It seems as if the residents of Eastwick got a hold of some Band Candy last night as the full moon engulfed the town in pure, unadulterated ecstasy that had some serious repercussions the morning after.
Legend Has It…
While dining at one of Darryl’s restaurants (he seems to own everything now), the ladies plus Darryl feast and giggle at their problems. A waiter hits on Kat, but she isn’t all that ready to mingle just yet, while Joanna pines after Will, who has entered the restaurant alone. Kat, being a good friend, approaches Will about how stupid he’s being and for him to get with the program and reconcile with Joanna. After that show of camaraderie, the women (and Darryl) are met with Elise Dunne, the ‘saintly’ wife of Pastor Dunne, who has been M.I.A. since the scandal broke. Elise feels that it is her duty to blast Darryl and the girls by revealing each of their problems in front of the restaurant, while reinstating my fear of ‘devout’ churchgoers because they think that everyone else is terrible except themselves. For Kat, she surmises that Kat threw away a perfect marriage to hang out with Darryl, Roxie, and Joanna. For Roxie, Elise finds it shameful for dating a young boy who could date Mia. Finally for Joanna, Elise feels that Joanna’s article was a fabricated lie about unproven accusations. While no sin out weighs the next, a preacher caught with a prostitute trumps everything that you just ‘revealed’, Mrs. Dunne. But despite the women putting their foot down and counterattacking, they leave the restaurant.
AAAARRRGGGGGHHHH!!!!!
At the fountain, Darryl tells the women about Luno Solvo, which is when the moon appears three times as big as usual and brings out the sensual and primal instincts of every one and it happens only in Eastwick since Eastwick is on “sacred ground”. The three women toast to the moon and I prepare myself to laugh my ass off.
Be Careful What You Wish For…
Joanna is feeling the heat at work since Clyde wants another red-hot cover story in the veins of the Pastor Dunne debacle. But Joanna is stumped and can’t come up with anything. Penny then brings out the Darryl van Horn story and pesters Joanna about not wanting to print it because of her friendship with Darryl. Joanna relents and calls Dominick Savage, a guy who worked for Darryl in New York.
Mia talks to Josh (guest star Darren Criss) via webcam until Roxie walks into the house and wants to know who was Mia talking to. When Mia smart mouths to Roxie about trying to be a mother all of a sudden Roxie grounds Mia, but not in an ‘official’ motherly way. The next day, Chad stops by Roxie’s shop and catches her holding Mia’s diary. After prodding from Chad, Roxie reveals that she wants to see if she can see what’s in Mia’s diary without opening it. Chad, being a doting boyfriend, wants to help Roxie with her precognition by being her Yoda. Awww.
Kat has made a “bucket list” in celebration of her newfound singledom. Darryl wants to help out, especially after he sees “The
Fabulous Baker Brothers” on the list, which Kat says that she wants to be like Michelle Pfeiffer. Oh, but Kat you ARE being like Michelle Pfeiffer! Darry starts to play on the piano, but he claims that he is making love to it instead of playing it. HA! Kat doesn’t want to sing at the moment and Darryl mutters to himself that he will have to put in extra work with her.
Mia walks out of the school with Josh and the two are flirting mighty heavily, but Mia sees her friends and Josh leaves on time. When her friends ask why was she hanging out with Josh, she lies about getting class notes from him. That’s not right, Mia!
Enter the Sensual Full Moon… And Band Candy
Joanna gets damaging info from Savage, but nothing concrete. So while she is freaking out, Penny notices the moon outside and how it seem to be inches from touching the town. Joanna has a new idea: PARTY!!!
Chad is trying to get Roxie to guess playing cards without seeing them. She is failing miserably, but decides to call and see where Mia is, since Roxie grounded her and all. Mia hangs up the phone while Roxie interrogates her and Roxie has had it. She then notices the full moon outside and she tells Chad that she is about to go find Mia. Before they leave, she tells Chad that the top card is a three of clubs and it is. She guesses each card correctly and Chad is impressed.
Kat wanders the town square while everyone around her is either dancing, streaking, or making out with old people. She spots a red sultry dress in a store window and also notices the full moon. She enters the store with a wicked smile on her face.
