OH. MY. LORD!!!!!!!
The CW. If You Don’t Renew Melrose Place I Will Release The Kraken. 2012. The Cloverfield Monster. Godzilla. ANYTHING That I Can Find On Your ASS So Tough That You Will Wish Like Hell That You Would Have Never Formed As A Network To Begin With!!!!!
On to the recap.
Morgan aka The Thorn in David’s Side aka Violet’s Even Crazier Replacement
David is close to mending things with Lauren, but who decides to pull a Violet? Morgan. She thinks its best to have David meet her father and introduces him as her new boyfriend. Don’t remember when they decided to be a couple? No? Well, neither does David. But Daddy Dearest makes it clear to David that he loves it when his daughter is smiling and tends to get homicidal when she’s not. Either way is not good for David now, especially when Coal is about to have it’s big reopening. Before the opening, Morgan decides to drop through and rave about David being her boyfriend and you can’t help but think that this girl has a screw or two loose in the noggin. David lays the law down with her about the boyfriend nonsense, but she thinks that if she has to go up to a slut then so be it (Morgan heard about Lauren’s confession).
During the opening, Lauren shows up and congrats David on all of his achievements when Morgan walks up and claims David as hers and Lauren walks off, upset and confused. David chases after her and explains the situation, letting loose about his last robbery in the process. He claims that it was a mistake and he realizes that he had been a huge hypocrite towards Lauren. Both of them deduce that two imperfect people are perfect for each other and they kiss and make up all while Morgan channels Violet’s crazy ass on the side.
After a night of passion, David leaves Lauren in bed to go do some things for Coal. When he gets there, Morgan’s Daddy Dearest arrives and proceeds to kick David’s ass for stealing from him and breaking his little girl’s heart in the process. WHAT??!??! David explains that it didn’t go down like that, but Daddy Dearest is like every other dumb ass parent when their kids lie in the principal’s office and ignores David’s pleas. He does spare David though, but only so David could work for him as a thief. David exclaims that he is out that game, but Daddy Dearest puts up an ultimatum that if David doesn’t get in line, then Lauren, who DD already has someone following, will pay. David, they have pulled you back in!!!!
Dr. Mancini vs. Dr. Drew (No not that Dr. Drew…)
Lauren reveals to Drew that she was called in to help Dr. Michael Mancini install another one of his heart valves into a patient. Drew begs for Lauren to throw off some charts or something to stop the procedure, but Lauren flakes, claiming that without concrete proof, she can’t side with Drew. Dammit, Lauren!!!
Drew takes it upon himself to confront Dr. Michael Mancini about his faulty device. Of course, Mancini is livid, but Drew throws a good case and Mancini claims that he will look into it. Drew is elated that the good doc listened to him. Idiot.
Drew runs to tell Lauren the good news, but even she knows something doesn’t smell right and it is not the untended to bedpan down the hall. As if on cue, two security guards come asking to search Drew’s locker and the find a big ass bottle of oxycotin pills in his belongings. As he dragged out the building, Drew finally gets it in his head about Dr. Mancini not being trusted.
Lauren, on the other hand, decides to make matters right. After she scrubs in to the surgery, Lauren takes off her surgical mask and cap, intentionally contaminating the room and telling everyone about the poisonous valve. Michael is pissed beyond comprehension. Is this the end of Lauren’s career? Let’s hope not. Hear that, CW? Hmm??!?!
Riley and Jonah’s Adventures Down Memory Lane
Riley and Jonah both have a NYU mixer coming up and while cleaning all of Jonah’s stuff out of the apartment (and reminiscing something fierce in the process), Riley decides to bring up the prospect of them going to the mixer together as friends. She’s clearly over Jonah, who is clearly not over Riley. The two do go to the mixer together and are shocked to see that their two friends rekindled their own romance (in honor of Riley and Jonah). This makes Jonah have a change of heart and some bigger balls as he constantly drops hints that he wants to start anew. Then Jonah takes it a step further by kissing Riley when they return home that night and Riley returns the kiss, but stops it cold. Jonah explains his feelings for her, but Riley doesn’t want to be the other woman, i.e., Ella. So she tells Jonah that he had his chance, he blew it and basically that he needs to deal with it. YES!!!!!
At the party, Jonah confesses to Ella about what happened and she is not a happy camper at all. She does thank Jonah for helping her realize that she can be monogamous, but not with his stupid ass. YES!!!! Ella is back on the market!!!!!!
The next morning while Jonah marvels that he is on the set of his first feature film, Riley confesses her sins to Drew, who suggests that maybe it’s for the best since he might be dead in a couple of months. WHAT?!?!? WHY!??!?! It turns out that Drew himself is a recipient of one of Mancini’s heart valves and that the damage is already done and he’s just counting down the days. NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! CW, YOU BETTER NOT CANCEL THIS SHOW!!!!!!
Amanda vs. Ella: The Final Showdown… For Now.
Here it is. The story you been waiting on. The Battle. Who Survived? And What Was Left Of Them?
As Riley and Drew help back Jonah’s stuff, Riley whines about not having anything to put on her wall. Drew has something though. He found it in his apartment’s bedroom closet when he moved in. It is a Sydney Andrews original left behind by Auggie. Hmmm…
Amanda talks to a Mr. Lao about bringing him the painting, which means that she’s pinpointed it’s location. But makes a sudden appearance? SYDNEY!!!!!!! Only thing about that is that she is a figment of Amanda’s imagination. A side effect from the pills? Who can tell, but one thing is for sure, Sydney is weighing on Amanda’s guilty conscious… if she has one.
