Chez Saracen. Matt talks out loud while doing calculus, did y'all know that? I did not know that, and it makes him that much cuter. Also, why the hell weren't those reporters talking to Matt as a scholar-athlete? Shelby comes in and offers Matt some college prep books. She says that she's found out that most colleges have January 15th as the deadline for filing admissions; she encourages Matt to fill out his applications and then work on his essays. "What'm I gonna do about Grandma?" Matt asks. Shelby leans down and says she's sure they could work something out. Matt shakes his head and wonders how he's supposed to pay for it. "We could rob a bank," Shelby suggests. Matt stares up at her. "I'll drive the getaway car, you go in, Grandma covers the door..." Matt cracks up a little, as I do, at the idea of Lorraine covering the door. She'd be badass at it, you know she would. Shelby points out that there's scholarships for kids of military families, and then points out one with a really great art department. Aw! Shelby has totally won me over, y'all.
Garrity Condo. Buddy's watching football on TV - shocking, I know - when a clearly hung-over Lyla emerges from her bedroom. "Oh! It's alive!" Buddy snarks. He claims that it's "already beer-thirty in here, what're you doing sleeping so late?" Hee. There's a knock on the front door and Buddy's snarkitude continues: "Huh! Who could that be! It's not your mother, and I don't have any friends..." Lyla rolls her eyes and goes to the door. Outside, Tim has ants in his pants. Well, I assume so, because he's practically dancing back and forth in the hallway. Also, it is a shame that Taylor Kitsch is entirely backlit during this scene, so all of his shots are in shadow. I'm just sayin'. He asks what Lyla's doing, and when she doesn't answer, asks if she wants to "come outside and play" with him. Lyla is not amused, and asks what Tim wants. "Why don't you want to play?" Tim asks, beaming. "Let's go play." Lyla starts to walk away, and Tim calls out that he's in - he got in to college. Lyla looks away, processing this information, and Tim starts babbling, talking about the recruiter and filling out paperwork and the recruiter said he was in, "even some half-scholarship or even more, I dunno, but I'm in."
Lyla bites her lower lip; it's to keep herself from smiling. Tim: "Still nuthin'. Okay, do you need me to say you were right and I was wrong? Because you were right and I was wrong." There you go. Lyla purses her lips and rolls her eyes slightly, milking it. Heh. "Um. It's not working yet, is it... lemme cover my bases here: One? I'm sorry. Two? I mean it. Three, thank you, four, I wanna go celebrate, and I only want to celebrate with you because I wouldn't be here without you." AW. "Five, say yes. At this point, c'mon, I'll keep on goin'..." and Lyla finally breaks: "Did you really get in?" Tim says he did, the first Riggins to do so. "Probably the only last," he adds, but Lyla's already smiling. "I knew you would," she says quietly. "I told you." He smiles and moves closer to kiss her, and then steps back suddenly, shocked by the amount of alcohol on her breath. "Are you on a bender right now?" he asks, grinning; she covers her mouth self-consciously, laughing. She falls into his arms, apologizing, and he tells her not to because it's fantastic. Really, if Riggins could get drunk by kissing Lyla Garrity, he'd never come up for air. He tells her as much in the hallway, God bless the boy; Lyla's laughing and kissing him as we fade to black. Yeah, that's still the best job in the world, I think.
Riggins is going to COLLEGE! WOO!
Thanks, Otter…it's 2237hr and now I have to watch the ep again just to see the last few minutes. Again. Some more. Because it was totally made of awesome- as was your recap :)
You know that I am going to need an intervention when we hit episode 13, right? As in, four more weeks. I have already prepared my children and my cats that I am going to be beyond inconsolable.
Thanks, Otter…it’s 2237hr and now I have to watch the ep again just to see the last few minutes. Again. Some more. Because it was totally made of awesome- as was your recap :)
You know that I am going to need an intervention when we hit episode 13, right? As in, four more weeks. I have already prepared my children and my cats that I am going to be beyond inconsolable.