Melrose Place 1.02 "Nightingale" Recap
Tuesday, we picked up where the pilot left off. Auggie takes a shower and sports a nasty stab wound in his back. Both Lauren and David return home from their jobs of the night, Lauren getting the cash and David getting the loot. Riley awakes Jonah to breakfast in bed, which she uses to say sorry for making Jonah wait an entire day before saying yes to his wedding proposal. A bowl of could cereal would so not do it for me. Sausage, bacon, eggs, and biscuits had better been on my plate if I was in Jonah's shoes. Anyway, Jonah and Riley plan a day off to celebrate, but before they can start off the day right with a morning sex Ella arrives wanting cameras installed in the courtyard due to Sydney's murder. This ticks off Riley, who feels as if this could wait, but Ella wins and the beach day is postponed. Outside, Auggie finds Violet looking for jobs and recommends her to visit Coal, the restaurant/club Auggie works at. She obliges, but really wants to jump his bones. Detective Rodriguez, the guy who is assigned to Sydney's murder case, then confronts Auggie about his history with Sydney. We are then thrown into a flashback of Auggie and Sydney's first encounter that started at their AA meeting and ending up in Sydney's bed. In the present, Auggie tells the detective that he and Sydney were just friends. More like friends with benefits, Auggie...
Ella arrives at WPK (her publicist job) to total chaos, as people are being fired left and right due to a merger with a larger company. Ella isn't scared and walks into the office of her new boss, Caleb Bower, who promptly hands her a box to pack her belongings after Ella showcased her defiance to him. But Ella isn't out for the count. She talks good game on bagging the hottest star of the summer for the firm. Caleb gives Ella by the end of the week to land such a mammoth deal, which Ella herself is scared might not happen. Of course, she doesn't let Caleb know that...
Back at Melrose Place, Jonah puts up the cameras to Riley's chagrin. David meets with a crony to sell the painting. After giving the guy information about his next heist at the House of Nightingale, David gets a call from Ella, who demands to be David's plus one to the party so she can land the actor for her job. David complains about how his ex will not be too pleased if Ella shows up on his arm when Ella gives him an ultimatum: it's either entrance into the party or his alibi is ghost.
Lauren is doing rounds when she gets a call from Toby a.k.a Mr. Indecent Proposal, who has another proposition for her to make money, only this time its for Toby's friend. Lauren is appalled and hangs up.
Riley runs into Auggie, who lets his guard down and tells her about how Sydney's death is still haunting him. Riley, trying to be a good friend, takes his hand and sits down to talk with him. But Ella spots this and grins when she realizes that the seemingly intimate encounter was caught on the new camera in the courtyard.
