April 20, 2003
by xof
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Brian's Loft - and what can only be described as an OFF day for Kinney-taste. And by that I don't mean the taste of his ... uhmm hmmm ... dangly bit which is at the moment in the mouth of a biker maul. A biker maul with testicles, body tattoos and facial hair. Ewww....lol. Brian's sprawled out while being serviced, and he's watching Porn. And here's where the bad taste comes in. (((Well, besides his choice of taste-testers, that is...ha))) Brian's watching BAD, CHEESY, Reading-Shakespeare-Would-Be-Better-Than-This Porn. Ewwww....lol. All centered around a judge that's being - well, even I have to cringe at typing this pun - disrobed. lol...
Cut to Melanie and a veryyyyy unkempt Ted (((looking wretched and stubbly))) in front of a real judge. (((Who isn't a big brawny man with a dick of death, btw. Dispelling the myth introduced by Brian's bad-porn judgment.))) The lady judge doesn't much care about Mel's glowing praises of Ted's innocence. Ted keeps glancing back, looking all lost as he looks at Emmett. Em's there with Michael, watching. The judge says that Ted will be punished to the full extent of the law, and that ignorance isn't an excuse for the corruption of a minor. (((Remember that Ted didn't know his assistant, Eddie, was under 18. Eddie was using a fake ID.))) Ted looks like he could collapse on the spot. Poor Teddy.
Ethan and Justin - Ethan's excited, sounding his own glorious praises to the Heavens and Justin's ear. Justin's just agreeing with everything he says. Until it's obvious that he knows all the details, because as he tells Ethan - he was there. There to see Ethan play, to see him get praised by his glowing admirers. Annnnnnnnnnd, there to see Ethan leave with that cute twink. Ouch... Ethan plays it off immediately. There's not even a hesitation in his explanation that the guy just wanted advice on music graduate schools. And in his assurances to Justin that "you're the only one I love. The only one I play for." (((But not with...as we'll see. The prick...)))
In the why-me, why-us, why-must-we-alllllllll-see-this scene of the night. (((Just kidding....))) Deb races into the bathroom and drops pajama trough to sit on the toilet and pee. (((See, we've reached the 'not kidding' phase of the recapper's job...lol.))) She's talking to Vic, who she thinks is in the shower. Gotta luv familial bathroom togetherness, right? You shower, I'll pee. Let's have a conversation....across the span of ohhhh say, two feet of floor space. lol.... She sees in the paper that Ted's been arrested and is totally shocked. "Gay Porn King Arrested." When Vic doesn't respond to her yelling his name over the water, she calls out yet again - and Voila!!! A strange naked man pulls back the curtain, and she yells, "who the fuck are you?" At which point the shocked man is saved the introduction, when Vic rushed in and says - "I see you've met Rodney." lol.... She's sitting there with a paper over her lap and he's standing there with a curtain and towel over his...lol. I guess shaking hands is out for the moment. Snicker....
Liberty Avenue - Police Chief Dullard. No... What's his name again? Adolph? Nahhhh, Stockwell. That's right. Stockwell, his attached-at-the-hips (((or was that wallet???))) advisors and Brian Kinney are walking together...seeing the sights and discussing morality. Little does Stockwell know...the shmuck. And allllll that Brian knows....the shmuck. Stockwell's preening over the paper showing Ted's arrest, Brian's looking at it while trying not to react and still hold the conversation - and they are discussing keeping kids away from websites like the one that Ted runs. Brian does admit to having a son, but says since he's only two..... lol. I.E. - not an issue. (((Yeah, why would he have to look at porn sites? All it takes is a visit to Daddy Bri's House of Fun and you'll get nekkid flesh from floor to spacious ceiling. As Gus as been a witness to already this season...hmmm.))) The Hip-Hugging Advisors are going over the badness that is Liberty - bathhouses, vice, etc. Stockwell to Brian: "But with your help, we're going to clean it up." THUD!!! Brian's standing there, lips pressed close together . . . looking for all the world like his balls just ran the three hundred meter dash back up into his body at the thought. lol... Stockwell departs after telling Brian to meet him at the Athletic Club for racket ball - where he intends to "whip" Brian's ass. (((Is being ball-less considered a illegitimate handicap in racquetball??? Guess Brian'll find out.)))
