ATWT Recaps Week of February 12, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
In his cabin, Paul lit a fire for warmth and brooding, but it had the unpleasant side effect of prompting another psychic vision of the falling bracelet, so he torturedly stomped out the door.
Lily and Holden took a typically insolent Faith to Al’s for dinner and grilled her about her therapy appointment. That’s when Parker called Faith from outside. “Do you know why they call it Al’s Diner? Becuase if you eat their food, you die,” he quipped, asking her to sneak out and join him. He had her at “die”: Faith was so obviously charmed by his dreamy hoodlum ways that she instantly lied to her parents (and even got a compliment from Parker about her fib!) Outside, they high-fived and set about getting up to no good. Inside, her chump parents discussed her troubles, and Holden suggested that perhaps Lily’s job is too much of a distraction. (Said the father who was off on business for the last week.) Apparently, he’s been discussing this with Lucinda, which only annoyed Lily more. They made peace pretty quickly, though, and exchanged “I love you”s before he left. Lily met with her baby food company clients, who asked for more money. Lily took out her checkbook, mostly to prove that she and not Lucinda is in charge of the project.
Jack greeted J.J. when he came home, asking where Parker was since they were supposed to ride the bus together. J.J. had no idea what happened to his adopted brother, but he did catch Parker’s petulance bug, because he was really bratty about it. But he was just as frustrated by Parker’s mood swings, though, and he got some praise from Jack for his ability to be responsible and handle all of the recent turmoil like a little man (even though Jack lamented that he should just get to be a kid). J.J. fretted that Parker has been Jack’s son longer than he has, but Jack assured him that he loved all the kids more than anything. J.J. still had no clue where Parker went.
Parker led Faith to Paul’s cabin, claiming he won’t mind. “He’s cool. He’s not like Jack or your dad,” snarked Parker hilariously. But Faith nervously surveyed the place and decided that the bad boy vibe was a little too strong. She was about to leave when the prince of darkness himself (Paul) showed up and scowled at them like they were Hansel and Gretel. Back from the commercial, he less-scarily offered them both a soda (Faith looked at it suspiciously and declined, but it’s unclear whether her hesitation was over calories or a candy-from-strangers concern). A bemused Paul asked, “What is this? A meeting of the Oakdale Juvenile Delinquents’ Club?” He then wondered about their parents’ wrath from the last time they were caught with him, and why they’re so interested in visiting him anyway, because he thought “little people” had more fun things to do these days, like downloading music illegally or texting. They complained about the lame therapist they were both sent to, so Paul sat down and basically became their cool therapist, at their impromptu slumber party, first noting that he also had a lot of trouble at home when he was younger. The message? Having James Stenbeck and Barbara Ryan as parents is a trillion, gazillion times worse than anything Lily, Holden, Carly or Jack could dish out on their most horrible days. He claimed that he would “run away” by reading art books when things got really bad. He got a little wistful talking about his favorite painting, and the kids could totally relate to him. Who knew that art history could bridge the generation gap? Paul said he saw the painting for real in France, even though we happen to know it’s at the Museum Of Modern Art in New York (though it could have been on tour). Just then, Jack and Holden, having found out from the school that their kids were missing, showed up.
A camera zoomed in ominously on the wooded mound covering Evil Adam’s corpse, as Casey called his brother again. Maddie took the phone from his hand and made up an excuse about how he shouldn’t talk to Adam, because he betrayed him. Casey insisted on taking responsibility for all of the bad things he’s done lately because of his gambling problem. He decided to be proactive in his search for redemption, which meant apologizing to Will face-to-face.
Gwen was panicking and looking for her ring when Will stopped her and said that he noticed it was gone in the shower; he assumed that she had removed it because she was angry. She started babbling about how she would never do that and apologized. He gently tried to get her to calm down, take a deep breath and think of where she last saw it. While that would normally be a soothing tactic, it only made Gwen flash back on building the burial mound. She was ready to rush out and find it — alone — but he tried to assure her that it’s not a big deal that she lost her ring and he loves her. “Stop being so nice to me,” she snapped before declaring her love and leaving. Gwen ran straight to Maddie, who was feeling bad for Casey. Gwen dismissed any talk of sympathy — “He brought it on himself” — preferring instead to focus on their accidental murder and hasty burial of Evil Adam, which is currently causing them both to completely lose their minds as it threatens to ruin their lives. Maddie agreed to help her dig up the ring, but their creeped-out cursory search wasn’t successful, unless you count one scary glove popping up, which may or may not have contained a corpse hand. (Though they seemed to be avoiding digging more than an inch or so, for fear of “unburying” Evil Adam’s body. As it is, they’ve also got to worry about strong winds.)
At home, Will looked through the couch cushions for the ring, then flashed back with a smile to his wedding day. Casey showed up and made a sincere and thorough apology for what he had done. “If you hate me, I don’t blame you,” he finally said. Will could never hate him, but can’t speak for Gwen. The buddies made up and at Will’s prodding, Casey admitted that framing Will was Adam’s idea. They both realized that Gwen and Maddie are more upset about Adam than they are. “I hate to say it, but part of me hopes we never see him again,” said Will.
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