Saturday, October 26, 2013

11x18/19 Mr. Brightside RECAP


Fade in on Drew in a headlock…has Vince returned? No….he’s in his fight club with Julian, Owen and more athletes. Owen tells them Armstrong is coming. He comes in with Katie reminding the boys that the weight room is co-ed. Katie asks what’s with locking the door and Drew says it’s nothing and she comments that their secret little boys club is cute.

WHATEVER IT TAKES




Owen comments how he knew when he turned a group of girls away that they’d blab. They are saying they need to put a hold on the club cause if they get caught they could get punishment cause while the school has a wrestling team MMA training is still considered fighting and there is a zero tolerance policy. Drew is rather pissed. Julian asks if he’s okay as Drew says yet….Katie thinks otherwise.

Alli’s on the phone with Dave who wants to hang out however Alli can’t. Her dad asks how her day was and she says she got an 89 in class he says she should of got a 90 he’s joking. She complements his tie and he says if she wants to order a pizza for dinner she just has to ask….no it’s not that she’s wondering if when dinner’s over she can go out. Her dad says sure. She’s been showing she can be responsible again and has earned back their trust. Alli asks if he and her mom dated in high school and she laughs before adding to tell Clare he said hi.
Fiona and Holly J are looking at Prom Dresses but Holly J doesn’t feel like going to prom because she’s worried about her health and how her birth mom wants 20K for it. Fiona says her lawyer is already cutting a check no questions ask. Her lawyer calls however informing them that paying for a kidney is illegal.

Adam comes down wanting to play video games as Drew is doing sit ups. Adam comments there is more to life than working out and Drew informs him about the MMA. He’s been feeling much better cause of it. It’s like a rush and now he needs to find a new place to train thanks to girls narking on him. He asks Adam if he wants to spar and Adam asks if he’s serious. Drew says no and Adam’s glad because he likes his violence virtual.

Drew’s watching the wrestling team and Armstrong asks Drew if he’s interested in another sport. He asks Mo what class he’s in and he asks if plans on trying out. Drew says nah he’s an MMA guy and then offers to spar privately with him.

Alli apologizes for the date being short and Dave says ice cream is better than nothing. Mr. P walks by and Dave tells him how he’s seen the original Tron like he recommended and Alli comments how he seems to get along well with adults and Dave nods….just like Alli in advanced science. Alli goes into the lab and tells Clare if anyone asks she was with her. Alli says she is on the up and up but she’s afraid of what they’d think if she has a boyfriend. Clare says she should introduce Dave to them as her friend and play it by ear.

Drew and Mo are sparing when Drew catches Katie peeking in at them throwing him off his game for a moment however he ends up beating Mo anyway.

Holly J joins Dawn and her kids for breakfast. Holly J says she can’t pay her not for the lack of money but cause its illegal. Dawn says her life is nuts….she’s a single mom and she can’t afford to give up three months of her life and the donor list will pull through. Holly J tells her she shouldn’t have children if she can’t take care of them.

Drew is walking down the hall and Katie approaches him. She saw his little display and she just wants to know what Drew gets when he fights. She’s not a nark she’s writing about violence in youth culture and maybe just maybe she’s a bit curious about him….

Alli asks Dave how he feels about meeting her parents. He’s down and she tells him that she’ll meet him after school for a prep session so he knows what to say so they approve of them being together sans sneaking around.

Owen asks where Drew was at lunch and he says no in the weight room taking down the school heavyweight champ. Owen says no you weren’t fighting Mo and asks if anyone saw them. Drew says just one girl but it’s cool because he thinks she’s into him. Owen shakes his head….no….not the newspaper chick. Drew says yea Katie and that he can sway her to be their lookout. Owen says good cause he has a new move he wants to show him.

Alli says don’t talk about rap but do talk about your dad being a cop. Dave says it’s not like he’s a criminal he’s just her boyfriend. No, Alli says….tonight you’re just my friend….at least until they warm up….

Holly J tells Fiona that she might as well just give up on Yale because she’ll be stuck in dialysis till she dies. She can’t believe what she told Dawn and yet at the same time she’s the selfish one. Fiona tells her to keep fighting but she’s tired of it.

Dave shows up at the Bhandari home for the date and introduces himself to the parents as Mrs. Bhandari serves tea. Alli says how they are really good study buddies. Dave tells them his dad is a cop and Mrs. Bhandari says how she loves CSI, NCIS, The mentalist…..Mr. Bhandari asks if he likes sports and Dave says basketball but he’s getting into cricket.

The boys are heading toward the gym only to see Simpson there. Drew asks if they can get in however Simpson says not now but they can later on with supervision and sign-up sheets. He heard a few stories about fights and he gets final approval of the paper. Julian and Owen roll their eyes and Drew tells Simpson that whatever Katie said is a lie. Drew flips and Simpson gives him detention to cool down. Owen tells Drew he thought his girlfriend could keep secrets.

