So far, one of the things this season of Hart of Dixie has most consistently achieved is getting great 90's country songs stuck in my head with the episode titles. Another winner this week! In other news, "Lemeorge" tried to figure out if they still had feelings for each other after Zoe got it in her head that fixing them up was the only way to fix her life. Meanwhile, AnnaBeth came face to face with her mysterious knight, and Wade continued to be stuck in the boring Vivian subplot, poor soul.
Zoe was still all messed up over Joel's departure and their permaneant-feeling "break." Walking around in her pjs and slippers through the streets of Bluebell, she was feeling very lost and looking for some kind of reason to explain her misery. Typically, rather than confronting her heartbreak head-on and getting through it by taking up some healthy, engaging hobbies (maybe she should have asked AB for advice?), Zoe perked up only once she got an excuse to delve into wacky hijinks. This time, she went to a sketchy psychic (I love that Bluebell has a town psychic, b.t.w.) who told her that her bad luck originated from ruining Lemon and George's wedding. Hence, Zoe decided that if she got those two back together, her own love life would cease to be cursed. In the sage words of Lavon Hayes, "No. Nawww. Noooo!" Oh, Zoe.
I did enjoy the way Zoe essentially turned into the entire supporting cast of characters from Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, engineering events to push Lemon and George (her Beatrice and Benedick) together. But the way she crumbled after all of her efforts were dashed by Lemon and George's disastrous dinner date was sad. It was also maybe a little bit too over-the-top to have Zoe tearfully proclaim that her love life must be cursed, because otherwise, Joel wouldn't be gone. Only Rachel Bilson, with her ingenious ability to turn Zoe's most daffy melodrama into sincere and heartfelt poignancy, could have carried this off so well.
Lemon and George were both having sexy flashbacks of their night together every time they saw each other, despite still finding each other incredibly annoying. I didn't quite know what to make of this, which is symptomatic of a season wherein I basically never know where the writers are trying to go with anything. While there is still a strong physical attraction and there are many lovely memories between these two, that isn't enough to substantiate a real reunion. All of those tiny idiosyncrasies that start to set off the arguments between "Lemeorge" may be the surface problem, but beyond that I feel that they were restless about their relationship even from the beginning of Season 1 (and previous to that, given Lemon's affair with Lavon). In my eyes, Lemon and George were a teen romance that kept going past its expiration date, and now it's well past revival. However, there was the slight implication in this episode that George's feelings for Lemon were perhaps a bit more persistent than hers for him. Next week, Peter is coming back (swoon, Robert Buckley!), so we'll see what new developments that brings for Lemon, and how George feels about it.
AnnaBeth, Davis...and Lavon: AB found out that her secret admirer was Barry Watson. Of course it's Barry Watson. This is the CW. I'm a longtime fan of his, so I was pleasantly surprised by this news, even though his charmingly shy character turned out to be related to the Mayor of Fillmore. That last bit definitely means that Davis is a plot device to throw AnnaBeth back into Lavon's orbit, which kind of irks me given that I'm ready to let go of AB/Lavon.
This is my instinct, not least of all because Lemon and Lavon have unfinished business that leaves a noticeable chemistry lingering between them. This week, when Lemon showed up at Lavon's door to confide in him about her issues with George, I was like, Season 1 flashback, what what? Lavon was also quite loathe to hear anything about Zoe's plans to reunite "Lemeorge," to my mind not only because it was more crazy Zoe shenanigans which always implode. To have Lavon and AnnaBeth get back together just feels like sweeping their issues under the rug, reverting them back to where they were at the start of the season, and continuing to not address Lavon/Lemon's unresolved story. However, who knows? Maybe Davis is more than a superficial Guest Star Love Interest. With Watson in the role, clearly this is possible.
Wade and Vivian: Ughh, you guys. I am so far past ready to say goodbye to this dull, chemistry-free pairing. It's irritating that Wade has finally cleaned up his act and become a stand-up guy for someone who isn't Zoe, first of all....even though what happened with Zoe was his ultimate wake-up call to change his ways, and if Zoe hadn't rejected him, he'd never be with Viv. Moreover, Wade is so declawed now that I would actually really like to see some of his old mischievous ways come back. Bottom line, and sorry not sorry, I don't care about Vivian, her son, or her ex-husband. Someone rescue Wade from this subplot!
What did you think of this week's Hart of Dixie? In this game of romantic musical chairs, who do you want to see get together during the remaining episodes of Season 3? Share your thoughts in the comments!
About the Author - Virginia Mae Fontana
Virginia is happy to be reviewing The Vampire Diaries, Hart of Dixie, Nashville, Beauty and the Beast, Elementary, Witches of East End, Covert Affairs, and Continuum for Spoiler TV. She is a college English instructor and enjoys obsessing over films and pop music - in addition to tv shows, of course! You can find her blog, SugarRushed, at http://virginiamaeblog.blogspot.com/ and her Twitter handle is @SugarRushedBlog
