Greek: Growing Pains

Greek: "All Children...Grow Up"

• Rusty: "Is that the same lavalier that Beaver..."
  Cappie: "Don't ask questions. You don't want to know."
  
• Ash: "After graduation, I'm just going to have to live off the land."
  
• Maybe Ashleigh should wear a longer skirt to her job interview.
  
• Ash: "If you ask me what my weaknesses are, I'm going to tell you!"
  
• Casey was rejected by Stanford, Georgetown and Texas! Eesh! Ok, but she got into George Washington! Yea, Casey!
  
• Oh no. The last thing the Omega Chi boys need is Tripp as its president.
  
• Yes, Calvin might be too nice to be the president of Omega Chi.
  
• Eeeeew, please take this Dana/Rusty thing away.
  
• Rebecca: "Casey's as predictable as a Katherine Heigl movie."
  
• Rebecca: "Can we go somewhere better than Myrtle Beach?"
  
• Dale: "Dana's going?"
  Rusty: "I'm sure she won't mind."
  Dale: "I just find her really grating."
  
  
• Lol, I love that Dale brought a blacklight to scan the hotel comforter. He is a boy after my own heart.
  
  
• Casey: "I'm going to be 22! Do you know who's 22? Old people!"
  
  
• Wait, so Casey's just now 22? She's been drinking legally for what seems like years.
  
  
• Well, it's good that Faith Flowers didn't catch Ashleigh on a day when she was wearing that rainbow sweater ;-)
  
  
• Evan's hair is looking nice. Ok, Evan's hair is looking really nice.
  
  
• Cappie: "Happy spring break, Evan Pompeo of Grey's Anatomy fame!"
  
  
• Not sure Casey could get hired as a house mother after all the shenanigans the ZBZs have gotten into on her watch.
  
  
• Dana could go on the plantation tour with Dale while she waits for Rusty.
  
  
• Why didn't we get to see Casey with the lampshade on her head?
  
  
• Maybe Casey should not make her life decisions when she's drunk.
  
  
• Evan's wearing a long-sleeved shirt on spring break? I guess we should be glad he's not wearing a tie, huh?
  
  
• Casey: "What if it's not calibrated right and I hit the ground and then I fly back up and hit the platform and then hit the ground again?"

  Cappie: "Sounds kind of Wile Coyote."
  
  
• Evan: "What are you, buying some guns, Cartwright?"
  
  
• So how did Calvin get them out of trouble with the police?
  
  
• Good for Ashleigh for getting a job with Faith Flowers.
  
  
• Eew, Dale, don't touch those sheets with your bare skin!!!
  
  
• Dale: "Just say 'sex'! Good Lord, I'm from the South, not France."
  
  
• How did Dana not know Rusty had a sister? She's hung out with Rusty and Cappie numerous times and Casey never came up in conversation?
  
  
• Oh, Calvin's in on it! That's kind of traitorous.
  
  
• Wow, quite the reunion there for Rebecca and Evan. I guess it is what it is, folks.
  
  
• Casey: "We are two different people who love each other very much and it seems the only place our differences don't matter is college."
  
  
• Oh, real nice Cappie. Break up with the poor girl and make her cry on her freaking birthday. That's a real sweetheart move there, buddy.
  
  
• Crap! If only Evan had waited like 10 more minutes to take Rebecca back, he could have had Casey! Ohhhhhhhh...
  
  
• Ok, but now on to what we're really worried about: Where the hell was Katherine?!
  
