ATWT Recaps Week of Sept. 11, 2006
Friday, September 15, 2006
“If I didn’t know better, I’d say you were trying to get me in the sack,” Carly purred when Simon kept plying her with umbrella drinks and drunkenly suggesting that now that she’s free, she needs a new man, “new terrain, new sensations.” Carly seemed partly embarrassed and partly intrigued, but she managed to keep herself fairly sober, chatting up a tarot card reader (who had some “the choice is yours” advice about her romantic future) while Simon got thoroughly sloshed. Pretty soon, the couple was dirty dancing to Shakira’s “Hips Don’t Lie” in a way they might regret if they actually remember it in the morning. But what they might really regret is the intense makeout session that followed. Carly had her doubts and Simon wasn’t so trashed (or sleazy) that he didn’t give her the option to stop the sexual progression, but at that point, who could really resist? By the end of the day, he was ravishing the breathless divorcé on the bed.
At the memorial, Bob hilariously yes dear’d a worried Kim as she quizzed him about his treatment of Gwen’s injuries in the church’s outer room. “She keeps it up, I’ll have to put her on staff,” he quipped to Gwen and Barbara. Meanwhile, a panicked Will was inside the church trying to figure out an escape route for himself and Jade, who had just confessed that she’s pregnant. They found a private room, where Will argued that the chances his condom wasn’t doing its job are “practically nonexistent” but Jade even offered to let him call her doctor. He ended up apologizing for doubting her and though he looked like he was about to vomit at any second, he listened supportively to her reasoning that she was going to keep the baby because her upbringing was so terrible. She assured him that she and the baby will be just fine on their own. It’s occurred to us that Jade is suddenly the new Gwen, except a little shadier and not as good a singer.
Maddie was pretty stressed about the memorial (though apparently not so much to throw together a little up ‘do with her hair), and though Casey patiently held her hand, she ran out of the church when she saw all the photos of the slain teens. Margo followed and got Maddie to open up about her psychotic sister, her enormous guilt and her rape. With motherly hugs and soothing words, Margo assured the tearful teen that she will eventually recover. She even offered to let Maddie move back in at the Hughes house.
Back at the memorial, Bob was giving a gloriously poignant eulogy for the dead dayplayers about how he’d “held each of these children in their arms when they were babies” and how he knows their whole families — that would have been nice to see at Jennifer’s funeral — when both Jade and Will entered separately but conspicuously late. Jade joined someone with a slick new hairstyle that we eventually realized was Luke, while Gwen took notice of Will’s distress, and by the time Bob got to the part in his speech about the joys of having babies, Will ran out. When Gwen found him outside, he didn’t beat around the bush for long. “Something bad?” she asked. “Yeah, something bad,” he responded. “There is nothing you could do that would change the way I feel about you,” promised a concerned Gwen, which only made him feel worse.
Back inside, Casey reminded everyone that Eve is to blame — not Maddie, who has “suffered more than anyone” — and all but ordered them to support his girlfriend.
At the hospital, Lucinda nagged Lucy about Dusty and her hair and all manner of grandmotherly things. Citing their painful past, their age difference and Craig, Lucy reiterated that she’s “not going back to Dusty. And that’s final.” The young doc then took herself on a solo date to the movies (just like all of Springfield’s been doing lately), where she (literally) ran into Dusty, who immediately called her “princess” like he can’t help himself. They had a chat right there in the aisle (about how great and beautiful Lucinda is), missing what sounded like the movie’s dramatic climax. Lucy invited him to sit with her, subconsciously letting her hair down (Lucinda really does influence her!) while stealing furtive glances at him. They continued their impromptu date by quickly falling in to their old couple habits.
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