Then.....oh myyyyyyyyyyy. Sex. Nekkid, grunting, panting sex. (((What?? It's an apt description. hehe))) Michael and Ben on the bed. Ben's on top of Michael, and they are going to town, fellow folkers. (((My alliteration tendencies wanted me to say fellow fucking folker fans....but I realized that if you took that literally, then all of you would be doing the nasty instead of reading the recaps right now. ha... I know, I know. Let's allllllllll groan at that bad pun together. The sounds alone would chorus M/Be's panting quite nicely. Sigh....yum. ))) Now back to the dueling swords....uhm hmm, I mean pin the comic book salesman to the mattress. No, I didn't mean that. Oh hell, yes I did. lol... Anyyyyyyyyyway. The two are getting into it, darlins. Until in the middle - or almost at the end - Ben starts calling out, "shit, shit, shit." Michael asks if he's cum, but Ben says no - the condom broke. THUD. Ben starts to pull out, but Michael clutches him close. "No, don't. Keep going." OMG...he didn't just say that. Yes he did.... And he says it again, pulling on Ben's body - grunting and arching against him as he tells him to keep going, that he doesn't care, just fuck him. Damnnnn... (((Not liking the unsafe sex sound of that....))) Ben starts to protest, but Michael tells him he doesn't care and the scene escalates with them moving together - Ben panting and then all turns red.....literally, the scene fades at its height into a red haze....and then we see.....
Awwwwwwww.... Thank you, Cowlip. You fuckers....lol. It was a dream. Thankfully. Or rather a daydream, that Michael's having while sitting in Liberty Diner. Deb's come over and says that he looks just like he did as a kid - age 12 - daydreaming about himself going on an adventure with Captain Astro...or fucking....ha. She asks after Ben, but Michael says Ben's just got a heavy workload which is why she's not seen him for days. In comes Vic. The "Casanova" - who's got a boyfriend. Michael's thrilled for Vic. Vic's making dinner to introduce Rodney to Deb. She invites Michael and Ben, just so the whole family can make Vic "squirm."
Ted, Em and Mel coming into Temmett's apartment. Ted's looking at the paper, seeing his face all over it. Saying thank goodness his Mom doesn't read the papers. Phone rings, Em picks up...and guess who? Yep, it's mom. Ted has a very quick and uncomfortable conversation with her - saying he'll call back later. And reminding her to take her blood pressure pills. Because, as he puts it after hanging up, she's gonna need them. (((BTW - from that brief moment, we know that Em's not really been introduced as "boyfriend" to mom as yet. He's only met her once, in season 1 while Ted was in the hospital.))) Ted's freaking out. Saying he's not a Porn King, with "only one lousy little website." And that's he's gonna end up in prison. He's going from pissed, angry to frantic and afraid. Saying he'll be one of those "eccentric convicts you read about. They're going to open my cell door forty years from now, and all the walls are going to be covered with equations and logarithms...in TEENY TINY scrawl." Mel tries to calm him, but says all this isn't going to be easy. That Stockwell's got it in for him, to make him an example. They discuss who could possibly help, who would have an in-road to Stockwell. Yep, Brian. Ted walks off dejected, saying, "I'm a dead man."
New sketches of Michael and Justin's latest character for "Rage" - Volume TWO!!! Yes, there is gonna be more. YEY.... Michael and Justin are at Michael's place, going over the look of the new character. Michael says he likes Justin's work, he just didn't think the guy should look so evil. And we quickly find out why. Michael's following the grand tradition he himself created by putting his boyfriend in the comic - just like his idea in season two to have his ex - David - appear as an Evil Chiropractor. hehe.... But his intent here is to have a Jekyll and Hyde fallen hero - one that will be redeemed when Zephyr "blows some sense into his head." Awwwwwwwww .... lol. Ben comes home, and discover all this. Immediately getting exactly where Michael's gotten this all from. (((Hey, calling the character, "Juice Pig," was a small giveaway....haha.))) M: "Sometimes he's gentle and kind, and other times...." J: "He's a monster." Ben: "Wonder where you got that idea." (((Oh, I don't know. Could it be from all the razor sharp cuddle bunnies you've been giving Michael the last few weeks???))) Changing the subject, Ben tells Justin he heard that Ethan was a big hit. Justin tells him about Ethan's gig with the Buffalo Symphony. He leaves soon afterwards, leaving Michael alone to face his boyfriend - not knowing if it's Jekyll or Hyde in his wake. At first, looks like Jekyll - and then WHAM. Here comes HYDE.... First when Ben won't even consider not going to the gym to work on his legs, saying he won't go to meet Vic's new boyfriend. Then Ben snaps at Michael when he offers to help him make calls for Paul's memorial service, "LOOK, no offense. But it's not YOUR world." Michael can only turn away. Ahhhhhhhhhh....
