Posted by Dustin on 05.05.2009 at 9:36 pm

So first up, I went into this show for some reason thinking it was the season finale. Nope, next week is. Anyway, in this show a lot went down, including Holly. Woohoo!

Kitty and Robert remained at odds over Alec. Kitty was avoiding Alec’s calls, while Robert basically met with him and warned him he was a powerful man and would do what was needed to protect his marriage. Kitty arranged for a welcome back to work party for Robert, but he was cold and distant.

Kevin talked with Kitty about what was going on. She wasn’t sure what she wanted anymore. She talked about how Robert has never fully committed to her or this family, and she doesn’t want to end up becoming mom. Kevin pointed out if she had an affair, she’d be more like dad! Later Kevin talked to Robert saying he hoped they could work this out, as if they didn’t, he would have to take sides.

In the end, after a lot of self reflecting, after remembering a visit from her dad when he constantly ignored and blew off calls from someone who was clearly Ryan’s mom . . . Kitty broke it off with Alec. She realized she was taking after her father and she didn’t want to. However she also felt she and Robert were lost and suggested they separate.

Justin called Rebecca when he got an envelope from Santa Barbara about his application. She opened it and he got in. They kissed, then they made love. Justin ended up proposing to her and she said yes. She then remembered she just agreed to go to the Ojai party with Ryan, just as friends. Justin told her to break it off, but she said Ryan was in a bad place. She told him about how he thinks his mom killed himself over his father.

At the party, Holly came up with the idea for her and Sarah to perform a duet and poke fun at one another, to ease tensions in the workplace. However Sarah overheard a confrontation between Ryan and Justin over Rebecca. Justin said Rebecca told him everything, including how he went to Holly to get on board at Ojai so he could side with her against Sarah. Ryan said Holly came to him. Sarah was fuming mad and sabotaged their duet.

Sarah confronted Holly later, not realizing she was still mic’d and everyone heard them arguing. Ryan confronted them all and told them to just stay away from him, all of them, and that he’d be leaving. Justin told the family that Ryan thinks his mom killed herself because of dad. Kitty began remembering more of her father’s visit and that he was always blowing off someone named Connie who he planned to deal with. It was Ryan’s mom.

Kitty went to see Ryan and told him about her dad, that she thinks he might be right, that her dad broke things off with her mom and hurt her. Ryan thanked her for telling him. The next day Holly groveled to Sarah, and they both found out that Ryan did in fact come into work that morning. Sarah, realizing she was in fact lonely (her ex was remarrying his first wife) actually took Holly’s advice and put herself out on internet dating.

The show ended with Robert providing Nora with Tommy’s whereabouts. She ended up taking a bus to Mexico and getting out right in front of some church in a little old village!

My Thoughts
First up, we could only have been so lucky that Ryan would have left. Alas he didn’t. I’m sorry but I am not feeling Ryan and I would not shed a tear if he did leave and wasn’t around next season. Next week the spoilers say Saul reveals something big about Ryan’s mom, hopefully big enough to make Ryan go away!

I was proud of Kitty for making the decision to not get involved with Alec after all. However RObert was not happy about the separation idea, and next week it seems he is in some rage over it and seeking custody of Evan. Oh Robert, you had a chance to win me back over to your side and I think you’re going to screw it up! I would not be surprised to see Kitty ending up in bed with Alec at the end of next week.

I was so glad Holly got exposed before she could cause any damage with her plan, but her downfall wasn’t as glorious as I would have liked it to be.

Sarah I felt so bad for in this episode. Wow is Joe a louse or what?

Finally Nora ended up in Mexico where Tommy was. It seems Tommy found God and maybe joined a church? Hey maybe if Tommy signed a contract to become a priest they can bring him back home and ship Ryan off instead!