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geebsTV commentary:
Rise- Good, emotional ep! Heh, if I could find one problem with this show, its, are they wanting us to like Lou? Because he definitely means well and has the best of intentions, its just he can come off as having a bit of a savior complex. I mean, that's kinda the heart of the show, I just wish the character was a little more likable.
But yeah, glad to see Tracey tell him off. Because like she said, he basically just decided one day, "I think I'll do theater" and took the job she had spent years working towards. And its nice he has a vision and wants to dream big, but she's the one who has to be realistic. Which, quick aside, I'm guessing they're setting up trouble, because Gwen's mom is on the theater committee, and this is the first time Lou is meeting with her. And him mentioning he thinks Gwen is talented is pretty much all the encouragement her mom needs to start working towards helping her be the star.
Like, for all her trash talking of him being a freaking amateur over family dinner last ep, now she's all, "Its so great you're doing this play!" and really getting into his idea of changing the setting and make the set a hybrid of the Victorian Era and their town now. She shows him sketches, which Tracey is dismissive of, because its not practical. Which leads to Lou being all, why you gotta harsh my buzz and accidentally calling Tracey's previous productions "second rate". Which later leads to the aforementioned telling off.
Because yeah, she's fine with Mr Mazzu being all pretentious and unrealistic, but now that Simon is leaving Stanton for SFP, she's mad. Simon says he's leaving school because there are better opportunities at SFP. But she tells Lou, they both know its because of the play. And she blames him because he purposely cast Simon in that role to stir shit up, and surprise, surprise, shit is stirred up, but Simon's paying the price.
So Mr Mazzu goes to see his parents all, "I can help with college counseling and find ways for him to get AP credits!" But his dad is all, nope, this is all about you doing that play! And yes, its controversial- suicide, abortion, premarital sex, gay sex, molestation, there's a lot of adult topics there. But its not like the play is promoting things, the whole point of Spring Awakening is that adults try to hide all this crap from the kids, so they have no guidance, discover things on their own and it ends up messing them all up. If only people would talk about such things plainly instead of trying to avoid the topic, these teens would be better prepared and not make such dangeerous mistakes.
Simon's dad's mind is made up, (and as much as I was ragging on Lou for being kinda douche-y at times, the dad being all, "I wouldn't expect any less from your kind!" What exactly is his kind?!) but Lou can see his mom is not so sure, so he makes one last plea to her, to no avail. So Lou apologizes to Tracey and she tells him, at least he tried. They want to the best they can, but sometimes all they can do is plant a seed and hope. I really liked that line, because it totally ends up fitting.
Lou goes up to Simon and checks if maybe he edited out the controversial parts of the play, would his parents let him stay. But Simon tells him, "Don't you dare!" The play is important, its message is important. So later Simon is in his room talking with his sister, who's sad he's changing schools. This make his mom so emotional she goes to see Lou and asks him what is he about. Is he doing this play to thumb his noses at conservatives or something, or does he really care about the message. And he does, which is all she needs to know. We don't see what she's going to do, but she's obviously about to do something. Which is why I liked that seed metaphor. He did plant the seed when he went to see her, something leading her to change her mind.
Besides dealing with that, Lou is trying to help out Masshous. Gail is heavily hinting towards her husband that they need to let Masshous go, particularly since they have an actual son to deal with. Lou goes to see the foster mom, who has too many kids, and that she's ignoring. She didn't even know Masshous was gone! Lou is all, I wanna bring him back here, but I have to know he'll be all right, and tells her he'll be checking up on him from time to time. But she's basically, yeah, whatever. Heh, the thing is Masshous is so nice and earnest and happy that Lou can't tell him he has to go, chickening out and making him in charge of lighting for the play instead.
Meanwhile, Gail gets to know Masshous. He seems to be rolling with his life, but what breaks her heart is that he says his whole life is in his backpack, and its fine! Like he can't get too used to things or expect anyone from anybody, so he's ready to go wherever life takes him at a moment's notice, and there's a sense of freedom there. But that's all bullshit, and Gail knows it. She does have her own son to think about, because she can't let Masshous keep living like that. So she tells her husband they can't send him back. Which, given all he's been dealing with with Simon and the musical, its something Lou really needed to hear, that at least he's getting one thing right.
Speaking of parents trying to do right for kids, Lilette's mom hears about her little study date with Robbie at the diner from her co-worker. Vanessa is all, "I didn't hear about that!" and then brings it up with Lilette when she sees her. Lilette is all, it was nothing, besides he's just a player and you can't trust men. Now, while all this is going on, Coach is... feeling something for Vanessa. Like he's still trying to work things out with his wife, but he's still thinking about her and getting her a silly phone case as a present.