Mel's po'ed at not being PG. That's preggers. lol... She's taken a home pregnancy test, and it's negative. Lindz says most women don't get pregnant their first try. Mel states that she's not most women. They get into bed, talking about names for the baby. Mel says that in the Jewish faith, the first born is named after your grandfather. Lindz asks what his name was. M: "Hymen." Awwwwwwwwww.... Lindz gets so tickled she practically falls off the bed. The other one was named, "Herman." L: "Oh, I'm praying for a girl." (((And I'm praying that you actually pick a GOOD name this go around.))) They cuddle down, and Mel says she wonders if, "it's out there. A kid, waiting for us to will it into existence." L: "I never thought of it like that. Who knows, maybe." Mel in a whisper, "Come on, kid. Get here."
Brian crossing the wintery street - snow covering all the cars around - including Brian's own Corvette. As he's unlocking it, Ted sneaks up - literally. He's in baseball hat and dark shades, trying to be Mr. Incognito. But he ends up bumping into Brian in his haste, and slamming Brian against the car door...lol. Brian, let's just say he's thrilled to see Teddy. lol.... Oh, he's sooooooo not. You can tell he wants to avoid avoid avoid this moment. Ted starts out by complimenting the car. Then he segues into trying to ask Brian for help. Saying how busy he's been, with work, the house, getting arrested and going to jail. B: "Yeah, I saw the papers. That's an awful picture. I'd sue." Ted asks him to put a word in with Stockwell. B: "Which word would you like?" T: "Don't." lol.... B: "Sorry, Theodore. No can do." Ouch... Ted begs him. But Brian's adamant. Saying he just does "his television spots. I'm not the fucking DA." Ted says Brian's got Stockwell's ear, he might listen. Brian plays the not-crossing-the-bounds card, but Ted calls him on the bluff - saying, "Since when did you ever give a shit about overstepping the bounds? You were always the first to cross them." B: "It's business." He pushes Ted away, getting into his car. Ted is incensed, telling Brian to just "go off to your little meeting. Don't spend a second worrying about some little pisher like me." He even rubs all the snow off Brian's windshield, as he's spouting false thank yous. Then as Brian drives off, Ted calls him a "motherfucker." (((And how....)))
Okay - Daphne and Justin in the market - looking at cheese. Discussing what would go with a certain Merlot. For a special evening Justin's planning with Ethan. (((I'm asking myself, when did this episode turning into the X-Rated version of Fraser - with Daphne as Niles and Justin as Dr. Crane.))) He says he's got to make up for suspecting Ethan of being unfaithful. Oh...and celebrate his triumphant return. Justin says the suspicion is from having lived with Brian. But Daph points out that Brian never "fucked around" on Justin - that he was honest with him right from the start. (((I'm hearing "Matchmaker, Matchmaker.... Find me a find, catch me a catch." Who knew Daphne was such a Yenta....ha.)))
Cut to, Michael and Vic going over eggplants. lol... Do you even want to know how phallic those things are??? Don't worry, Cowlip's providing the bad puns on this one. Michael's saying he can't wait to meet Rodney, he's just sorry Hyde won't be there. I mean, Ben. lol... Vic starts saying Ben needs to go to the gym like he needs.... But then before he can say, "another cock" like Brian did...lol, we get a sent back to ....
Daphne and Justin. Justin's expounding on how his being jealous of Ethan means he loves him - romantically, not just sexually. Daphne's about to keel over with the "I love thee's" and "Let me count the ways"....lol. (((I'm thinking she's still brain-addled from having been kissed on the cheek by Brian in season one. Course that was after her first glimpse of his other cheeks, and danglies....so it's hard - oh ha ha, pervs - to tell which cast the strongest spell on her...lol.)))
Back to Michael and Vic, discussing Ben. And the Roid Rage. Michael's saying Ben's not the same Ben. Michael says he's had to put up with it, but he's tired of being told he can't understand any of it because he's not positive. Vic says Ben's not the only one who's sounding rageful. (((No shit, just watch how aggressive Michael's being to the produce....lol.)))
