This episode opens with Jenna playing her guitar and pretty
much singing about how Jake is focusing on setting the new garden up and not
her and how Clare and Alli have gone AWOL and so she’s all by her lonesome….
Becky soon joins in and a friendship soon blossoms. Becky complements Jenna on
her singing and Becky invites her to her place to play for her and her ‘friends’
Jenna gets what it’s like to be the new girl and accepts the offer.
WHATEVER IT TAKES
Jenna asks Alli if she knows anything about Becky cause all
she can dig up is she’s from Florida and obsessed with musicals. Alli says how
she’s bubbly and she gave Dave some weird religious pamphlet but other than
that she’s got nada. Jenna soon comments how she was invited to Becky’s house
for a jam session and wants Alli to go with her. Alli can’t cause of all the
extra homework and suggests she brings Jake. But Jake has the garden and Clare
has her co-op…and Eli. Its clear Mrs. Bhandari is still upset because she
thinks Jenna had another pregnancy scare and Jenna wishes she was trusted more.
She decides she’ll just go to Becky’s solo.
Armstrong tells Drew he can’t play basketball because he was
concussed and the doctors and Audra forbid it and is instead giving a health
assignment. He takes a seat on the bleachers with Fiona who faked having her
period in hopes to put out feelers for a roommate during the class but instead
is also saddled down with an assignment and they decide to go half on it.
Clare is at her co-op and Asher asks what she has in her
hand. It’s just a school assignment but Asher doesn’t care….if her names on it,
then people are going to be able to find it online when she’s famous so she
needs to make a good impression and he soon begins to critique it.
Jenna shows up at the Baker home and is impressed with how
many people are there. Jenna asks how the people know Becky and she finds out
it’s a Christian Youth Group.
Bianca wants to go out with Drew but he has to do the
assignment. Drew complains that he can’t do anything fun and Bianca decides to
prove him wrong however their make out session is interrupted by Audra who
tells Drew to study and gives Bianca a check for her application fees telling
her she should work on her university applications since she’s bankrolling
them. Bianca nods and thanks her promising to pay the fees back with interest.
Audra leaves and Bianca tells him that for every right answer she’ll kiss him
however she picks up Drew’s head hurts and tells him to nap and she’ll do it
for him.
Clare joins Conner and Adam for study group and she comments
how they should give their project a narrative and make it a multi-sensory experience
cause that’s what Asher suggested for them. Adam just wants to turn something
in and be done and Clare offers to do the whole thing if they aren’t serious.
Jenna finishes singing and Becky asks if she had fun. Jenna
however wants to leave because she felt backdoored….did Becky think she needed
to be saved or something? Becky just thought Jenna could use a friend. Jenna
tells her how she’s not Christian and may possibly even be Atheist.
Jenna the next day tells Alli and Dave all about the
ambushed her into going to a church group….she starts going on and on until Alli
realizes and comments about how Jenna’s issue was cause it was a Christian
group not the fact that Becky wasn’t up front about it. Mr. P announces a project in groups of three.
Jenna asks Alli but she’s working with Dave who is apparently still her
boyfriend despite the whole ‘I need to focus on science and not my relationship
with you’ speech in last episode and Dave’s already promised Connor he’d be
their third. Jenna turns around to find another option and runs into Luke the
cute new boy who asks her to be in his group. She says yes or rather ‘she’s’ a portmanteau
or shore and yes. Jenna soon finds out that his partner is Becky….who just so
happens to be his sister….
Fiona asks Drew if he did his half and he did however when
he goes to pick up the paper that Bianca did he realizes he left it on the
kitchen counter. His brain is like a goldfish with this concussion thing and Fiona
says he needs to stop thinking for himself.
Jenna asks Becky how come she and Luke are in the same
grade. Luke is just eleven months older and the Baker’s most likely held him
back before having him start Kindergarten so he and Becky would be in the same
grade. Jenna asks why Becky wants to be friends and Becky says why not. Jenna
tells her about how she had a baby and so if she doesn’t want to be friends
speak now. Becky comments how it must have been so hard…..and she’s not going
to judge cause god doesn’t care about the past just the present.
Asher asks why Clare is still there and Clare says she just
wanted to get some time to work on her project before going back to school and
says how her partners didn’t see the artistic vision that he bestowed on her.
Asher nods asking if she’s ever visited India before wanting to talk about
something more tec savvy….twitter and how do things trend. Clare logs onto her
account when she sees allot of people hash tagging ‘Stuff Clare Says’
Drew skipped school and went to the mall and makes his way
to the cell phone vender where Drew helps out a disgruntled customer. The owner
of the Kiosk tells him to fill out an application because he’d be great at the
job.
Clare chews out Connor about the hash tag and says how what
he’s doing is public and she doesn’t want her internship screwed over just because
he has Asperger’s and doesn’t know any better…..wow Clare that was kind of a
bitch move. She asks him to delete the tweets however Conner just begins to
tweet everything she says like a parrot.
Luke, Jenna and Becky are working on their assignment and
the siblings introduce Jenna to their father the reverend. Becky’s best friend
calls from Florida and she heads upstairs to catch up leaving Jenna and Luke
alone. Jenna says how Becky reminds her of herself a few years ago and she asks
why the two of them are so happy all the time. Luke says it’s their faith in
god and knowing he’s always there guiding them. Jenna asks how does he believe
in something he can’t see and they wind up making out.
Drew’s filling out the application however Audra won’t allow
it. He needs to rest his brain and get his grades up. Drew mumbles not if he
doesn’t go to school and Audra hears. Drew is sick of being babied.