But after hearing her daughter's story and how cynical Lilette's been getting, she tells the coach she can't do this, whatever this is. Because its clear while they both have feelings for each other, when she sees him, he's all she can think about. And she makes stupid decisions, like talking with him behind diners or trees even though he's back with his wife. So, she needs to set a better example for her daughter and tells Coach not to contact her again.
Like I said, at the very least, it does seem like the Coach actually loves her, and its not just about sex. Which brings us to Gordy. Gordy's just been working hard (one of my favorite parts of this ep is when he tells Gwen her father is kicking his ass and she says, well his father is kicking hers, so they're even! And its kinda cute, but what makes the scene hilarious is Coach being all, "Don't even think about it!" Too late, because now I totally want to see Gordy and Gwen together!) with the Coach telling him nary a word. So Gordy is all, "When are we gonna have the talk?" And Coach is all, "Talk?" to which Gordy says, you know, the whole lecture thing, followed by Gordy apologizing and promising for it to never happen again.
Coach tells him, he doesn't talk, he hates talking. And that's what Gordy needs right now. He doesn't need people telling him they're disappointed or that he's wasting his potential, because he beats himself up over it already. Its part of the reason he drinks. The coach know this, so all he's doing right now is giving Gordy stability and focus. He's just letting Gordy live his life and not give him an opportunity to sneak off and drink, until one day things start feeling different.
Heh, that still doesn't help with him feeling like he's being replaced by Masshous. But Masshous, sweet kid that he is, isn't blind to this. So when the family is playing football outside as Gordy's getting back from practice, Masshous asks Gordy to play. But in a clever way all, "Please help us, the girls are kicking our butts, we need you!" That way its not like they're making him play, Masshous is phrasing it in such a way so its up to Gordy, no pressure.
Finally, lets get to Robbie and Lilette. Robbie has been getting the cold shoulder ever since Lilette saw him kissing that other girl. And he doesn't even know Lilette saw that, so he has no idea why she's mad. And she doesn't want to tell him, because its not like they're going out, or that he even knows she likes him. So she feels kinda dumb to be all jealous when they're not a thing.
Eventually he gets her to run lines with him again via a silly check yes or no note in her locker. Only the session is interrupted by the hospital calling him about his mother falling and hurting herself trying to get up without bothering a nurse. So Lilette goes with him, and any thoughts of him kissing that other girl are lost because of the pure catnip of her seeing Robbie with his mom. So she back to falling hard over him.
Rise- Good, emotional ep! Heh, if I could find one problem with this show, its, are they wanting us to like Lou? Because he definitely means well and has the best of intentions, its just he can come off as having a bit of a savior complex. I mean, that's kinda the heart of the show, I just wish the character was a little more likable.
But yeah, glad to see Tracey tell him off. Because like she said, he basically just decided one day, "I think I'll do theater" and took the job she had spent years working towards. And its nice he has a vision and wants to dream big, but she's the one who has to be realistic. Which, quick aside, I'm guessing they're setting up trouble, because Gwen's mom is on the theater committee, and this is the first time Lou is meeting with her. And him mentioning he thinks Gwen is talented is pretty much all the encouragement her mom needs to start working towards helping her be the star.
Like, for all her trash talking of him being a freaking amateur over family dinner last ep, now she's all, "Its so great you're doing this play!" and really getting into his idea of changing the setting and make the set a hybrid of the Victorian Era and their town now. She shows him sketches, which Tracey is dismissive of, because its not practical. Which leads to Lou being all, why you gotta harsh my buzz and accidentally calling Tracey's previous productions "second rate". Which later leads to the aforementioned telling off.
Because yeah, she's fine with Mr Mazzu being all pretentious and unrealistic, but now that Simon is leaving Stanton for SFP, she's mad. Simon says he's leaving school because there are better opportunities at SFP. But she tells Lou, they both know its because of the play. And she blames him because he purposely cast Simon in that role to stir shit up, and surprise, surprise, shit is stirred up, but Simon's paying the price.
So Mr Mazzu goes to see his parents all, "I can help with college counseling and find ways for him to get AP credits!" But his dad is all, nope, this is all about you doing that play! And yes, its controversial- suicide, abortion, premarital sex, gay sex, molestation, there's a lot of adult topics there. But its not like the play is promoting things, the whole point of Spring Awakening is that adults try to hide all this crap from the kids, so they have no guidance, discover things on their own and it ends up messing them all up. If only people would talk about such things plainly instead of trying to avoid the topic, these teens would be better prepared and not make such dangeerous mistakes.
Simon's dad's mind is made up, (and as much as I was ragging on Lou for being kinda douche-y at times, the dad being all, "I wouldn't expect any less from your kind!" What exactly is his kind?!) but Lou can see his mom is not so sure, so he makes one last plea to her, to no avail. So Lou apologizes to Tracey and she tells him, at least he tried. They want to the best they can, but sometimes all they can do is plant a seed and hope. I really liked that line, because it totally ends up fitting.