And nowwwwwwwww....the first of the BEST scenes of the episode.
Brian in his office. Looking at the Official Stockwell for Mayor Website. On his apple laptop, btw. (((Cute, very cute. Not only because this is a mere second after we see Hal biting the hell out of an apple in the market - but because we know what a MAC fiend Hal is. So cutting from that, to Brian also playing with his Apple...lol. Nice....))) Cynthia comes in saying that there's a Mrs. Schmidt outside wanting to see Brian. hahahaha His face, it's hilarious. Just think of Emmett Honeycutt outside his office, in the Kinney domain of Gay PR. Now that's fun. Or not, as Brian reluctantly indicates Cynthia can show Em in. A second's preparedness, and Brian's ready to face Ted's luvly bride. Or so he thinkssss.... But you see. It's not the dance floor queen that's shown up, it's the balls to the walls Protector. Full Steel Magnolia. You know the one. The man who told Blake that if he hurt Teddy, he would break his face. Fabulous. (((Side bar - may I say - and yes I may...lol - that this scene is GREAT. The reason isn't the dialogue - which is fantastic and thankfully character driven with things we'd not heard said before. No, it's the men. Peter and Gale. They shine. They play off each other, standing tall and as equals. It makes watching Em and Brian all the more provocative. Their faces, their voices...say as much as their words. Wonderful.))) Em enters, dressed down and nicely - but with a scarf still arranged around his neck in a way that still says "EM." Brian says he could have called, but Em says Brian would have "been in a meeting, right?" He walks around the office - his first look at it - "So this is the inner sanctum of the great GOD Kinney. Where men's fates are decided." Brian asks if Ted sent him, to throw himself on Brian's mercy. Em says Ted doesn't know and he has no intention of, "throwing himself on Brian's mercy....or anything else for that matter." HA... Brian gets up and opens the door, a get-out look on his face. When Em says there's a good chance Ted will go to jail, Brian snidely says that on the bright side - Ted'll get fucked regularly. OUCH.... Em just looks at him, calling him on his cruelty. "I suppose that was meant to be witty? We all know about your charming sense of humor." And then casually calm - though strictly self-induced, Emmett walks to Brian and shuts the door without leaving. (((I adore how you get to see the two of them, same height - same build and same determination not to budge.))) Brian's face as the door closes....he's annoyed. E: "But we also know, deep down, that you care about us. Even though you'd never admit it..." Brian snaps out - in the face of his emotions being challenged - "I already told Ted, there's nothing..." Raising his voice to stop Brian, Em says he knows. And he knows what Brian thinks about he and Ted. That they are a joke, and it won't work. He admits that he would have agreed not too long ago. When he says, "Miracle of miracles, I have never been happier in my entire life." Brian rolls his eyes. But Em doesn't back down. "Because he gives me love, and respect. And now it is my turn to give him something back. I swore to myself this wasn't going to end up an old Lana Turner movie, but it looks like that's the direction it's headed. So I'm gonna make Lana proud." Voice cracking for the first time, "Please, Brian. I am begging you. Help him." Brian's face...his eyes falling down. Not saying a cruel word.... Damn. (((Do yourself a favor, take another look at this scene. Gets better every time. As does another one later on, but we're getting to that.)))
Dinner at Deb's with Vic, Rodney, Deb and Michael. Turns out Rodney is HIV+. He and Vic met at a group for positive men. After Rodney had given up on dating negative men. He goes into why, and how they couldn't understand what he was feeling and going through. And you see Michael's face, as he listens. And then Rodney's as he finds out that Michael's dating a positive man, negatively. Instantly embarrassed, Rodney apologies - but Michael reassures him. "No it's okay. I'm sure there are alot of things I'll never understand. But.... It's not from a lack of trying."
