This week on Hart of Dixie, several romances moved backward and forward while Lemon did her best to help Bluebell from afar, Lynly's "crazy eyes" were in evidence, and Zoe tried to direct a cabaret show called "One Cellular Sensation." Let's rehash and discuss!
We opened with Annabeth looking stunning in possibly the episode's best outfit, a super-glittery ensemble. She made Lavon a huge, delicious-looking breakfast, but all he wanted to do was hibernate with Rocky Road ice cream while he waited for news about the potential town merge with Fillmore. Who was going to eat all those eggs? Don't you ever wonder about the copious meals just abandoned by television characters on a regular basis? Good thing Annabeth was super-understanding and Lavon was super-adorable with his pouting apprehension.
Meanwhile, George has been sleeping with Lynly but dreaming about Tansy...and he even murmured the latter lady's name in his sleep. Awkward. And frankly, I think the only way to solve this is for George to be honest with Lynly about his feelings for Tansy. However, out of nervousness and not wanting to hurt Lynly, George continued the deceit even though their chemistry has quickly dwindled. He has seemingly learned nothing from his time in the one-time core H.O.D. love triangle Zoe/George/Lemon (yeah, I know that if you include Wade and Lavon, that was a lot more than just a triangle, but the point is, George should know better than to dally with multiple women again).
Joel and Zoe started their obligatory, cute argument of the week, this time a debate over whether Zoe can be artistic (straying right into I Love Lucy territory). This issue happened to pop up at a fortuitous time for Lemon and Brick, who were trying to come up with a plan to get Shelby to leave town. They decided to get Zoe to direct Shelby's cherished new cabaret show, thinking it would surely fail and cause Brick's preggers ex to run for the hills. Brick just never really got comfortable with this "diabolical" plan, though.
AB assembled the Belles, much to Crickett's chagrin, and Lemon (via video chat, which was used to hilarious effect) informed the gals that they had to make moves to save Bluebell by charming the governor's sister (who has the fab license plates "GOV SIS") with Bluebell's "unique" vibe. Crickett isn't over her resentment towards Lemon, but also can't deny such a perfect plot. As Lemon put it, she may no longer be a Belle or even be physically present in Bluebell, but "I am still Lemon Breeland, which means I have a plan." I loved that we again saw the sweet BFF-ness of Annabeth and Lemon in this scene.
Zoe seized the chance to prove to Joel and the world how artsy she was, putting on her self-penned medical cabaret with songs about mitochondria and e coli. This provided yet another fabulous chance for the townsfolk to show their quirky, up-for-anything attitudes in the silly production. After trying to tell Zoe a few times that Brick only wanted her to direct the play so that it would fail, Joel became fairly content to sit back and let the chips fall where they might. In this episode, Joel seemed less like a boyfriend and more like an amused sidelines observer in Zoe's life...a transition that has been slowly happening for a while now.
I really felt the absence of Zade this week, as there were only a few fleeting moments between Zoe and Wade. To have an episode without copious verbal sparring and flirtation between these two was a little disappointing. Wade spent most of his time trying to figure out why Vivian was dodging going out with him, which turned out to be simply based on his asking her to go out too late for her single working mom lifestyle. The Wade/Vivian scenes were cute, and Vivian is really lovely, but it's hard to see the point of the show putting these two through the motions when Zade is clearly inevitable and on all viewers' minds all the time.
Speaking of questionable decisions, George decided to distract Tansy's obnoxious boyfriend Scooter from Bluebell's game plan to stay Bluebell...by suggesting a double date hiking with himself and Lynly. The red on the awkward thermometer inched up even further, but even the arguments on the trail were nothing in comparison to what happened after George, Lynly, and Tansy decided to sit around drinking together afterwards. Horrible idea. Why do these characters insist on pretending to be friends no matter how painful it is?
Soon, Lynly had (seemingly) fallen asleep semi-inebriated, while George and Tansy went outside to eventually cuddle. And that awkward thermometer? It snapped right in half when poor Lynly looked out the window to see the two of them canoodling. I suspect she pretended to be drunk to find out what they'd do.
This week, Tansy acted like a bit of a self-appointed know-it-all who had no problem going after George regardless of Lynly, whom she even mocked for having crazy eyes. Um, yeah, Lynly does have fox eyes, and that's why I wouldn't mess with her. If this was One Tree Hill, I would have fully expected Lynly to go full Nanny Carrie on George and Tansy. Those two are saved only by the fact that I don't think Hart of Dixie is a "vengeful stalker" type of show.
But I already didn't like Tansy and I expect this kind of behavior from her (especially hypocritical after how she obsessed over Zoe and George's flirting last season) or anyone who says stupid stuff like "life isn't Star Wars." George, however, is too good a person to get himself into this situation again, and it's kinda stretching my disbelief a little.
Zoe finally realized Brick and Lemon's plan and saw the flaws in her production, agreeing to Joel's taking over and trying to piece together the previous version of the cabaret that Dash had started with the Bluebell crew. However, Shelby was so shocked by Brick's confession of trying to sabotage her that she fainted had had to be put on bed-rest. Brick later admitted that he would much rather give into Shelby and just get back together than keep fighting the urge to do so. This was nice to see, since for some crazy reason Brick and Shelby are delightful together. It also led to the beyond-awesome development of Shelby arriving at the cabaret, singing her heart out and living her dream atop a Cleopatra-style hoisted bed. This was the perfect way to solve the entire cabaret conundrum and was a typically nutty Bluebell moment...enough so that the governor's sister couldn't deny that certain je ne sais quoi that makes the town irresistible.
The scene with Zoe and Joel at the end of the episode was fun, and those "One Cellular Sensation" songs were too fantastic for words ("from the moment that I ate that bad beef..."), but these two still feel more like pals than people in love. So what's going to happen when Zoe scopes out how well things are going with Wade and Vivian? Has she really come to terms with those two being an item? Of course not.
Here's hoping that next week's episode has more Zade and more Lemon!
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