Mr. Bhandari is waxing on about cricket and as the parents walk out Alli is glad it’s going well. Dave doesn’t like how he has to pretend to be someone else and Alli comments how the real Dave wouldn’t last a minute. Dave walks out.

Drew blasts Katie and says that he thought her paper was anonymous. She points out no names were used and how she can’t talk due to her writing the intermural round up as no one is interested in covering sports. Drew wines about the weight room being closed and tells her she thought she liked him. She says she heard rumors about him and what happened and she thought she could help. He tells her that he is an idiot and thought she was trustworthy and storms out….TBC

Drew’s punching a bag in the basement and Adam walks down saying he’ll wake the parents and asks if Drew had a nightmare. He says that would require actual sleep. He explains the weight room got shut down thanks to what Katie wrote in the paper and Adam comments asking who would nark to Lois Lane. Drew continues to punch and Adam asked if she was using a polygraph and he says no….he just thought she got him and she is kind of cute. Adam says he should just open up to Katie cause talking to someone not a shrink about things could be cathartic.

I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH
Drew shows up with apology coffee and offers his services as sports reporter. He’s been looking for something less intense to do and he’s a good writer if it’s something he’s passionate about. She tells him she’s willing to try him out and tells him when the meeting is.

Alli was sad that Dave ran out and he says it wasn’t him that was David the parentally approved alter ego. She asks if he wants to come over again…this time the real him.

Julian is telling Owen that he found them a match and they ask Drew if he wants to come with. He says he can’t because he’s joining another club after school. The boys plan to text them the address in case he changes his mind.

Holly J meets with Dawn and is sorry that she flipped out and called her selfish the other day and she really wants to get to know her bio-mom. Dawn says she really does want to help she just needs to find a way. Holly J says she doesn’t have to do that….but she does want to be friends.

Drew closes his eyes and has a flashback during the pitch meeting and Katie asks if she was boring him and asks if he can give her a column. Drew instead bolts out.

Holly J is acting as a mannequin for Fiona. She tells her how she’s been talking to Dawn and thinks they’ll be great friends and then goes to show Fiona her prom dress and says how she still has it. Fiona looks at it and wonders if perhaps Dawn would sell it to her cause it’s perfectly retro and she loves it…say for 20K?

Alli needs to confess something….Dave’s not her friend…she’s her boyfriend. Her dad says that he doesn’t like her and Sav dating and Alli knows. She just wants to be honest and not sneak around. His dad says it was bound to happen at some point and agrees for Dave to come over.

Owen and Julian show up at the MMA match and its insane….way too intense for them. Drew shows up just as they are leaving and volunteers to go into the cage getting the wind knocked out of him.

The next day, Drew’s back in the gym lifting weights despite almost suffocating from a choke hold. Julian says fight club is over and he should stick with the newspaper and wooing Katie.

Dave shows up at the Bhandari’s. He admits he doesn’t like tea and he suggests they play a game….Mr. Bhandari suggests poker.

Holly J meets with Dawn with a proposal. Fiona wants to buy the dress. Dawn tells her no need she’ll just lend it. Holly J says no….she wants to pay 20K. It’s on the up and up cause the money is for the dress and not for the kidney.

Katie’s been looking for Drew and asks where his piece. She guesses she’ll never find out his big secret…what makes him tick. He tells her that he has nightmares and the only way he can move past them is to fight. She says so the rumors are true and he tells her the details. She asks if he’s ever tried a different kind of training… something structured. He pulls her into a kiss and she says okay. He apologizes and she lets him know that she wasn’t stopping him she was just taken off guard however he runs out afraid of ruining things.

Dave, Alli, and Mr. Bhandari finish their game and plan a re-match sometime soon. Alli can’t believe how awesome her summer is going to be because she can be with Dave no strings.

Holly J tells her mom the good news…Dawn is going to donate her kidney. Fiona’s got good news too….she got a dress. Suddenly Holly J’s excited for Prom.

Drew goes back to the cages for a re-match and the prize fighter says he’ll pass he doesn’t want to kill him. Drew doesn’t care and goes back for more. Julian shows up with Katie as Drew keeps wailing on the fighter leading to Katie pulling him out of the cage. Drew comments how he told her not to follow and Katie says he can’t tell her what to do.

Alli’s gushing to Clare about how perfect things are with her and Dave and they are going to have the most perfect summer together…that is till Mr. Betenkamp tells her she got accepted to the summer science program.


Drew shows up to do Tae Kwon Do with Katie and comments why she has a green belt while he has a white one. She says he’ll see and she gets the fighting as a form of control….foreshadowing for Katie’s next character arch perhaps….and proceeds to flip Drew over. He’s impressed at her moves and she says that this isn’t her first rodeo and to not mess with her.

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