  

Greek: Little Miss Sunshine

Greek:

"The First Last"

Highlights and my take:

• LOL at Cappie trying to order Girl Scout cookies from Dana.
• There are only 6 weeks left of this semester.
• What is with that giant blue clothespin in Katherine's hand? Is it a stapler? It's a strange prop.
• Omega Chi: "Hey, Cal, there's a Jehovah's Witness here to see you."
• Dale: "He thinks he might be like you."
  Calvin: "Catholic?"
• Ohhh, Evan and Casey are so cute. Why can't they be together? Oh, never mind. I'll get over it eventually.
• Ha ha ha at Evan dropping the bombshell on Rusty that he and Cappie were friends again last semester. Go Evan.
• Ash has a pageant past?! Aww, she retired at age 6 when the pressure got to her.
• Rusty: "How many times do I have to get hit in the face before it's about me too?"
• Rebecca's seriously playing the "my big sis and my ex" card?! When Evan was Casey's ex first? And Rebecca had sex with him when he was still Casey's boyfriend?!
• '90s TV tag sounds fun.
• Ashleigh: "A Venezuelan Californian is virtually unbeatable."
• I knew that the stupid KT pledges were the ones who kidnapped Cappie and Rusty. Didn't understand way, but they are pretty stupid, so there probably wasn't a very solid plan in the first place.
• I love how they advertise Granimals during Greek. Who do they think is watching this? The pre-K set?
• Cappie: "A Cali-zuelan? You're screwed!"
• Ashleigh: "Smize like you mean it!"
• Ok, since when can Casey not walk in heals? This is pathetic. I'm sure I've seen her walk in heals a hundred times before.
• Rebecca: "I have a couple gowns that would be perfect for this competition."
  Ashleigh: "From what?"
  Rebecca: "From being rich."
• Katherine (after her speech causes audience members to leave): "You can just fill in those gaps here."
• Cappie has a small case of "revenge block."
• Rusty: "Quit being my hero and start being my friend."
• There was a rather long hiatus in the middle of the pageant...
• Debate questions: "What is your favorite class?" vs. "What is your take on the health care reform debate?"
• Rebecca does calligraphy?
• LOL at Katherine's reaction to Rebecca's speech. She is hilarious.
• Natalie didn't have time to sleep with the judges for this competition? She's off her game.
• Uh, Evan, this "night golf" thing is an ambush of some kind.
• Ok, Calvin, now go to night golf and find Heath!
• Ahhhhh! Calvin went to night golf and found Heath! Finally someone is listening to me!
• The whole night golf thing is just a one-shot, closest-to-the-pin contest? That's kinda lame.
• Wow, Rusty, that was terrible.
• Heath (pointing to a spot about two feet in front of them): "It's like right there..."
• Good for Dale for standing up to Laura. And then embarrassing her when she blew him off!
• Told you the night golf was an ambush, Evan.
• Next week is the spring finale already! Booo!

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Greek: The 'Campy' 1980s

Greek:
"Camp By Me Love"

• "a-pollen-gy"
• Wow, Casey looks gorgeous today! I'm not sure if it's the smokey eye makeup or the hair, but she's definitely pulling out all the stops to show Cappie what he's missing.
• Yeah, no, Dana is not "pretty great."
• Rusty: "She thinks I think she's fat too."
  Ashleigh: "Yeah, probably."
• Dana just got her finger stuck in her own hair! Oy vey.
• Grant went to Michigan to see Kylie Minogue! Ha ha ha!
• Rusty: "Hey, Katherine, I don't think you're fat."
  Katherine: "Neither do I?"
• Casey's never seen a picture of Cappie's parents? Are they so hippie-ish that they don't believe in cameras or something?
• Heath!
• Rusty: "I seem to be dating two girls. At the same time..."
  Beaver: "What? That's not enough for you?"
• Pledge Snuggie and Pledge Slanket
• Evan and Casey together! Evan and Casey! Evan and Casey! And Evan's wearing a tie! And Rebecca went away! These last 60 have brought a flood of good news! And now Dale! Things keep getting better and better!
• Dale: "You'll get one of my deep-fried snacks when you pry it out of my cold, dead hands!"
• I love Dale telling off Evan.
• Ashleigh was made for this '80s dance.
• Rusty should have asked Ashleigh for advice in the first place.
• Wait, no! This is why Rusty should not have asked Ashleigh for advice in the first place! Rusty should NOT date Dana.
• LOL at Cappie's "first grade picture."
• Katherine: "Is it because I'm weird?"
  Rusty: "No! Dana's weird too."
• Awwwwwww, poor Katherine! This is breaking my heart.
• You should feel bad, Rusty!
• Casey: "Is your mom playing 'Physical' on the pan flute?"
• Ha! Dale is Calvin's "person on the inside"! Too funny; I thought it was Ashleigh.
• Rebecca clearly likes stripes a lot.
• Evan: "Well, you know, when you have no soul, you don't crave the comfort of sentimental objects."
• Wow, Rusty should take advice from someone who is not so wishy-washy.
• Yep, I knew Cappie's parents were splitting up. Saw that one coming down the hiking trail for miles.
• Cappie's mom: "Some love stories are short stories. But they're love stories just the same."
• If only this was "the closing of the Rebecca Logan chapter" of Evan's life.
• Yes, yes, yes, yes! Evan and Katherine! Considering the timing, this is probably misguided and ill-fated, but I don't care! Full steam ahead!
• Ashleigh: "I forgot to put on my costume!"
  Rusty: "Really?"
  
