S7E4

My reaction to the last episode brought up a lot of questions, mostly “where is everyone and where are they going?” Due to a few hanging plot lines and some sloppy writing, I’ve been fearing a half hearted run to the end but this episode has alleviated most of my concerns.

First, I really liked how they handled Kimber’s appearance. I was afraid it was going to be shlocky and over done, but they used her really well. A brief and concise dialog that left Christian with a punch to the guts. He ruined her and he knows it. He can try to bury it, but it’s always going to be with him no matter what. He can’t be forgiven by anyone, even her mother. Great casting on Kimber’s mother too, Melanie Griffith was terrific. Seeing her demeanor and her husband was just perfect.

Now for Sean, the guy is seemingly stuck forever. I was disappointed to see him throw away his goal of leaving for Africa with Curtis last episode, but it was a great turn to see him just postpone the trip, give time for Christian and then contine with his plans. Enter the femme fatale! Sarah, Curtis’ wife is a hell of women. Sean is in a pretty similar position as Christian. He can’t be forgiven for sleeping with Kimber by anyone. He holds that secret in with her death. When Sarah makes her move, he tells her no! He’s turned a corner! He tells her he’s done that to a friend before and he can never do that again, the guilt is too much. For some psycho reason Sarah tells Curtis that they did sleep together and he believes it. Just being associated with Christian is like the scarlet letter. Curtis doesn’t believe a word of what Sean and tells him to GTFO. What’s a guy to do? Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. Sean is trapped and I really don’t know what he’s going to do. Just head for the hills suddenly?

Finally, we get to see Jenna with Matt! Wilbur is still MIA, but at least Jenna is with Matt and he’s been making some moves of his own. Expected to hang out with him, Christian is shocked to hear that Matt is taking off with Jenna. The last link to Kimber isn’t going to be around him much. It’s really hard to tell how much time is passing in the show at once, but Matt has a job and has landed him a sugar momma! This is just amazing. Sean may not know how to break from Christian, but it looks like Matt has. They live together and his girl really likes Jenna. A new, “stable” family? The killer line is when Christian asks Matt when he’s going to meet his new girl friend and Matt just looks at him and doesn’t respond. If Matt has it his way, he’ll never meet her! Christians life of fucking everyone is mounting into a title wave at this point. Tired of the shit Matt has actually drawn a serious line in the sand with his dad in probably the only way he can.

The patient this episode was great too, good story parallels with some amazing acting by the two women. I’m really happy from this episode, it’s really cool to see new characters that are related to new ones, it’s been filling out the N/T universe really well.

5 episodes left.