Brian and Stockwell on the racquetball court. Brian's kicking Stockwell's ass. Not literally, unfortunately. ha... Stockwell's amazed that Brian didn't let him win, that Brian's got the balls to go for victory against his client. Brian says, "Why would you trust me, if I let you win?" S: "Score another point." They go to the steam room. (((Brian in a predominately straight steam room. Why do I find that amusing??? lol...))) Sitting there in towels, knees practically touching...hmmm. Stockwell starts talking about the Schmidt case and how it'll keep him in the headlines. And Brian.... I'm rather impressed, here. Brian turns the tables on Stockwell rather well. Saying that Ted's just a bug, a shmuck - "it's not like you arrested OJ." That, "He didn't even kill anybody." S: "But if we could get a conviction..." B: "That would be the worst thing. Then your opponent will accuse you of going after some small fry to get the free publicity. The press will turn him into a martyr. It's like my dear father used to say, if you're going to pick on someone, pick on someone your own size." (((Dang...lol. He's a conniver, is our Mr. Kinney. Playing the "dear daddy" bit to the upholder of family values. Being so non-chalant. Quite good....))) Stockwell leaves for the showers, as Brian catches the eye of a not-so-straight man across the way.
Justin and Ethan - toasting to "Phils." lol... As in Philharmonic... Until they run out of them. Ethan starts admiring Justin's mouth, telling him how he jerked off when he was by himself after the concert the other night - (((ASSHOLE))) - by thinking about Justin kissing him all over. Justin continues the tease, by starting to go down on Ethan. When KNOCK KNOCK - the other woman is here. lol.... Sorry, other twink. A twink with red roses. Standing there as Justin opens the door. Awwwwwwww.... THE twink of the concert. Ethan scurries over, asking what he's doing there. Saying that he shouldn't have driven in to see him, and he'd better go. Justin says no, he should come in....eeeek. Ethan's soooo busted. When the twink asks if Justin's the roommate, Justin gives Ethan a look - saying, "I'm his muse." OUCHhhhhhhhhhh....
Alllll-righty then. Prepare for POWER-PACKED moments of tension, anxiety - and fucking FANTASTIC acting. Like a dance well choreographed, and powerful enough to MOVE.
Ben comes into their apartment. Michael's sitting in the corner, practically in the dark. (((Except, as you'll see later as it becomes more obvious - the lamp that's on beside him - framing his lap and his hands in a circle of light.))) Ben asks why. Michael says waiting for him. Ben gets a tone, as he says he TOLD Michael he was working out. Michael says he remembered. Ben asks about Vic's new boyfriend. Michael says they are so alike it's uncanny. B: "Same interests, same temperament?" M: "Same disease." Ben stops walking around. M: "They are both positive." B: "Oh." Ben turns to look and sees Michael holding a syringe in his hand. (((eeek....))) B: "Where'd you get that?" M: "I found it. Wrapped up in the garbage." Ben's upset now. B: "Michael... Michael, I've... I've used it. Just put it down." Michael holding the needle up, looking at Ben. So calm.... Matter of fact. M: "Seeing Vic and his new boyfriend really made me think. You know. Maybe you're right. Maybe you SHOULD be with a poz guy." Ben walks fast over to Michael, "I was upset with I said that. I didn't mean...." Michael, turning the needle down....awwww, bringing it to his wrist as he talks. M: "Maybe that poz guy should be me." (((THUD))) B: "Michael, please." M: "Please, what?" Ben's frozen. Michael looks at him, "All it would take is a quick jab in a vein. And it would be over in a flash. I'd hardly feel a thing. And then I'd be just like you." Ben in shock, "I don't want you to be like me." Anger now pouring, getting louder in his voice as he speaks - still so low until it bursts forth - Michael: "You said you want someone who knows what you're going through. Who wakes up every morning and suddenly remembers, hey that's right, I've got this thing. Who thinks every time he gets a cold or the flu... this is it. This is the end. He's filled with resentment and anger because he can never have kids. Who shoots himself up with Steroids because his lover died. And he's scared shitless that he's next. And has to drive away the person he loves, and who loves him because he DOESN'T understand. Well, now I will!" Ben - who's been standing there, the echo of all his words said back at him - the truth he didn't think Michael could fully realize weighing down the room with pain.... He lunges towards Michael, desperate. B: "Please, please..no. For God's sake, STOP!" In a flash, the needle's gone and Michael's up and in Ben's face - full of anger and standing his ground. "You STOP! Stop using this shit. Stop hurting yourself. And stop hurting us." Michael walks off, dropping the syringe. Ben's stunned and .... lord, if I could only describe all the emotion in his face. And all the emotion we heard in Michael's voice. In Hal and Bobby's performances... A true testament to their talents, and the heart with which they imbued their roles. Amazing, sad - painful and needed. (((And definitely know - Michael was using the needle to make his words heard. He was not, as some may think - honestly suicidal or going to take it further. You can tell that by the way he completely switches it off and explodes with his ultimatum to Ben. The man's growing up.)))
