Goodbye, Lucille Bluth
Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 08:23am by freakgirl
This week’s episode of 90210 was presumably the last we’ll see of Jessica Walter, at least as a regular character. Which is a shame, because she elevates the show just by throwing on a kimono and doing tai chi. Ah well.
It was also the week of the euphemism, between How I Met Your Mother’s “reading a magazine” and this show’s “going to Palm Springs,” I’ll never have to tell anyone what I’m actually doing again.
As for the episode itself, I was really disturbed by the brevity of AnnaLynne McCord’s bikni during the beach party. Like, she looked NAKED. God, I’m an old fart. Adrianna reveals her pregnancy secret to Navid, and his reaction is less than spectacular. In the previews for next week, we see a car accident, and wouldn’t that be a convenient way for her not to be pregnant anymore?
1. Rain said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 12:37 pm )
Ugh. You called it. Another convenient miscarriage. I am so sick of shows throwing in the pregnancy plotline and then not having the courage to go through with it, be it abortion or having the baby. The last time I saw a teenage character go through with an abortion on a network show was back on the WB and that show “Jack and Bobby.” I was so awed that they had the girl have the abortion with no regrets, and the message that it really was the best choice for her.
Of course they killed her off in a car crash the next episode. Nice.
2. freakgirl said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 12:45 pm )
Ugh, that’s gross.
I watch The Secret Life of the American Teenager, and abortion was discussed for a split second, and even then they wouldn’t say the word out loud. What I AM pleased about, though, is that the girl on the show is starting to realize that she’s going to be stuck with an actual baby. Which I haven’t seen portrayed accurately on television since the old Degrassi episodes with Spike.
Remember on 90210 Classic when Andrea went to have an abortion and miraculously felt the baby kick even though she was only about four weeks pregnant? MIRACLE BABY!
3. Maggie said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:01 pm )
If they car-accident her baby away, I’m going to be so pissed.
I”m not impressed by Navid’s reaction to Adrianna’s news, but on the other hand, can’t blame the guy. It’s not his baby and he’s supposed to only be 16, right? It’s so hard to judge because these children behave as though they’re 25 and then they find themselves knocked up and suddenly it’s, “I’m only 16!”
How much do I hate the message from Annie’s storyline this week, that if you really love someone, you don’t have sex but if you don’t really like someone, you let them blow you in your car in the school parking lot. Not that I’m saying 16-year-olds should be having sex, because NO, but am I just supposed to forget that Ethan’s character was getting a blow job AT SCHOOL at the beginning of the season?
4. freakgirl said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:03 pm )
Oh my god, I DID forget about that. Ew. I guess Annie is so wholesome and full of goodness that Ethan has mended his public blow joy ways.
5. Maggie said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:36 pm )
Annie is full of something, for sure.
6. freakgirl said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 1:39 pm )
Judging by her weight and crazy-eyed smile, I’d guess she’s full of diet pills and coke zero.
7. freakgirl said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:27 pm )
In other news, Tori is confirmed as well as Priestly (as a director) and they’ll be joined by Diablo Cody (!).
http://ifmagazine.com/new.asp?article=7422
8. Soosan said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 3:23 pm )
Did anyone else notice a random camera zoom in on Adrianna’s back while walking on the beach? Was there a point?
9. Maggie said ( Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 7:23 pm )
They were showing us her tramp stamp. Asian characters. Possibly Katana for “Gaijin steal my alphabet.”