Greek: Rusty and the Chambers of Secrets

Greek:
"Agents of Change"

Oh, fellow Greek lovers, I don't even want to think about it. This time next week, Greek will be over. Gaaaaaa! There, I said it. Now let's try to ignore that awful thought for a while longer.

This episode was great. Then again, every episode of Greek seems great now that we're in the fuzzy haze of nostalgia... But we're not talking about that right now.

Highlights and observations:

• Laura, thank you, that's what that girl's name is. It's been bothering me for weeks.
• Lol at Cappie, Beaver and Heath seeing who can jump on the bed the longest. Wait, no, that's not Heath. Not sure what that kid's name is. Was Heath too busy to jump on the bed? Oh, it's Anthony Hopkins.
• Who is "Villain X"? It's driving me nuts.
• Chambers International wants to buy Rusty's wire!
• Cappie: "Ah, a boy and his wire. The unconventional love story of the summer."
• Nooooo, Casey! Don't invoke the name of Frannie! That's asking for trouble.
• I love Calvin avenging Dale. Or trying to, anyway.
• Evan! In flannel! What a delightful surprise.
• Evan's room is sparse.
• Evan: "Rusty, I'd go now before paddles start coming off the wall."
• Ha! I love Rusty, but I can't deny that I find Evan treating him like crap on occasion to be pretty amusing.
• Lol at Ashleigh shaking her head at the Drew Lachey suggestion.
• Does Frannie really count as a ZBZ alum after she disassociated and formed IKI?
• Cal: "You know that dream where you're naked and the whole school's laughing at you?"
  Evan: "They're applauding. But go on."
• Jonathan Silverman! Yes, thank goodness he's here.
• Rebecca: "A Bieber in the hand is worth two Lacheys in the bush."
• Evan brought Rusty with him to visit the parents? Great plan to make an already awkward situation even worse...
• Rusty: "This is where you grew up? You are Lex Luthor."
  Evan: "I heard that. Just like I had to hear NPR Science Friday the whole way down here."
• Rusty: "Mmm, that's good water, Mrs. Chambers! Best I've ever had!"
• That was not a very smooth segue, Ev.
• Dale! And Calvin! Aww, Dale's sad.
• I'm having a hard time remembering these good old days when the Omega Chis weren't a miserable bunch of jerks.
• Dale: "I've turned down my collars; I'm done."
• I like that Rusty is getting this insight into the sucking sucky world of being a Chambers.
• Eew, Evan's dad spies on him.
• Cappie: "I know a sorority where the food is hot and the women are cold. No, wait, they're both hot."
• LOL at Cappie's scream of terror when he saw Frannie.
• Cappie: "Nice to see you too, Frannie. This is Pledge Spidey. Please don't turn him to stone."
• Dale (to Tripp): "Can it, Prince Harry."
• Whoever this first Omega Chi pledge guy who stood up to talk is, he's lovely.
• Aww, Pledgy Spidey has some moves! It's good he happens to know the words to Bieber's songs so he can lip-synch. I wouldn't be able to pull it off.
• Learning moment time:
  Ash: "Being president was fun."
  Casey: "Fun? For me it was transformative. Is it wrong for me to want to give back to something that made me so much of who I am?"
  Ash: "No, it's not wrong. But how much more are you going to give?"
• I feel like between Frannie and Ash, Case is getting a hard dose of reality right now.
• See? I knew CRU was in Ohio! So why had it not snowed there for years and years?! It snows in Ohio, people!!
• That's cool that Chambers International will let Rusty work on the wire after he graduates.
• I love how Evan's pledge paddle was prominently displayed on the wall while Rusty and Evan finally made nice.
• Is that really Calvin's last "patented diatribe"? I'll miss them.
• Rebecca: "Oh, we totally will. If little Tyler Gentry Manning ever wants to see his nana again."
• Oh NO. Pledge Spidey is the saboteur?! Ohhh no. And what is in Cappie's letter from the college? I'm nervous.
• How depressing would it be if the KTs only have one pledge and it turns out he's trying to take them down?!
  

Ohhhhhhhh, I'm going to be a massive wreck at this time next week. Frankly, I'm already not feeling so great. Cannot believe there's only one episode left.

We did cover some solid ground in this episode: We patched up Evan and Rusty (which was no easy task). We reconciled Dale with the Omega Chis and got Tripp to stop acting like a flaming butthead. We got some closure with Frannie. We got Casey to realize that spending the next three years in the ZBZ house might not be the best life choice. We got Ashleigh a job that she likes and is good at. We even got Rebecca to calm the heck down a little bit. Those are some serious strides!

