11x20x21 Extraordinary Machine –RECAP

Bullfrog is driving Eli to school asking if he slept the night before. Eli said he was up late doing revisions. Bullfrog asks how he’s doing emotionally and if Eli needs to see someone to talk. Eli says it’s fine and it’s mostly due in part to Bullfrog giving him the pills or so his dad thinks. As this conversation is going on outside, Clare and Jake are acting all coupley out in the rain. As Eli gets out and walks toward the school he spits his pill into a baggie filled with more discarded ones.

WHATEVER IT TAKES

KC and Jenna are in the apartment and it’s the night they are going to meet Ty’s potential adoptive parents. Lisa tells KC that it’s what Jenna wants but what does he want. Lisa asks who will take care of him and KC says he’ll drop out of school but Lisa won’t let him. She wants both boys to have a better life. He sees Jenna packing and says he didn’t mean it when he kicked her out…..she says it’s for the best.

Fiona is freaking out that this close to opening night there are re-writes on every page and a new end where ‘Ari and Clara’ live happily ever after as it should be. Imogen is all awe, Chantey is already off book and Eli says ‘Fritz is now Jack’ Fiona says open day is tomorrow and there is so much work to do.

Anya spent the night couch surfing with Chloe, Bianca’s friend and her friendly dealer. She asks why Anya hasn’t been with Owen and she says things went sour. She sees Owen coming into the school and apologizes for fighting with him. He asks what her lunch plans are and she says her mom is dragging her to a career fair and asks if he’d be interested in initiation some personality quizzes.

Jake calls Eli out on how he went from having him do tech to playing the villain and now basing him off of him. Eli basically tells Jake that Clare loves HIM and when they are driving around in his truck she’s just thinking about my big ….talent. Jake then quits and Eli casts Riley.

KC is mad at Dave for letting her know about Marisol. Dave say she’s now living with Alli however KC hoped once Ty was out of the picture he could patch it up.

Owen gives Anya the lame quizzes as Pam pulls up. Anya asks if he can come to the fair with them. She tells her mom he’s her boyfriend and says that someone else needs career guidance. Owen however has a plan….he wants to get a coaching degree so when he’s past his prime in playing he’ll have a fallback.

Eli is trying to teach Riley the part in less than twenty four hours and is starting to crack both under pressure and the fact that he’s pill less. He needs it all to be perfect. Fiona shows up and asks what’s going on and where is Jake. Eli says he fired him and Fiona’s had it and makes Dawes watch a rehearsal. Imogen’s off book and Eli who is the WRITER is halfway there. For the play to open the following evening you’d think people would have been off book long before this though I guess with all of Eli’s sudden changes which director Fiona is ranting about makes things had to move smoothly. He says he just wanted to change the ending and asks what if Shakespeare had the courage to edit Romeo and Juliette. Dawes comments how great the two of them (Eli/Fiona) were collabing before and the show must go on. Imogen then calls Eli out about still being off his meds as she thought that he was only off them to write. He tells her to spread the word about my new end.

KC got Jenna flowers….if they are both at school who’s with Ty or was Lisa given the green light to be with him alone for the time being. KC doesn’t want to break up and Jenna admits she really only stayed with him for the baby.

Eli goes to the Daily office asking her to make a last minute article about the play and pleas for an interview with her ….seven…at the Dot…it’s a date.

Owen and Anya are at the Breakroom and Anya is venting of finding nothing of interest at the fair and how he made her look bad with his life all together.

KC and Jenna meet with the Powell’s about adopting Ty. As the interview goes on KC admits that this isn’t what he wants.

Eli’s all giddy cause he has a ‘date’ with Clare and Bullfrog asks if he’s tracking his emotions in his journal even the happy ones as he gives him his evening pull. Like the morning one it goes into his baggie.

Anya comes back from taking a hit and Owen says he thought she was over it. He’s seen a new side to her and he really doesn’t like it. He tells her she’s pathetic and he walks out.

Clare is trying to be professional and interview Eli however all he wants to do is flirt. He buys her coffee, says she looks pretty and at the mention of Imogen and how close they are he flips and says no she’s just an actress. Jake then shows up because he and Clare have plans and Eli just loses his train of thought and becomes rambly and erratic telling Clare that this interview was a bad idea and to have fun on her date.

Anya’s puking after a bad hit and is all upset in the bathroom and begins to vent to Bianca asking why can’t she be like the women in the Military commercial on TV. Bianca says to clean up her act and she can.

Eli calls Imogen over to rehearse and he’s pretending she’s Clare and taking advantage of her….TBC

It’s opening day and Eli is on cloud nine. He had a great night last night and it’s all thanks to his hour long make out session with Eli. It’s become clear and he knows what to do once final dress is over…he’s going to get rid of Jake Martin once and for all.

