for a bland breakfast date. Before it, though, he insisted on the first kiss, which was gentle and soft, but they both seemed quite pleased with it. FWIW, I think they’re playing this romance as well as they can, given that it wasn’t endgame, but the writers realising that it was a plausible ship between two characters we mostly like. (Well, I like AB a whole lot more than George.) It helps that everyone is upfront about all the history and baggage, and the friends-become-lovers vibe is a contrast to the drama of Zoe/Wade and Lemon/Lavon, even if we’re covering some of the same ground as when AB and Lavon started dating.
Lemon went to Alice’s house, where she was politely rude to her mother and made it clear that she had come only for Scarlett. She was nice to Scarlett, and the episode ended with Lemon, Magnolia and Scarlett going to eat and get to know each other at the Rammer-Jammer, where Wade with his infinitesimally tweaked charm greeted them, watched by an approving Zoe.
The episode leaned bigtime into mothers and sisters of all sorts, which was nice. (Interesting that Zoe’s mother didn’t get a mention.) Other things to note, Wanda was in late pregnancy rage mode, heh, while George is managing Meatball too now, and trying to get him to sing his ballads about Lilyanne, not his other material, because he sounded rather sweet. Show, I expect big musical numbers by the end of this run.
Hart of Dixie - 4.7 The Butterstick Tab
The title-related framework of this episode was Zoe catching Wade reflexively flirting with a postwoman to get her to deliver a parcel for him, and getting riled, not so much because she was jealous as she thought it would be a terrible example for their kid. Wade conceded the point, tried to pay for a muffin (where he had the tab) and failed. He dragged Lavon in to help and we had a quite amusing montage, where the joke was that Lavon slapped Wade every time he flirted, so YMMV about how amusing it was. He then decided to speechify at all the ladies in the montage, managing to offend them all, and landing him and Zoe with the bill for the tab of over $4,000. Zoe ordered him to fix it, and he did in a way that was charming and showed signs of maturity. (The marriage proposal I thought was coming never materialised.)
Lavon only had a little bit to do, but Zoe was unfortunately pulled into The Abandoner Returns part 2, which did go to show that she would make a pretty great mother. I have probably got a lot of things out of order below.
The episode started gently, though, with George confirming details about their first date with AB, which went so well you knew the other shoe was going to drop. She asked Lemon’s permission, which was granted, while Lemon shared that she’d seen her father and mother. AB offered to forget the date and for them to hang out, but Lemon wasn’t having any of it, still probably remembering she wasn’t taking AB for granted. But she did admit that seeing her mother again had stopped her from going to talk to Lavon.
Anyway, the whole Brick lying to her aspect didn’t continue long, because he soon told Lemon what she already knew. Having heard Alice’s story, he had softened towards her, but when Lemon said she could never forgive her and didn’t want to hear Alice’s side of the story, he accepted it. Oh, Lemon. I had some sympathy for her, and thought she had every right not to have to listen to Alice and if she changed her mind, to do it on her terms, but the unforgiving stance? Not good. (Not going to last I expect, either.) What riled me the most – and it took most episode for them to address it – was that Lemon had no right to withhold the information from Magnolia, especially as she’d felt betrayed that Brick had gone behind her back. Magnolia had also been abandoned.
Alice forced the issue, turning up wanting to talk to Lemon, who was horrified and rude, (and fair enough, it was years after she was owed an explanation, but she didn’t have to listen to Alice there and then on Alice’s terms) and ran to Brick, who said he’d sort it. All this was complicated because Scarlett of the broken arm had really taken to Bluebell and Dr Zoe. Also, an active only kid who couldn’t do what she normally would, she was bored, so she and her dad turned up at the surgery to see Zoe. And bumped into Brick and Lemon. Scarlett’s father looked a lot like Brick, only taller – awks, but it was worse for Lemon to see the daughter that her mother was staying with, and Zoe knew it. Rose, hanging around – not clear if it was as AB’s replacement or she’s still in her wanting to be a doctor phase, although she’d later talk about getting paid – did not know much of this, so Zoe used her as a buffer to get Scarlett away from the Breelands. Later, when Scarlett asked to hang out in the town, Zoe bribed Rose into babysitting her.
Shelby was also around, preparing Ethel’s first birthday party, which Lemon was catering, while Magnolia was unimpressed. AB got waylaid by Cricket and her new girlfriend, who introduced the idea of going somewhere fresh for her first date with George. He accepted this point, but as they ran through the lists of local restaurants, they realised they’d each visited them with someone else, which left only a new Norwegian place with terrible reviews. They mutually agreed to go there for their first date.
