Grid Effect

A quick note to start this recap, in last weeks recap I headed the episode “The Confession” thinking that was the episode in which Landry confessed in the conclusion. But I was mistaken, “The Confession” is actually this weeks episode, last week’s is entitled, “Seeing Other People”, in reference to Saracen’s request for an open relationship among other things. Sorry for the confusion, if it makes you feel any better the title mishap completely killed my opening paragraph.

Also, it warrants mentioning, that we were going to save posting this until the day of the next episode in January. But as it stands, unless you want more blabber about the writer’s strike, there really isn’t anything else to talk about. So here’s last week’s episode’s recap, a solid month before the next episode airs.

To be honest, given how cringe-inducing the Landry subplot has been, and that this episode was overbearing with it, we actually didn’t mind “The Confession”. It’s quite possibly a subconscious thing, being that the arc is coming to an end and the series can presumably move on making all of us happy. But still, one would think an episode so inundated with a subplot we can’t stand would have us questioning whether we should watch it or not. But rather, we’re just looking forward to January.

Clearly plotting another murder. Put that man behind bars.

Landry, for whatever reason (and I’m not buying a pep Christian morals talk from Lyla either) decided to confess his sins to the local authorities. And not only did he confess initially, but did everything he could to bury himself in prison time. Someone should tell Landry about what happens to people like him when they go to prison, because it’s not exactly sanctimonious. His father rushed him out of that joint and tried to berate him into claiming self-defense after Landry pulled the same stunt with his attorney.

I have to imagine that in Texas, if the white teenage son of a local police from a small town murders a rapist then claims self-defense protecting the woman he was with, not a jury in that state is going to convict him. So I can understand everyone’s insistence that he lies for his own good. But its not understood why Landry is so resistant to comply. Once he confessed, he confessed. And from a spiritual standpoint, isn’t it God who has to absolve you? It has nothing to do with the police.

Eventually he decrees and lets the adults handle the situation and it’s ultimately decided not to press charges. I’ll overlook that he didn’t confess for months after the fact, and that they glossed over (or ignored rather) Landry’s dad destroying evidence (presumably because he’s a cop and is above the law) just to be done with this nonsense.

We’re in a hurry today, so here’s the rest of the episode in dash form:

-Riggins finally moved out of his roommates place, realizing how unhealthy of a situation it actually is. I mean, the last time someone barged into my room high on meth and pointed a shotgun in my chest, I was at least to drunk to actually wake-up. Apparently he moves into Taylor’s garage. There could be a conflict of interests with Julie still in full on rebellion.

-Matt’s still screwing his maid while applying all the bad advice he can from Smash. Yet another story we’re hoping ends sooner rather than later.

-The Taylor’s are beginning to annoy, especially Julie and Tami. That little argument in Julie’s bedroom felt contrived and overdone. We don’t think we can handle any more crocodile tears from either one of them.

-Street is dating women off of a website called “Wheellovers.com”. Naturally, a woman into handicapped men is also into urine. Yeah, urine. His understanding waitress bails him out of the situation and the date throws a glass of water in her face. Said waitress offers him a ride home and naturally they develop a rapid fondness for each other, and he sleeps with her at her place.

-As a result of the above storyline, Herc returned and recommended Street move out of his parents house who still exhibit parental-like pity for their son. When they completely unload on him when he returns from his tryst, he apologizes for not calling them, then announces he’s moving in with his paraplegic counterpart.