Spooky Little Boy Like You…
Kat enters the restaurant in the sultry red dress ready to do her thing. Darryl is there waiting and can’t wait for Kat to let loose for once. And let loose Kat does! She sings a sultry version of The Classic IV’s “Spooky” that serves as the background song for the crazy going on in town. While Kat sings, she mesmerizes the restaurant patrons as well as the flames from the candles and the place catches fire when one candle flame reaches a curtain.
Joanna makes photocopies of her ass on the copy machine and the rest of the office is in party mode that reminds me of the Christmas party from The Apartment just amped up a bit. While riding the warm machine, Joanna gets an idea for the Darryl van Horn story and runs tell Clyde. Joanna’s idea? Take all of the questions posed about Darryl and turn them into an inquiry piece. In other words, if Darryl won’t answer her questions then he should face the town.
In other words: trouble.
Clyde loves the story and runs it to the press sans pants. Could have gone without seeing that. After Clyde leaves, Penny and Joanna shout for joy when Penny kisses Joanna hard and sexy. Oh, boy…!
Roxie asks every person on the street if they have seen Mia, which is amusing to Chad. But when Roxie asks one teen about Mia, she gets a vision of his mother finding his pot. She realizes that by touching people she can sense something about them. This turns on Chad as does Roxie and they decide to freak in the ally. After finishing and going for round two, Roxie has a vision of Mia being put in jail. After telling Chad, Sheriff Tease (yes that’s his name) catches them and throws them in the slammer for public indecent exposure.
Mia, Josh, and other high school students are all T.P’ing the school area and while being caught in the moment, Josh and Mia kiss.
After the restaurant burns to the ground, Kat waits by the ambulance to be checked for injuries. Will, who you will remember is a volunteer fire fighter, tends to Kat and comes on to her pretty strongly. Kat advises that he doesn’t do that, but he does anyway and the two kiss!!! Not cool, Kat!
While in prison, Roxie is shocked about her behavior and is even more shocked when Mia and Josh show up and put in the cell with them. Roxie had no clue that Mia was dating Chad’s little brother Josh, and Mia immediately declares that she is not dating Josh and the two get in a shouting match, while the two brothers look on. Roxie wonders why Mia would hide something like dating Josh from her, and Mia exclaims that it’s gross (her dating her mother’s brother, which Chad and I agree with) and that if people knew she was dating Josh then her reputation would be in ruins. REALLY, MIA?!?!?! Plus, the town already thinks your mom is a slut and murderer, so I think dating Josh is the least of your worries. Of course, Josh is hurt and Mia looks like a huge ass…
Reap What You Sow…
The next morning, Kat awakes on Joanna’s couch, while Joanna makes breakfast. Joanna notices the red dress and asks about Kat’s night. Kat tells her everything, but the kissing of Will. Joanna knows that Kat had to have snagged someone with the dress on, but she doesn’t get to play journalist with Kat when she sees the front page of the newspaper. Joanna then gets a call from Clyde telling her to come to the office immediately. When she gets there, Clyde is so trying to cover his ass, but neither Joanna nor Darryl is trying to here his crap. Darryl asks why did Joanna do him dirty and she simply says that it was because he wouldn’t give her a decent interview. He then gives her the chance to interview him right then and there and while she fires the questions at him, he answers them just as quickly and has his servant pull out a file to back them up. He lets Joanna know that he his disgusted with her journalism and how he feels betrayed before he leaves. Clyde fires Joanna immediately afterwards. Poor Joanna… Damn, Clyde…
Darryl spies Kat looking at the burnt down restaurant and offers her advice on life, which dealt with how people pay hefty prices for moments of pleasure and how much people are willing to pay to have that pleasure gratified.
Meanwhile, Roxie tries to make peace with Mia and apologizes for flip-flopping the role of mother and best friend. She then says
that she will try to be a mother, but one who trusts her daughter and asks the same of Mia, who agrees. Mia opens up about Josh and admits liking him. Roxie offers to help her form a tactical apology and all is well in the Torcoletti kingdom. Later when Chad stops by and tries to help Roxie again with her psychic powers, she has a vision of she and Mia crying profusely at someone’s funeral. When she comes to Chad asks if her vision was about him and she says: “I don’t know… I hope not.”