Wish list for the finale: Casey and Evan have to make up. And if Cappie and Evan could make up too, that would be icing! The KTs have to figure out if Pledge Spidey is the saboteur. Beaver and Katherine have to get married. (Lol, that one was a joke. Kind of.) We need to have some touching moments between the great sets of friends: Casey/Ash, Cappie/Evan, Rusty/Dale, Rusty/Calvin, Casey/Katherine, Rusty/Cappie, etc. We need a sweet Casey/Rusty brother/sister moment that causes us all to tear up. And as an extra bonus--from the looks of the preview--we finally get the kiss we've all been waiting for: Dale and Casey!! Ha. At least that will give us a reason to smile through our tears...

BTW, I'm going to try to post some Greek wrap-up stuff throughout this week. I want to give a proper send-off to the CRU kids I love so much.

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Greek: Mock Trials and Tribulations

Greek:
"Subclass Plagiostomi"

Ok, kids. Grab your tissues: by my calcu- lations this is the third to last episode of Greek. What a sad state of the world we find ourselves in...

Let's brace ourselves. No more weeping tonight--we'll get to that in (sob) two weeks.

Highlights and observations:

• Evan's hair looks even shorter this week.
• Evan: "Oh, it's totally personal." Ha. Oh, Evan.
• Beaver describing Joshua Whopper as "the Asian in the basement."
• Cappie: "Dale-y won't even do book club anymore. Even after I shared my erotic fixation with the Bronte sisters."
• Ashleigh and Cappie are taller than everyone else at the job fair. That has to count for something.
• Ok, this sounds promising: a former professor with a new marketing business. Well, it seemed promising until I saw that webisode...
• Tripp fixed Dale up with NATALIE?!? Ha ha ha. There's a couple I can get behind.
• Evan has no tie today, but he is wearing a vest.
• No, Evan, no, you do not miss Rebecca!! PLEASE tell me this is just Evan being diabolical and playing mind games with Casey. Phew, it is just Evan being diabolical! Close call, there.
• I seriously prefer Evan being evil to Evan missing Rebecca.
• Lol at post-coital Katherine (and uneasy Casey).
• Katherine: "A shark would just (hand motion) tear him limb from limb."
• Whoa, Ash has found herself a sugar daddy. This is making me uneasy.
• Katherine: "You better watch out, because we are so ready! We're like 22-year-old virgins, and I should know, having been one."
• HA! Katherine just slapped panicking Casey! Oh. My. Gosh.
• Casey: "Does this say 'shark' to you?"
  Cappie: "Werewolf, actually."
• Natalie (to Rebecca): "Maybe you can have your formal with the Tri-Pi's. You were a lesbian once, right?"
• Rebecca: "I burned your house down once. I'll do it again."
• It's nice how upset Rebecca is over this Dale thing. I didn't know she was such a fan of Dale's. Granted, a lot of her anger is a result of Natalie trying to take down the ZBZs, but I think she's got a soft spot for Dale.
• Cappie: "Are they talking about Sigourney Weaver?"
• Holy crap, the Omega Chis have sunk to a new low. Messing with Dale is like kicking a puppy. Who knew Evan was a steadying moral force in that house?
• Whoooooaaaaaaaa. Evan's saying all his evilness is because Casey took herself away from him and then took Rebecca away? Uh, ok. I love Evan, but even I'm not buying this one. I seem to remember him being a little evil before Casey broke up with him.
• Casey's not having it. She calls Evan's bluff--except it wasn't a bluff this time. And Evan's sad. Awwww.
• Rusty: "Natalie told Rebecca, who is the world's weirdest Dale defender, but I still believe her."
• Uh oh, Cappie's speaking the truth about this Ashleigh/Simon situation. And being logical. And smart. That's always a little disconcerting.
• Can you call opposing counsel as a witness?
• Oh dear, Dale has no pants.
• Dale's dance moves leave something to be desired.
• OMG, the evil Omega Chis had Dale take off his shirt and moon the audience! Oh no.
• Aww, Dale's going to finish the song! And Rusty and Calvin went out on stage in their underwear too for moral support! (Aside from the underwear, this scene reminds me of Little Miss Sunshine.) How sweet! There's "brotherhood" for you. (Can I get the odds on someone using that exact line in the next 10 minutes?)
• It's too bad Heath's not around for this talent show performance. We all know that he doesn't have a problem dancing around in his underwear ;-)
  
• Oh no, Dale's pummeling Tripp! Come on, land a punch to the face at least, Dale!
• So if Tripp and the Omega Chis were just messing with Dale and aren't the ones doing the other KT sabotage, who is?
  