• Rusty: "The preppy jackass!"
  Evan: "What did you call me?"
  Rusty: "You heard me!"
• Uh, Rusty was kinda asking for that punch. Too bad Evan didn't have a paddle on him this time... (Just kidding! I do not condone paddle attacks.)
• I like how I can love Rusty and love Evan and still love that they hate each other. I guess I'm like Calvin in that respect.
• Where'd Heath go? It's not fair to tease us by showing him and then hide him for the rest of the episode.
  
  
• What is Rusty's problem now? Are you seriously telling me that Rusty really likes Dana? Gag! Gag! Gag! Dana does not inspire me at all! Maybe Rusty should make the hell up his mind before he tries to date anyone in the future? This is ridiculous.
  
  
• Who's that random dude eyeing up Katherine? I don't want Katherine with somebody random.
  
  
• Great, Casey and Cappie, I can't wait to open up this unresolved can of worms in May.
  
  
• Wow, we're just now working our way to the second Spring Break of the series.
  
  

(photo: abcfamily.com)

Gossip Girl: Diplomatic Breakdown

Gossip Girl:

"The Hurt Locket"

Ahh, Gossip Girl. You've been away for several months and yet I have not missed you. To review, last fall I spent the majority of my Gossip Girl related blog space bemoaning that the show was displaying very little of its past awesomeness in its third season. Then the show ripped off Saved By The Bell by having its characters stage a modern, rhyming version of Snow White, and I just stopped talking about it at all.

I once mused, "Could Josh Schwartz make a show that I don't love?" I now am beginning to fear that the answer to that question is "the third season of every Josh Schwartz show." The O.C.'s third season--with mopey Johnny and cousin Sadie and Volchok and Ryan's one-night stand with a waitress and Kirsten being swindled and Sandy running the Newport Group and Seth burning down the Newport Group with a joint and Dean Hess and Taylor Townsend and Marissa being killed--was no gem. Chuck's third season, at least, has not be bad, but it also hasn't really lived up to the promise of its brilliant last few episodes of Season 2 (and other brilliant episodes in the show's first two seasons).

And then there's Gossip Girl. I'm not sure what to say at this point. I'm getting dangerously close to cutting it loose. I'm not as loyal with television shows as I once was. I haven't watched Damages in weeks because of time slot issues, and I still enjoy that show. I can't say I'm enjoying GG anymore. Also, I was willing to stick it out through The O.C.'s rocky patches in Season 3 because I loved the characters--even when they were doing stupid things that they probably would never have done. I'll stick with Chuck because I genuinely care about those characters too. But I don't care much for any of the residents of the Upper East Side at this point.

Back in the heyday of Gossip Girl, I used to write down line after line after line for my highlights and quotes list. For this episode, I wrote down one quote, and that was Jenny's crack about Dan's Cabbage Patch Kid, which was really just a retread of a joke we've heard many times before.

