Week 16, Part IV -- Conclusion (at last!)
Frisco: "If humiliating an innocent girl in front of people is part of being a cop, then maybe I oughta just reconsider this whole deal."
Laurelton, Part II: I'm repeating myself, but the seams for Lucy's masquerade are really well hidden. She gives Frisco just enough alone time for snooping and later finding her love poetry to Kevin.
On the demerits side, we have the resolution to Operation Discredit Red. Kevin and Stretch, the basketball player who didn't take a dive, don't look that much alike. And after that, we've still got an episode-and-a-half before Jake finally uses the poetry in court. During the interim, Lucy also testifies about seeing Kevin with a young, flashy, headband-wearing woman, and -- GASP! -- he turned down the corner of a reference book's page! Naturally, Jake and Bobbie are obligated to find the book in question, which wasn't actually the one Lucy said it was, and ...
Yadda yadda yadda. I get that Jake's trying to break Lucy down with repetition and proof that she's not 100% accurate, and GH is determined to have a big moment for Friday's episode, but we're about two steps away from Jake asking if Lucy's absolutely sure the earth does, in fact, rotate around the sun. And then asking her again an hour later.
Anyway, Kevin briefly takes the stand on Thursday, and on Friday, Frisco takes his makeup exam. Eric, his partner, and Samantha all passed! Frisco does, too, but we find that out after the fact. GH has spent about a half-year with Frisco's move to law enforcement, and I suppose there was never any doubt he'd succeed, but still, what an anti-climax.
Speaking of anti-climaxes, it wasn't until I finished Friday's episode that I realized neither Anna nor Bobbie appeared. Of all people, Burt shows up to watch Lucy self-destruct. Also, I'll give a point to Jake for faking out Lucy. He recited the lines to one of her poems, but the actual piece of paper he held was blank.
And, of course, Lucy's faking out the entire courtroom.
Jake: "Love can turn to hate. Can't it, Lucy?"
Jeff's Care and Claudia/Bryan/Debbie: David Mendenhall and Judith Chapman have the week off. In addition to his work in the Alan-Monica storyline, Chris Robinson's duties include wrapping things up for Jeff. I don't know if I misundertood Rick's point of view, or there was a last-minute rewrite, but the name of the game is keeping Jeff with the Lanes, the foster parents he had run away from. Rick and Mrs. Lane both explain that Jeff had gone through a lot of trauma in a short time and that when he stole that motorcycle, it was an act of reaching out for something he could feel was his very own. Anyway, Jeff gets to stay with the Lanes, and it's confirmed on Thursday that he's doing well.
Finally, Claudia tries and fails at being excruciatingly polite around Debbie, who admits on Thursday that she's fallen for Bryan. Claudia and Bryan's last scene on Thursday has them wondering how things have gone so wrong. I'm curious to see how this plays out, and when exactly Claudia and Bryan are gone for good.
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