Ella makes it to work to try to butter up Amanda, but the Queen of Mean already knows about Ella’s little late night office stunt with David. Ella plays dumb, but Amanda has proof: a strand of blonde hair with split ends that it sure as hell isn’t hers. OUCH! After Amanda answers Ella’s plea of “Why me?!”, Ella claims to not know why she chose to model herself after a cold-hearted person. Amanda slaps the Listerine and possible lip gloss out of Ella’s mouth. Then she fires her. DAAAAAMMMMMNNNNNNN!!!!!!! Round One goes to Amanda Woodward.
Ella stops by Riley’s looking for Jonah, but instead gets a sympathetic Riley and a surprise of her life. She spots the Sydney Andrews painting and her sonar goes off. She begs Riley for the painting and Riley, already feeling bad for the girl, gives it to Ella. When she gets back to her apartment, Ella begins doing the same procedure Amanda did, but this time Ella has found the lucky scratch off ticket instead. It’s the painting that brought Amanda out of hiding and Ella now has it in her possession. Round Two goes to Ella Simms.
Amanda breaks into Drew’s apartment and Ella catches her and gloats about the how the tables have turned. She then shows Amanda the painting and while it was painful to see Amanda act like a child like puppy while reaching for the painting, I have to give it to Ella for raising the stakes. Ella makes demands that Amanda must follow in order to get the painting. First, Ella wants her own PR company and all of her clients she signed for WPK to come with her. Amanda grants this. But Ella needs funding as well. Amanda grants this. Then Ella needs to see all of this in writing. Amanda agrees and we only know this because Amanda returns home later with a briefcase filled with benjamins. Then Sydney shows up again to taunt Amanda on the fact that she might have the dough but she doesn’t have a beau or any friends for that matter. Amanda doesn’t give to you know what about that, but Sydney says that she used to do the same too, but she’s six feet under now. Mmmmhmmm… Oh. It’s a tie here, yall.
The final bout comes when Ella sashays into WPK ready to collect, but Amanda hits her with a bombshell saying that reading the fine print is fundamental and that Ella lacks said skills. But au contraire, dear Amanda… Ella learned from the best. See Ella knew that she was going to be duped and had Amanda’s own PI guy shoot photos of Amanda selling the stolen painting to Mr. Lao. Amanda’s face drops about 40 stories in under a nanosecond. To make matters even more devious, cold and dirty, the newly redubbed P&K, nee WPK, has put Ella in charge of the LA offices until they get back, which Amanda says is impossible since she is a majority shareholder. Well, they will have to do that while Amanda sports an ORANGE JUMPSUIT AND PRISON BARS!!!!!!!! The FBI shows up and arrests Amanda, who tells Ella that “This war is just the beginning.” As Amanda is escorted out the building as Ella watches from her new thrown. Ella Simms Wins The CROWN!!!!!!! For Now…
OMFG?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
The Melrose Place Community Letter
– The CW, reread the beginning of this recap and get back to me. You HAVE TO FRAKKING RENEW THIS SHOW!!!!!!!!! OMG!!!!!
– Ella and Amanda was epic as hell!!!!!!!!! This is what we need, people!! More catfights in our lives!!!! I cannot fathom this war to be left unfinished… I just can’t.
– Neither can I see how David’s problems will be left unsolved. CW, I need you to listen to me. PLEASE!!!!
– Mancini gets away unscathed again??!??! Drew could die?!?! NOOOOOOOO, PEOPLE!!!!!!!! We need closure!!!!!!
– Last night was one of the best season finales to date in my book and viable for the show to be renewed in my opinion. Screw the frakking naysayers. This show delivered tonight and there has to be some way for the show to return. Just have to be.
Do your part to save this show! And if we do get a reprieve then I will most definitely be back this fall. Get started, folks!!!!!
I am confused. The pics earlier in the week showed Sydney in a leopard print dress in the WPK office. So naturally in the final scene I kept anticipating the camera would pan up and Sydney would say "great work Ella" and her entire death would have been a set up to lure Amanda back and arrest her. But no such luck. They must have filmed a scene with her at WPK and later not used it. That was a major disappointment. But the final scene did have me on the edge of my seat. There simply HAS to be a season 2. HAS TO BE!!!
I loved this episode. Some parts were, eh, but the ending was nothing short of legendary. It was a very, very good episode. That final office scene with Ella/Amanda, I was scared out of my mind. It seemed like my Ella was being arrested, and Amanda outsmarted her. I was like "NO! NO! NO! TEAM ELLA IS NOT GONNA FAIL NOOOOO". Then came the twist where Ella has Amanda trapped in her claws, and I was like "YUSSSSS!!!". Legendary scene. Did anybody else notice Ella's outfit matched Amanda's outfit when Amanda first got onto the new show? Also, I just loved how they made Ella copy Amanda's pose, I saw it coming a mile away (I see a lot of promos for Melrose), and I WAS STILL GOING CRAZY. Wow. If you cancel this show CW, you're nothing short of stupid.
please please please please give melrose another season. a show like this can only get better which it has. i mean its really not doing that less in ratings that 90210 and gossip girl etc and they got early renewals…..please cw this show and especially the finale was amazing it has to be renewed! please.
The ratings for the final were as terrible as the other episodes from the second half of the season. There was absolutely nothing exciting and no suspense through the entire episode. And then at the very end, when something finally does happen, its like, "who cares?". This terrible show deserves cancellation!
I agree 100%! Get this show RENEWED for a SECOND SEASON!
i hope melrose place gets renewed, the show is starting to get really good, especially with the battle of the two smoking hot blondes.sometimes these t.v dramas take time to warm up.