ATWT Recaps Week of Sept. 12, 2005
Friday, September 16, 2005
Carly had apparently gone through some trouble to get the Snyders a table at the Lakeview for dinner, but Jack was still too disgusted by what she did to frame Gwen to enjoy family night out. They were still arguing about her methods and her justification of said methods when Parker and J.J. came shrieking in to call dibs on who gets to sit next to Jack at the Lakeview, as if they’re usually not allowed near him unless it’s a special occasion. The hyper boys then rushed upstairs to bring Jack a “present,” which turned out to be their mailbox with Rory’s name added to it. Jack correctly guessed that the addition was Carly’s idea. It only annoyed him more, but he agreed to join his family for dinner.
It’s unclear whether Barbara, Paul or Hal — who were still bickering somewhat — helped at all, but Jen finally snapped out of the catatonic state she was in post-freak-out over finding her baby’s death certificate. Hal wanted to take her to the hospital, but Paul argued against subjecting her to “the trauma of the emergency room.” Jennifer assured them she was fine, but Hal subtly suggested she wasn’t. After enlisting Barbara’s help in keeping Dusty’s accusations secret from Paul and sending her mother and brother downstairs, Jen tried damage control with her father, swearing she’s not on drugs. “You may have sold your mother that line, but I’m not buying it, not for one second,” he said, getting all protective and paternal. They launched into a screaming fight, with Hal doing his squinty detective thing and pointing out all the symptoms she’s been exhibiting. Jen worked herself up into a manic torrent of excuses for her behavior, trying to make Hal feel guilty for believing Dusty over her and claiming that Dusty and Meg had an agenda in calling her a crankhead. He then took one of his famous emergency calls as a manic Jen waited for him nearby, clearly itching for him to leave. Once he did (declaring the conversation “not finished” in a very dad-like way), she had another two flashbacks: one of her hallucination and the other about dropping some crystal meth on the carpet. Next thing we knew, she had fallen to her knees and used her fingers and nose to Hoover up any powder that might have fallen into the carpet. Ick. Just say no, kids.
Downstairs, Paul told Barbara that he plans on taking Jen out of town to get her away from everything. Babs thought that was a capital idea and instantly launched into a detailed plan for the whole family in Positano before Paul cut her off with news that she wasn’t invited. As he curtly shut down all of her protests, he noticed that Jack and Carly were there with the whole family. Realizing that Rory’s proximity to Jennifer could totally derail Campaign Baby Switch, Paul rushed off to stop Jen.
Apparently, Carly doesn’t have much pull at the Lakeview, because once the Snyders got there they had to wait in the lobby for their table to be cleared. Jack went to the bar, and Carly went after him, leaving her children in care of the desk clerk. That’s where Jennifer found them and asked permission to pick up the new baby. “It’s you isn’t it? It’s my baby,” she whispered, as Paul caught up with her.
Gwen opened the door to her mom (!) Iris, and after rehashing their dysfunctional past — Iris was a bad mother; Gwen was “a handful” — Iris swaggered into the room, once again channeling Mercedes Ruehl (this time from Married To The Mob) by raising an eyebrow at the dump her daughter was living in before offering to let bygones be bygones. “My little girl has gone and grown up,” she gushed, enfolding a suspicious and bewildered Gwen in her arms. She mentioned that she “heard” about the baby, and offered her help. “You’re drunk aren’t you?” asked Gwen, eventually guessing that her mother was after the trust fund. Gwen tried to point out that it’s too late because she’s already lost custody, but Iris innocently insisted that she knew nothing of this money or this “witch” Carly Snyder; she wants them to fight together to get her grandson back. Iris then took blame for her past mistakes and vowed to support her, until poor Gwen was guilted into accepting her mother’s olive branch and detailing her conspiracy theory. Iris promised that there’s “always something” that can bring even the Queen of Sheba down, and they’ll suss out Carly’s weakness. “Gwennie” was trepidatious, but didn’t really have much energy to protest anymore.
In Mexico, a feverish Lucinda had passed out, sending Lily into an absolute tizzy. “I guess it must have been the stress,” she said groggily when she woke up. Dr. Hendricks, sounding not unlike a James Bond villain, insisted on examining her, but Lily thinks he’s too much of a quack to even touch her mother. Holden then threatened him about Luke, but the uppity doc insisted he didn’t know anything about the boy or the organ smuggling before he walked away. Holden then overheard a patient and her father being turned away and approached them to ask if they had seen his son. En Espaol! Holden speaks Spanish?! Did we know this? They looked like they didn’t want any trouble, and claimed they hadn’t seen Luke. While he was busy investigating, Lily and her mother had a heart-to-heart and a good cry in the nearby office, so La Walsh reluctantly agreed to go back to Oakdale. Holden sent them along and promised to keep up the search for Luke. He then broke into a room supposedly for files and found Luke’s bracelet.
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