Lemon was being a bit of a monster at the party, particularly to the wait staff. Magnolia tried to call her out on it. That was Magnolia who’d been quite rude to Shelby. Again. Zoe, who had a better idea of what was going on, advised Lemon that in her own family drama, talking to her father had helped her move on.
Guess who crashed the party? Rose and Scarlett, and Magnolia was bored enough to talk to Rose and this kid. The horrified adults saw them, and Zoe tried to run interference. But! Lemon had taken her advice, gone to Alice and was talking about how her mother had ruined her life…when Zoe and Scarlett arrived, and the kid heard everything, and now her life was turned upside down too.
With an intrepid spirit, George and AB went on their date. I thought the actor playing their ‘Norwegian’ (think broad Scandinavian) waiter was continually on the verge of corpsing as the waiter haughtily informed the couple there was a fixed menu and no complaining allowed. As the fixed menu seemed to involve a lot of fish, you knew what was coming.
Anyway, they tried, the food was terrible, they agreed to bail. Not seen whether they went somewhere else, but George was walking AB home and they’d just reached the point of a goodnight kiss, which would be their first kiss, having got on well through all of this, when what he’d eaten started coming up and soon the same was true for AB, so they parted, thankfully not retching onscreen.
At some point during all this, Shelby was quite direct with Magnolia about her attitude. She acknowledged that she might have had a ‘tude too if she’d been in Magnolia’s place, but said that she was going to love her, and Ethel was going to love her big sister regardless. Fine and dandy, except haven’t we covered this ground before, that time before Shelby bailed again?
Zoe and Wade were touching base (this was around the $4,000 bill that needed to be paid) at home when they had visitors, who turned out to be Rose and Scarlett. Scarlett had run away from home, called Rose because she was an older girl and could drive, and Rose, now having some idea of all that was going on, was sensible enough to turn to an adult. Future mama!Zoe found a balance between letting Alice know Scarlett was safe and giving Scarlett a sympathetic ear over ice cream before driving her home. That done, she saw Lemon and had an awkward conversation with her, because she knew that she’d unwittingly got involved in something major and personal for Lemon, but got Lemon to see that her ‘sister’ (I kept yelling ‘half-sister’ at the TV, and of course Ethel is Magnolia’s stepsister) was an innocent kid whose life had been shifted on its axis – as Lemon’s had been, as was completely recognised – but urged Lemon to be a kind adult.
This led to a Breeland family meeting, where they finally told Magnolia all. She was a little mad that they hadn’t – quite right – but when it came to deciding what to do next, asked Shelby’s advice. A touched Shelby said something about families being a blessing and the bigger the better. (Which she would.)
Fortunately, because she knows she’s not a main character, Magnolia said she didn’t really remember Alice and considered Lemon her real mother. Basically, she left the decision to Lemon. In the midst of all this, Lemon did find the time to talk to Lavon and share all the family drama AND tell him she’d been on her way to tell him that she wanted to make a go of it. He’d been moping a bit all episode, but now that he knew what was going on with her, was sympathetic and understanding.
So, the next day, having quickly recovered from their food poisoning, AB met George at the houseboat for a bland breakfast date. Before it, though, he insisted on the first kiss, which was gentle and soft, but they both seemed quite pleased with it. FWIW, I think they’re playing this romance as well as they can, given that it wasn’t endgame, but the writers realising that it was a plausible ship between two characters we mostly like. (Well, I like AB a whole lot more than George.) It helps that everyone is upfront about all the history and baggage, and the friends-become-lovers vibe is a contrast to the drama of Zoe/Wade and Lemon/Lavon, even if we’re covering some of the same ground as when AB and Lavon started dating.
Lemon went to Alice’s house, where she was politely rude to her mother and made it clear that she had come only for Scarlett. She was nice to Scarlett, and the episode ended with Lemon, Magnolia and Scarlett going to eat and get to know each other at the Rammer-Jammer, where Wade with his infinitesimally tweaked charm greeted them, watched by an approving Zoe.
The episode leaned bigtime into mothers and sisters of all sorts, which was nice. (Interesting that Zoe’s mother didn’t get a mention.) Other things to note, Wanda was in late pregnancy rage mode, heh, while George is managing Meatball too now, and trying to get him to sing his ballads about Lilyanne, not his other material, because he sounded rather sweet. Show, I expect big musical numbers by the end of this run.