In any event, here's the play-by-play:

• They are trying to butter me up with some Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros ("Janglin"). Nice try.
• This expository conversation between Serena and Damien is insufferable.
• Oh come on. Are we still worrying about secret societies?
• Wow, Jenny actually spent time with her mother?
• Jewelers operate under a code of client confidentiality?
• Not sure if I'm bummed or glad that we haven't seen Dan yet. Oh, there he is. I think I was glad to not see him.
• Nate just said "Whatever happens, happens." Did he just accidentally get beamed into an episode of Lost?
• Am I supposed to know who this lady is? Was she on the co-op committee?
• Oops, I just fast-forwarded through most of the Dan/Rufus conversation and it was tough to convince myself to rewind and watch the whole scene...
• No, Jenny, all the girls are not going to want to wear pharmaceuticals if they look like that.
• Oh for God's sake, Blair. It's just a secret society. Get over it.
• Of course Serena pairs the drug jacket with a dress with a plunging neckline.
• Jenny actually looks kind of nice. Perhaps it is because her hair is actually brushed and not sticking out of her head like a bird's nest.
• Gosh, I even think I like Jenny's bizarre sparkly/spiderweb dress.
• Holy crap! The slit up the skirt of Serena's dress! She went to party for diplomats dressed like a hooker.
• Jenny: "Why would you take relationship advice from a guy who has a Cabbage Patch doll?"
• Wow, Bart really is the gift that keeps on giving. He saddled his son with the guilt of thinking his mother died giving birth to him and that's not what happened?
• Now, GG is trying to butter me up with The xx ("Crystalised"). Play anything you want, GG; it's not going to win me over if Rufus and Lily are on the screen.
• Um, if Serena's having sex in a public coat room, I'm thinking she hasn't changed that much since boarding school.
• So Chuck doesn't know his own mother when he sees her? Bring a freaking picture, Bass. She can't look that much different than she did 18 years ago! (Unless there is some kind of plastic surgery involved.)
• Hey, Blair, if you want the lady to tell you what she knows, perhaps you should not turn and walk away when she opens her mouth to speak?
• OMG, I thought the show was over. There's still more. And it involves Rufus and Lily. Grrrrooooaaan.
• Um, why did Serena steal someone's coat and wear it out of the party? Why didn't she just put her dress back on?
• Well, I know I'm getting tired of looking at Bart's face in that locket.

(Photo: cwtv.com)

Greek: Beads, Masks and LSATs

Greek:
"The Big Easy Does It"


Highlights and my take:

• Whose t-shirt is Casey wearing? It's pretty large--looks too big to be Cappie's. Please tell me she didn't just pick up a random t-shirt off the floor of the KT house!
• This is what Casey gets for taking the LSAT on Mardi Gras...
• Katherine: "I would share it with you, but the humor doesn't translate."
• Katherine: "I picked up some Mardi Gras masks and I just wanted you to try them on to make sure they don't overpower your small head."
• Dale!
• Dale made Casey a fish medley with blueberries! And Ashleigh says she'll eat it!
• Ha, "retainer girl" left Dale both emotionally and physically scarred.
• I like Katherine's checked shirt/argyle sweater combo.
• Rusty: "You know, we haven't even kissed yet...or learned how to great each other."
• Grant: "Guess what I got?"
  Calvin: "The new Mariah album?"
• Wow, that is quite the sweatshirt Grant's got there. No wonder he was propositioned ;-)
• Ashleigh: "Is that Harry Potter talk?"
• Cal: "Gays spend money on Mardi Gras like grandmas on Christmas!"
• When is this LSAT test starting? It takes hours! Get it started already! She's not going to be finished until the middle of the night!
• Casey: "She's not some normal girl who only learns about sex by teenage vampire movies! She reads! So you're not only competing against Robert Pattinson but also Lady Chatterley's Lover."
• Cool! An internal monologue while Casey takes the LSAT! I've always thought an internal monologue during a test would make for good TV. And I'm probably wrong, although this one worked out ok.
• Katherine: "Well, I always thought that Al Gore was very hunky." Ohhh, Katherine....
• I thought Evan was supposed to be a shirtless bartender! Ok, here we go. Oops, and there's Rebecca.
• Um, the KTs are providing the music?! I didn't know they could play instruments. These boys have so many hidden talents...
• Ugh, don't listen to the lab assistant, Rusty! That girl does nothing for me except make me feel slightly nostalgic for Jordan. Jordan!
• Does Cappie really believe "it's never going to get any better than this"? That's a bit depressing.
• Calvin: "Oh, too far, too far!"
• Wow, Rebecca. Just wow. Sleeping with Beaver was bad enough, but at least Beaver is cute and sweet. This dude at the bar was a jerk!
• Ugh! Cut the lab assistant (Dana) loose! How does Rusty manage to attract the most annoying girls? Jen K. was fine, but since then it's been one annoying chick after another. Katherine is a breath of fresh air, Rusty! Don't blow it!
• Evan: "No, you screwing this up is what's screwing this up!"
• Katherine: "I watched 9 1/2 Weeks and apparently men find it very erotic when women wear dress shirts."
• Katherine: "I am prepared to dance for you."
• Poor Katherine.
• Ha at Beaver riding in the wagon.
• Who is paying for Cappie's college? Are his hippie parents willing to fiance his college partying forever? Ahh, perhaps we will find out next week when his parents stop in for a visit.