I KNOW I CAN MAKE IT THROUGH…..

Anya rushes home when she should be at school cause she needs to tell Pam some exciting news…..she knows what she wants to do with her life….she’s going to join the Army. Her mom says she wanted her to find a calling but the Army wasn’t what she expected.  She says it’s crazy but Anya already signed up and she’s eighteen now so she can do what she wants/

Eli tells Imogen that he’s going to stash his stash in Jake’s locker then tip Simpson off so the drug dogs find them and Jake’s expelled. He’s a bit shaky and Imogen tells him to take a pill. He can’t right now not when he’s so close and he needs to get rid of the one keeping him and his love apart. Imogen gets what he’s saying totally and tells him he should rest and she’ll get the blood on her hands and plant the drugs on Jake.

Dave tells KC that it was whack to sabotage the adoption meeting. KC says he wants to bide his time and win Jenna back. Dave says is it really worth getting a kid in the middle of things…and PS the Power Squad hates him.

The drug dogs find Eli’s pills….in Clare’s locker not in Jakes. Clare gets sent to the Principals office and Eli is freaking out. Clare’s never going to forgive her now and it’s all Imogen’s fault. She’s to him what he is to Clare and he’s NOTHING to her.

KC tells Jenna the Powell’s would be perfect and he’s talked to the agency and they are still into the adoption despite the stunt. It’ll be the best for Ty and it’ll make Jenna happy.

Clare pleads her case to Simpson as Eli barges into the office. He tells him they are his pills and Clare was just holding them for her because he was having problems. Clare is dismissed however Eli, Simpson says he wants to talk to his parents about it….after the play.

Anya gets a call from the recruitment office. They felt she was a perfect recruit however she failed the drug test and won’t be able to enlist.

Clare’s interviewing Fiona as Eli breaks it up. He wants to set the record straight. Jake was supposed to have the drugs planted on him because he needs to go. Clare says that he needs to take a pill and he says he can’t. The pills make him a listless zombie and not the guy she fell in love with. Clare reminds him she broke up with that guy and declares WE ARE NEVER EVER GETTING BACK TOGETHER…..LIKE EVER. I swear if I had a dollar for every time she or Eli said that to one another I’d be able to buy…..maybe a full Taylor Swift Album on ITunes…..anyway it ticks closer to curtain and as Eli flicks a lighter on and off Imogen is MIA. Eli tells her he can’t do the play….his hearts not into it and besides there is no Clara. Fiona says she’ll be Clara even if she has to be on book to do it because she’s not producing a bomb. Jenna’s song plays and its showtime.

Anya and Pam are heading to the school to see Riley’s theatrical debut when Pam stops her. She asks why she’s not wearing her necklace and Anya declares she took if off and must have dropped it somewhere. Pam however has it…complete with the coke filled center of it. She asks how long it’s been and if she needs rehab. Anya says she was just so lost and she didn’t know what to do which is why she wanted to join the Army but because of the drugs she’s failed at that too.

Lisa, KC , and Jenna have one last moment with Ty before they hand him off to the social worker to bring to the Powell’s.

Eli and Fiona are doing a scene and Fiona reads the wrong line and then Eli flips saying how he just can’t write and re-write life and ends up flipping out and breaking the fourth wall with a highly emotional monologue of a breakdown saying how the mind plays tricks and there is no happy endings before taking the script he’d grabbed from Fiona and setting it on fire. He gets a standing ovation as no one is the wiser that he just had a mental breakdown and it wasn’t a scripted scene.

With Ty gone, Jenna thanks Lisa for her hospitality and tells KC she’ll see him around at school before moving to live with the Bhandari’s. KC is all teary and Lisa asks if he’ll be okay. He loved them but Lisa informs him sometimes love isn’t enough.

Dawes commends Eli and tells his parents how he’s such a talented writer. As they are talking and Simpson walks over to convey his concerns, Eli walks off and picks up the burnt script from the stage before balling it up and tossing it. He’s crying when his dad shows back up. He tells Eli he’s a hit but Eli says no he’s a fraud. Bullfrog calls him out for dumping the meds and Eli tells him either way Clare hates him. Eli tells his dad he wants to get better not for Clare but for himself.

Anya tells Pam she’s not giving up on the Army and there is a second chance thing. While Pam isn’t too keen on the idea as long as Anya’s happy about her choices she is.

Jake looks at Clare’s review and asks how she liked the ending. Clare says he’ll never be satisfied with it and now that the play is done she doesn’t have to see him.

Bullfrog is pulling him out for a week of mental health days and says it’ll be good for him.