• Um, if this is how Casey and Evan are treating each other, maybe it's good they didn't go to law school as a couple. This is bad enough as it is.
• Rusty: "I guess the whole school's seen us naked now. It's kind of nice to have that out of the way."
  

So, at this point, it's time for me, as a sometime Casey/Evan shipper, to concede that we've run out of time. Casey and Evan as a couple is not going to happen*. At this point, it's looking iffy on whether they'll even get to the point of being friends again by the time the show's over. Not to mention Evan and Cappie! We've got a lot of relationship/friendship angst to heal in a short amount of time.

*At least by the end of the series. I suppose they may leave the possibility of a future reunion slightly still on the table.

Previews for next week: Oh NO! It's Franny! Personally, I could have lived if Frannie hadn't showed up in the final batch of Greek episodes. I have not missed her.

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Greek: The Kiss of Truth

Greek: Midnight Clear

Well, fellow Greek aficionados, it's time to face the unfortunate truth: Our time at Cyprus-Rhodes is almost up, as evidenced by this finale cast photo posted on EW.com last week. Boy, does looking at that picture make me feel sad. They're smiling, but they are melancholy smiles. And I can relate: a melancholy smile is the best you're going to get out of me when I'm thinking of Greek's rapidly approaching March 7 finale.

Once you get past the sheer sadness of the idea of Greek ending, looking at that picture brings some other things to mind. First, Casey's outfit is amazing. Second, what the hell happened to Evan's hand?! Is that part of the plot? Or did Jake McDorman break his hand in real life? It seems like they could have pretty easily hidden his hand behind another cast member if they'd wanted to, so I think it's a clue. But how does Evan break his hand? Punching Cappie? Getting hit with a pledge paddle by Rusty? The plot thickens...

Highlights and observations (apologies--these are not quite as thorough as usual; my computer froze up during Truth or Kiss):

• Ash: "Casey took a "Which Friend are you quiz on Facebook and she's a Rachel. She wishes! She's more like a Ross."
• Can I come to the "lovers of Calvin" party? I'm a lover of Calvin.
• This is the first snowstorm at Cyprus-Rhodes is 50 years? I thought they were in Ohio! Where'd I get that clearly erroneous idea?
• Casey: "Ashleigh became a fan of Color Me Badd! She hates novelty '90s bands! What is wrong with her?!"
• They are talking about pre-nups already in law school? That seems kind of advanced for week four or whatever it is.
• EVAN!!! EVAN!!! EVAN!!!
• Dale: "Let's be honest, with that dimpled chin and those buttery blond highlights, it's pretty clear who is in the right here."
• Cappie: "Why do you care that I care? Why is there no "Real World: Cleveland"? ... So many questions..."
• Rebecca: "Were there any signs that things were going bad between you two before you broke up?"
  Casey: "Well, he slept with you."
• Lol at Calvin and Heath walking in on Rusty when he was putting Ash's lipstick on his face to see if she was the mystery girl.
• Katherine: "Casey! Keep up!"
• Oh no, Katherine, please call you and Walter "a relationship"! That's what I'm calling it!
• Maybe Evan just doesn't like you, Rebecca. Because you're annoying!
• Evan really doesn't know Rebecca very well if he thinks she's going to make it through the whole party without causing drama about this.
• Rusty: "Shoulder! Is that the same thing as the arm?"
  Calvin: "Yeah, it's the top of the arm. Or the bottom of the neck."
• Lol, "Tripp and Dale" has replaced "Cap and Dale"
• Dale: "Jenga? It's my middle name!"
• Casey and Evan: "Why is she kissing my law professor?"
  Rusty: "Why is she kissing that old guy?"
• The roads are closed, and Heath's not coming :-( Boo, I miss Heath already.
• Casey: "And what is that age exactly? Does it start with a 3 or a 4?"
• Cappie: "Suck it, Kettle-smell!"
• Casey: "Are you blind already? Why else would you be dating someone who is old enough to be -- Color Me Badd! That's why you fanned them on Facebook!"
• Major LOL at Casey pointing at her elbow and saying, "Is this spreading?" when Ashleigh was trying to elicit support for Simon coming with them to Dobbler's.
• Lol at Dale asking Casey a complicated math problem so she'd have to kiss him! But she didn't! Aw, poor Daley.
• Whoa, that game of Truth or Kiss got real fast.
• Cappie kissed Evan!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
• Ha ha at Evan gargling his beer after kissing Cappie.
• Ha at Dale telling Ashleigh that there's a bucket around if she needs to hurl after kissing Rusty.
• Ok, I'm sorry, but DOES Rebecca deserve to be treated better than this after her Truth or Kiss antics?! She did after all just announce to a group of people that Cappie is better in bed than Evan. Then she forced Casey to corroborate. And then she wonders why Evan is acting pissed off?! OY VEY.
• Aww, Ashleigh and Casey are not a college relationship. They will always be each other's soul mates.
• Oops! Reunion, interrupted! Casey is not thrilled to find out that Ashleigh kissed Rusty for real.
• What DOES Casey have to do with your breakup with Rebecca, Evan? Hmmm, let's think. I bet if we think really hard, we can figure it out...
• "Watch your back in law school. Because now the gloves are off." Oooh, that's real scary, Chambers.
  