From one storm into another... Justin is laying into Ethan like all hellfire. He's ripping the roses apart as he yells, throwing them at Ethan again and again. The thorns tearing into his hands, and blood flowing as the pain sounds. Justin calls Ethan a liar. When Ethan admits to covering his ass, that he was alone and missed him. J: "So...since you couldn't bare to be without me for ONE fucking night, you decide to pick up some ... drooling admirer?" Ethan: "Basically, yes." Eeeeeeeeeeeeeek. Ewwwwwwwwwwww. FUCKER. Justin digs in some more, asking for comparisons on sexual techniques. Until Ethan yells that it, "was one stupid mistake. Look how many times you forgave Brian!" Justin - in Randy's finest moment in the episode - answers fiercely with tears in his eyes - "I NEVER forgave Brian. I never had too. Because he never promised me anything. You did." He slams down the sliver ring, and when Ethan says he needs Justin - Justin says he'll still have his music, "It's the only thing you every really loved." He walks out....
Ted on the couch, curled up. Em sitting beside him, trying to comfort his lover - but not getting too far...lol. Since his entire basis of comparison for Prison life is from Porn movies....lol. Makes it all sound like Club Med with conjugal visits. Ted thanks him, but says life - as he knows it - is over. Knock at the door and Ted's crawling away to hid... thinking it's the cops. But it's better, it's a dyke. ha... It's Mel. Saying they've offered him a plea bargain. Major fine and no prison if he pleas guilty. She says he must have friends in high places. Ted says, you don't think it was ... Brian. Then he says, it's impossible. But Em, lol... Em says, wellllllll - with your powers of persuasion...lol. Mel tells him the fine's gonna be BIG - and he'll have to shut down the website. Forever. She says he'll get screwed to the wall, standing if he even so much as buys a naked greeting card....lol.
Ben straightening his tie, early morning. In the mirror, and we see Michael waking up in the background. Saying he's been up, didn't get much sleep. "So who told you to sleep on the sofa?" Ben says after what Michael said... M: "I meant it." (((Ohh, he's not giving an inch. GOOD...))) Ben says he's got enough to deal with today - meaning Paul's memorial service. Having to see everyone there - with sunken cheeks. Michael reminds him that they are still alive. "And so are you." He goes into the bathroom, Ben follows. Michael throws him a dirty look, when Ben says he's decided to stop taking the steroids. B: "They are counterproductive to my healing." M: "Why don't you say they've turned you into a raving shit." Ha... B: "All right, they have turned me into a raving shit." He tells Michael he's sorry. Michael isn't too bowled over. "Thanks," and walks off. Saying that Ben's the "brainy professor" so he should figure out why Michael's still angry. Ben gets a clue, apologizing for the positive comment. But he says it was the drugs talking. M: "No it was you. Don't make excuses. If that's what you want, then do it." B: "It's not what I want. I want you." Michael asks if Ben's really going to stop. Ben says he already has. He asks Michael to go to the service. When Michael repeats Ben's words, saying it's not his world - he doesn't belong there... Ben says Michael belongs with him.
Liberty Diner - Brian at the counter. Needling (((sorry for the choice of words, but given my sense of relief.... I thought we could all use an amusing turn on that object.))) Justin for wearing the same clothes as he did yesterday to work. Justin's so not happy, but admits to having stayed at Daph's. "If it's any of your fucking business..." B: "Do I detect a discordant note in love's tender refrain.?" (((Awwwwwwwwwww.... You shit. lol...))) Ted comes in and sits beside Brian, tentatively - saying that since he knows it would be disastrous to try and get sentimental - he just wants to say straight out - thank you. B: "Who said I was buying you lunch?" Ted sighs, knowing this was what to expect. T: "I'm talking about saving my life." B: "Oh that. It was nothing." Ted says that's what Mel says he'll be worth when they get done with him. Deb comes over with Ted's coffee. He tells her the good news. "Thanks to a friend." Side glance at Brian. She's thrilled. They both share a look at Brian and back to each other, knowing he's the one. Brian gets up in the face of all the happiness, putting on his coat and then laying one in on Ted - like the shielded, sonafabitch he tends to be in the face of other's thankfulness - "Just don't flatter yourself. I didn't do it for you. I did it to protect my client." (((Consider that Brian's returned fire for Ted's harsh and hard jibe during season one's coma / medical power of attorney episode - you remember. When he said Brian was a "heartless shit, who would know when it was time to go."))) Ted, thankful - but still hurt, "Of course. How could I have been so presumptuous?" Brian leaves, and we see Deb and Justin in the corner. Deb shakes her head. "I'll never figure out why he does that." J: "You mean act like a total shit?" Deb nods, "When it's obvious he just saved Teddy's ass."