Jenna tells Alli all about her time with Luke and how maybe
she has faith after all. She goes to Luke to talk to him and he tells her the
kiss was a mistake. She tempts him sexually and it’s not part of god’s plan. It
might have been different if she were Christian or a Virgin but she’s not and
not and so he walks off…TBC
Jenna tells Alli she’s thinking of becoming Christian because
Alli has her science so why shouldn’t she have something she’s into. Becky is
excited Jenna wants to be baptized and tells her that she can have it done at
the following evening service and hands Jenna a bible so she knows what she’ll
be getting into.
I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Clare shows up at Eli’s play practice and stars venting
about the tweets based on what she said. Eli reads one of them and Clare
comments okay fine she did say these things however they are being spun out of
context and she hopes that it doesn’t blow up in her face and screw things with
Asher.
Drew has an interview for the job and wishes Fiona luck in
finding a roommate mumbling under his breath to Bianca when she passes asking
who would want to live with that witch. Bianca rolls her eyes not at the
backhanded comment but the fact that Drew is getting a job when Audra forbade
it. Drew gets handed a failing paper and is asked to see the teacher after
class however instead he walks out…..he’s already failing and in trouble so why
does it matter.
Jenna and Becky are working on a paper. Luke is running late
due to hockey and Jenna asks if Luke knows about the baptizing. Becky wants to
make sure she’s doing it for the wrong reason and Becky assures her she’d be
her friend either way. Luke then arrives and hears the news.
Clare is trying to do her work however she’s getting
distracted. Not only is Connor tweeting her every word but now KC’s gotten in
on the action as well…in fact #StuffClareSays is a trend topic in Toronto and I’m
sure became a real life one once the episode aired….trans media at its finest.
Clare clicks out but it’s too late, she’s been so obsessed she’s been typing
some of the Clare-isms and Asher dismisses her for the day.
Drew shows up at the mall and is told to put on a shirt and
do a test shift.
Jenna tells Mrs. Bhandari she’s heading out and she is told
to make sure to be back before curfew….it’s revealed she’s being baptized and
Mrs. Bhandari is impressed however when she says it out loud she realizes her
reasons are stupid however Mrs. Bhandari comments how proud she is about Jenna
trying to find herself causing her to leave and get Baptized.
The next day Jenna tells Alli how she feels all refreshed
and rejuvenated like she can do anything. She goes to Luke telling him how he
was missed. He apologizes saying how he had hockey practice but was glad Becky
could stand up for her and he’s glad the two girls are close. Jenna reveals
that Becky isn’t the only Baker she wants to get close to however Luke pushes
back. Jenna’s taken aback because she’s Christian now…..Luke still doesn’t want
to be with her. He just doesn’t want to be tied down to one girl and was just
letting her down easy with the I don’t date non-Christian girls line. Jenna
admits that was low and how she got baptized for him. Alli tells him to get
lost as she’s standing with Jenna the whole time.
Clare does her presentation about India and starts talking
about some boy to give things narrative however Townsend comments asking what
about doing what the assignment was. Connor and Adam said they wanted too but
Clare has her own ideas. Clare comments that if they weren’t so busy tweeting
maybe they’d of came to some common ground and she wanted the assignment to be
special and not pedestrian. Conner comments that at least she’s not saying it’s
about his Asperger’s again and walks out and Townsend tells Clare and Adam to
just sit.
Alli suggests putting itching powder in Luke’s jock strap or
going all Tanya Harding on his knee however Jenna says no the problem is with
her not him. Jenna’s sick of letting guys rule her life and Alli is quick to
point out that she does the same thing…..in fact 90% of plots where Alli isn’t
in a support roll are about her and guys. Jenna comments how she got baptized
and pretended to be Becky’s friend all cause Luke was flirty for five minutes.
Becky then walks out of a stall overhearing the whole Jenna/Alli chat. She’s
pissed that Jenna lied to her and she’s lost so many friends because her
brother tends to play with girls like they are toys. Jenna says they can still
be friends….they still have their singing and Christianity however Becky calls
Jenna out saying that being Christian isn’t just about one night…..it’s about
kindness and goodness and following gods teachings.
Audra catches Drew home and says unless he’s sick he needs
to be at school. Drew slips off has shirt and on his work polo saying he’s over
school. He got the mall job and he’s starting. Audra says he’s not giving up
school for some stupid job. Drew says school doesn’t make him happy and with
his grades it’s not like he’ll graduate anytime soon. Audra tells him if he
lives under her roof he needs to go to school and he shrugs and tosses things
in a duffel bag and leaves.
Clare catches Conner and Adam posting a video of them, Dave,
and KC re-enacting Clare’s greatest hits as Clare comes in asking if she always
sounds stuck up like that. Conner admits she doesn’t at least not all the time.
She tells them Townsend is giving them a do over and she’s sorry about the
comment to Connor and she’ll try to take herself less seriously and then asks
to see the rest of the video.
Alli mocks Jenna’s prayer and Jenna says how she’s not
praying because of Luke. Ever since she gave up Ty she’s lost her purpose and
maybe god is the answer.
Drew ends up making amends with Fiona and becoming roommates
with her.
Jenna is at the church and Mr. Baker shows up. She says he probably
has more important things to do then talk to troubled teens. He ends up telling
her that when she loses a prized guitar pick it’s the same way god feels when
one of his own falls astray. He then invites her to stay for service.
Clare apologizes to Asher and promises she’ll be more
dedicated to the job. Asher tells her to relax she’s not fired he knows she’s
serious and he likes working with her too.
Jenna stands up in church. She admits she joined the church
because of a guy….he told her god had a plan and while it wasn’t said guy she
was glad that he pointed her in the direction. Jenna then apologizes to Becky. Becky
accepts the apology on the stipulation Jenna stays away from Luke and she
agrees.
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