Lou goes up to Simon and checks if maybe he edited out the controversial parts of the play, would his parents let him stay. But Simon tells him, "Don't you dare!" The play is important, its message is important. So later Simon is in his room talking with his sister, who's sad he's changing schools. This make his mom so emotional she goes to see Lou and asks him what is he about. Is he doing this play to thumb his noses at conservatives or something, or does he really care about the message. And he does, which is all she needs to know. We don't see what she's going to do, but she's obviously about to do something. Which is why I liked that seed metaphor. He did plant the seed when he went to see her, something leading her to change her mind.
Besides dealing with that, Lou is trying to help out Masshous. Gail is heavily hinting towards her husband that they need to let Masshous go, particularly since they have an actual son to deal with. Lou goes to see the foster mom, who has too many kids, and that she's ignoring. She didn't even know Masshous was gone! Lou is all, I wanna bring him back here, but I have to know he'll be all right, and tells her he'll be checking up on him from time to time. But she's basically, yeah, whatever. Heh, the thing is Masshous is so nice and earnest and happy that Lou can't tell him he has to go, chickening out and making him in charge of lighting for the play instead.
Meanwhile, Gail gets to know Masshous. He seems to be rolling with his life, but what breaks her heart is that he says his whole life is in his backpack, and its fine! Like he can't get too used to things or expect anyone from anybody, so he's ready to go wherever life takes him at a moment's notice, and there's a sense of freedom there. But that's all bullshit, and Gail knows it. She does have her own son to think about, because she can't let Masshous keep living like that. So she tells her husband they can't send him back. Which, given all he's been dealing with with Simon and the musical, its something Lou really needed to hear, that at least he's getting one thing right.
Speaking of parents trying to do right for kids, Lilette's mom hears about her little study date with Robbie at the diner from her co-worker. Vanessa is all, "I didn't hear about that!" and then brings it up with Lilette when she sees her. Lilette is all, it was nothing, besides he's just a player and you can't trust men. Now, while all this is going on, Coach is... feeling something for Vanessa. Like he's still trying to work things out with his wife, but he's still thinking about her and getting her a silly phone case as a present.
But after hearing her daughter's story and how cynical Lilette's been getting, she tells the coach she can't do this, whatever this is. Because its clear while they both have feelings for each other, when she sees him, he's all she can think about. And she makes stupid decisions, like talking with him behind diners or trees even though he's back with his wife. So, she needs to set a better example for her daughter and tells Coach not to contact her again.
Like I said, at the very least, it does seem like the Coach actually loves her, and its not just about sex. Which brings us to Gordy. Gordy's just been working hard (one of my favorite parts of this ep is when he tells Gwen her father is kicking his ass and she says, well his father is kicking hers, so they're even! And its kinda cute, but what makes the scene hilarious is Coach being all, "Don't even think about it!" Too late, because now I totally want to see Gordy and Gwen together!) with the Coach telling him nary a word. So Gordy is all, "When are we gonna have the talk?" And Coach is all, "Talk?" to which Gordy says, you know, the whole lecture thing, followed by Gordy apologizing and promising for it to never happen again.
Coach tells him, he doesn't talk, he hates talking. And that's what Gordy needs right now. He doesn't need people telling him they're disappointed or that he's wasting his potential, because he beats himself up over it already. Its part of the reason he drinks. The coach know this, so all he's doing right now is giving Gordy stability and focus. He's just letting Gordy live his life and not give him an opportunity to sneak off and drink, until one day things start feeling different.
Heh, that still doesn't help with him feeling like he's being replaced by Masshous. But Masshous, sweet kid that he is, isn't blind to this. So when the family is playing football outside as Gordy's getting back from practice, Masshous asks Gordy to play. But in a clever way all, "Please help us, the girls are kicking our butts, we need you!" That way its not like they're making him play, Masshous is phrasing it in such a way so its up to Gordy, no pressure.
Finally, lets get to Robbie and Lilette. Robbie has been getting the cold shoulder ever since Lilette saw him kissing that other girl. And he doesn't even know Lilette saw that, so he has no idea why she's mad. And she doesn't want to tell him, because its not like they're going out, or that he even knows she likes him. So she feels kinda dumb to be all jealous when they're not a thing.
Eventually he gets her to run lines with him again via a silly check yes or no note in her locker. Only the session is interrupted by the hospital calling him about his mother falling and hurting herself trying to get up without bothering a nurse. So Lilette goes with him, and any thoughts of him kissing that other girl are lost because of the pure catnip of her seeing Robbie with his mom. So she back to falling hard over him.