Lindz in the hallway with Gus, waiting for Mel to come out of the bathroom - as she's taking yet another test. Lindz is saying let mother nature take her time. M: "Easy for her, she's already a mother." haha... Then she comes out - with a stick, colored "BLUE." She's preggers.....lol. Then she makes a stupid comment about mother nature not fucking with her....hmmmmm.
Fantastically sad, but endearing scene.... Ted's closing up the office. Almost everything's gone - boxes all around. Em comes to him, and they remember the good times. And then Em sees his old revolving red velvet covered round bed. He gets onto it, and pulls a reluctant Ted onto it with him for one final spin. Ted says he never let anyone else use Em's bed. They curl up as Em starts the bed turning. The scene's shot from above...wonderful angle for this scene. Em says that Ted never told him his porn name - you remember, it's suppose to be your first pet's name and the street you grew up on. Em's was Fetch Dixon. And Ted softly admits that his was "Millicent Kensington." Em giggles and Ted laughs, but brilliantly - as he's laughing - Scott turns Ted's laughter into a moment of face-crumbling wretched tears. He's weeping in an instant. Damn.... Em: "It's alright, baby. You cry." He rubs Ted's chest as Ted says he's so sorry that he won't be able to get the house for Em. That he wanted to give him that. E: "Honey, you saying that - means more to me than living in it." He tells Ted about growing up in Tornado territory. How they hit and destroy. How they always looked at it as a chance to rebuild. E: "The point is, it doesn't matter. We still have each other. And together, we are going to be just fine." He kisses Ted, and the camera pulls back to show them holding hands from above - Ted's face ... so scared.
Babylon - Hotties to the left. Hotties to the right. And Brian and Michael up on the catwalk. Brian's brought an expensive and completely illegal cigar smuggled from Cuba - for Michael to celebrate the news that Michael's going to be a dad. Michael takes a couple hesitant puffs and Brian laughs, "If that's any indication of your technique - it's amazing you have a boyfriend." Michael says he's in shock, that it only took one try - to become a father. (((xof coughs around the words *plot device*... lol))) Brian's kinda ewwww'ed out by Michael's sperm getting along so well with Melanie's egg. Haha.. Michael gets lightheaded, putting his hand to his forehead. B: "Easy, Mikey." (((awww...softly said nickname .... lol ))) Michael says he doesn't think he can do it, be responsible for another person's life. B: "Did I ask you too?" M: "Not you, asshole. The kid's." Brian says Michael's job is done, it's up to the Lesbian's from now own. M: "I don't intend to be a drop in dad, like you." (((Ohhhhh, good one....lol.))) M: "I want to be involved. A real father. If I can just figure out how." B: "You'll be a great dad." M: "What makes you so sure?" B: "Well, you raised me didn't you? Look how I turned out..." He kisses Michael on the cheek and then leaves.
Backroom..... Sex, ohhhh.... just everywhere. Watch where you step. Brian walks around looking, and then ... THUD. He sees Justin. Justin fucking some guy, to be exact. They look at each other, Justin seeing Brian. Brian leaning against a wall, as a guy comes over and gets on his knees to service the master...lol. And still they look at each other. Brian and Justin... Justin never letting his eyes drop. Brian, looking - then turning away.... Looking, then turning away. Then looking as the episode ends.
Finis....
Next time -
Brian being introduced to his office's new intern - Justin. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Kinney." lol... Ben talking to some kid, asking how old he is. Kid, "How old do you want me to be?" Michael telling Ben, no - they aren't taking in a stray. Lindz having to give a party at her new job in less than 48 hrs and not having a party planner to arrange it. Lindz introducing Em as the party planner and assuring her new boss that things will go smoothly. The boss being threatening, saying nothing better go wrong. Lindz asking Em if everything's going well. And a very loud crash of glasses in the background startles them both...just as he's saying she's got nothing to worry about. lol...