(photo: abcfamily.com)

Greek: Love Thy Neighbor

Greek:

"Your Friends and Neighbors"

This episode didn't have the volume of hilarious quips and one-liners that last week's Valentine's episode had, but it more than made up for it with the hilarious sequence of the KTs and Rebecca trying sneak their drunk professor neighbor into his house.

Highlights and play-by-play:

• I'd recommend Casey not use the word "pendulum" in her law school personal statement.
• How convenient that CRU has a law school!
• Cappie: "Is this like last year when you 'had sex' with Wonder Woman?"
  Beaver: "I'm still not convinced I didn't."
• Ha ha at Evan dancing to Calvin's club music.
• Hey! Evan can go to CRU Law School too! This show can continue for years!
• Oh no, Evan stole money from the party to buy Rebecca's necklace. Oh, Evan. It's always one step forward, two steps back with you.
• Arson! There's Casey's connection to the law!
• Yeah, Cappie, be an English major!
• He he he, Cappie put a lot of zeal into his "I told you so."
• Ha ha! Katherine sent Rusty an e-mail with a link to fascinating video about a robot hand.
• I like Casey's shirt.
• Rusty: "We can borg him."

  Cappie: "I'll get Heath."

  Rusty: "Noooooooo, absorb him."
• So Evan wouldn't steal the money and then hold a meeting about it, would he?
• Katherine is brilliant! I hope she's around to do all of Casey's work once she gets into law school too...
• Yea! Rusty liked the video of the robot hand!
• Calvin: "As far as I know, he's not investing in home hair products and velvet suits."
• Ha at Cappie charming Mrs. Hilgendorf
• Ashleigh's going to the reunion dressed as a French maid?
• Beaver: "Wanna go upstairs and lose your earrings?"
• Oh geez, Ashleigh. You're coming off a tad bitter and it's not too pretty.
• Ha at the KTs doing "tai chi"
• The KTs' shenanigans to get Mr. Hilgendorf back in his house were hilarious.
• Katherine: "I thought that one day we could be the kind of friends who read each other's--"

  Casey: "Minds?"

  Katherine: "I was going to say books."
• Casey's going to be in sad shape if "moving on" means she has to get a new boyfriend and a new best friend.
• Seriously, Ash, the moping is unattractive.
• Wow, Cal, so harsh, yet so on-point: "You gave that trust fund up because you didn't like what that money was doing to you. I'm beginning to think the money wasn't the problem."
• Um, Casey, you don't really need to be hugging that guy. He just said he liked your personal statement--that doesn't really warrant a hugging.

(photo: abcfamily.com)