Curtains.
My “Hmmm” Moments of the Night
- First off, I saw neither Veronica Cartwright (Bun Waverly) nor Jon Bernthal’s (Raymond Gardner) names in the opening credits! Is this temporary? It has to be because Bun’s back next week. I wonder if this will happen every week someone doesn’t appear on screen?
- Clyde firing Joanna was a slight shock, but I was more expecting Clyde to be fired by Darryl only because it would be granting a wish of Joanna’s to have power. Plus, it was Clyde who didn’t do his job by rejecting the story. I wonder how this will turn out next week…
- I loved the ironic pun Darryl gives Kat when she apologizes to him for burning down the restaurant: “Hell, I own the candles that burned the place down…” Does this guy not own anything in town?!?
See ya next full moon!
Yes,Really, Mia. I certainly think what Mia said is probably realistic. Whatever they think of Roxy, and I don't think it is that she is a slut. I think that people see her as a bit wild at best, excluding some post menopausal women, naturally. Mia is clearly popular, and we both know that it is nearly impossible for a girl like Mia to date someone like Josh in high school without ruining her life. So get off the high horse and realize that the show is only telling the truth. It may make her seem like a big ass, but it certainly does NOT as you said make her seem delusional, and yes, if people found out she was talking to Josh it would VERY quickly become her biggest problem.
Oh..And once again, Penny is a snake.
Yes,Really, Mia. I certainly think what Mia said is probably realistic. Whatever they think of Roxy, and I don’t think it is that she is a slut. I think that people see her as a bit wild at best, excluding some post menopausal women, naturally. Mia is clearly popular, and we both know that it is nearly impossible for a girl like Mia to date someone like Josh in high school without ruining her life. So get off the high horse and realize that the show is only telling the truth. It may make her seem like a big ass, but it certainly does NOT as you said make her seem delusional, and yes, if people found out she was talking to Josh it would VERY quickly become her biggest problem.
Oh..And once again, Penny is a snake.
Also, Mia said it was NOT because Josh was Chads brother. Chad is the one that said it was weird. Mia said that was NOT why.
Also, Mia said it was NOT because Josh was Chads brother. Chad is the one that said it was weird. Mia said that was NOT why.
It wasn't Joannas idea to do the story, it was Pennys. She is the one that pushed it on her, and then couldn't care les when Joanna got in trouble. Penny is obviously only Joannas friend so she can get to Darryl.
It wasn’t Joannas idea to do the story, it was Pennys. She is the one that pushed it on her, and then couldn’t care les when Joanna got in trouble. Penny is obviously only Joannas friend so she can get to Darryl.
Lily, I agree that Penny is up to no good. The why is what I need to get down to.
Martine, I don't believe in the popularity race in high schools, because it's pointless at the end of the day. I pegged Mia to be more down to earth and not into the whole popular thing and I am disappointed at her actions last week. Now what is realistic is that if parents, like Roxy, are branded as the social outcast of a small town, then chances are that the townspeople will not want their kids to hang around the daughter of a modern Hester Prynn. That isn't always the case, but it is plausible. And it saddens me that we teach our kids that certain people are not good for our or their "image" and that it's not OK to be different. How far have we really come when we have to instill some sort of prejudice within the minds of our children and deem it OK?
Lily, I agree that Penny is up to no good. The why is what I need to get down to.
Martine, I don’t believe in the popularity race in high schools, because it’s pointless at the end of the day. I pegged Mia to be more down to earth and not into the whole popular thing and I am disappointed at her actions last week. Now what is realistic is that if parents, like Roxy, are branded as the social outcast of a small town, then chances are that the townspeople will not want their kids to hang around the daughter of a modern Hester Prynn. That isn’t always the case, but it is plausible. And it saddens me that we teach our kids that certain people are not good for our or their “image” and that it’s not OK to be different. How far have we really come when we have to instill some sort of prejudice within the minds of our children and deem it OK?