All right, folks: And now for the main event! It's Cappie/Casey/Evan version 4.0 (5.0?). We've all seen it coming (again). It's time to settle this one once and for all. We are, after all, almost out of time...

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Greek: When the Morning Comes

Greek:
"Fumble"

Well, we were all grappling to come to terms with things tonight. Rusty was trying to figure out what exactly had happened to him the night before. Casey knew that what she'd been up to the night before could lead to trouble (she had had drunken, unprotected sex with Cappie) and spent the day dealing with the fallout from that. And as for me, I spent the evening trying to come to terms with the fact that every episode of Greek from here on out will not be as magical as the Beaver-centric "All About Beav" of two weeks ago.

Last week's episode wasn't as fantastic as "All About Beav," but it did have some rather funny moments. This episode, however, wasn't as amusing. Not that it was bad; it was just pretty serious. Thank goodness we (and Calvin) had a chance to watch Rusty uncover his own humiliating drunken episodes and that Katherine turned up to whip off some fantastic lines about how she has "taken a lover." All in all, the episode was fine, but it didn't leave me in a state of rapture like the really great episodes of Greek do.

Also, there was no Evan.

Highlights and observations:

• Casey: "She'll misinterpret things and think we're getting back together."
  Cappie: "Is that such a bad thing? It's what the people want!"
• Rusty: "Well, I either kissed a girl or gave a clown mouth-to-mouth."
• Dale: "Thanks for the heads up that Ashleigh was sleeping on the couch. I got up to get a drink of water and she saw my Full Monty in the fridge light."
• Dale: "Hi, Calvin. I'd stay and talk, but I'm making a dramatic exit."
• Calvin: "What's with the eyewear, Snooki?"
• Katherine: "I have taken a lover."
• Casey: "Wait, wait, you're sleeping with Beaver, and his name is Walter?!"
• Katherine's daughter's name is going to be Anastasia. :-)
• Ooh, Ash is in a saucy mood today.
• Prof. Simon's daughter (Hailey) is cute. Until she starts talking, that is...
• Calvin: "It's like watching bizarro Rusty."
• Calvin: "She handed you her virginity on a silver platter and you just sent it back to the kitchen."
• Awwwww, Beaver and Katherine :-) :-) :-)
• Katherine: "I think your exact wording was, 'Ok, you can have me now.'"
• Whoa, now Prof. Simon's daughter is talking about One Tree Hill. OTH is on everyone's lips this week.
• Is Ashleigh's "Pedro" Prof. Simon or Rusty? I feel like Prof. Simon is just a giant red herring here.
• Rusty: "Please have my wire. And be my soul mate."
• Cappie: "No, but she can't have gotten far."
  Casey: "Unless she's in the back of a van!"
• There had to be a safer way to get Hailey down from the rock climbing wall.
• Ashleigh: "No, no, I was just admiring this girl's hair. It's so soft."
• Ok, so Prof. Simon is maybe not a red herring? He wants to take Ashleigh to dinner, so we know he likes her anyway. Still not convinced he's "Pedro."
• Ok, I no longer care whether Cappie and Casey are together, apart, or whatever. What I adamantly care about is that Cappie NEEDS to get a HAIRCUT. Even if it's just a little trim. His hair looks bad. Bad, bad, bad.
• Casey: "Cappie and I got drunk, and, uh, studied."
• Cappie declared philosophy as his major! Oh, Cap, of all the majors to declare... Luckily he knows a really rich guy who offered to help him out in the post-college world.
• Cappie's taking a 10 a.m. class! And not even a Tuesday/Thursday class! It's a Monday/Wednesday/Friday class.
• Called it! Rusty is "Pedro." You cannot fool me, Greek! (cue evil laugh)
• Rusty: "Because you're a human magnet and people are drawn to you." (Aww, drunk Rusty is so sweet!)
• That was a pretty hot kiss there between Rusty and Ashleigh. The pieces for the Rusty/Ashleigh coupling are falling into place... Now all we need is for Rusty to remember it.
  

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