This is the second episode where Carly Pope is a total match for Leslie Bibb. They are both equally hot. It shouldn't really be that way. But I'm not complaining, no. Brooke is suddenly now no longer filmed with Bambi-eyes. Carly also is getting totally into her zone playing the part, while perhaps Leslie shouldn't rest on her laurels.
I have no complaints about those two. But the script here is a total shambles. Cringeworthy. Mary Cherry and Nicole Julian might have their followers, but show this episode to a viewer seeing this lot for the first time. It's a damned silly embarrassment, I'd wager that very few would disagree. They behave immature, we go minutes in, it's one big shoddy shambles of irritating characters. So the theme is menstruation. Ryan Murphy tackles that with the campy approach as only the future NIP/TUCK creator would. The result is one off- putting inane sloppy episode that is clearly going to have far- reaching consequences, affecting the future flow (no pun intended) of the story, as sides seem to have shifted. Yet this thing looks like a dream sequence. Nonsensical stuff keeps on happening. Well, this is a trademark, especially after last week's talking scale, and Nicole's sledgehammer. Now, Mary Cherry has Tabasco sauce and a shovel in her purse. Tongue-in-cheek? Of course. Attractive? No. Hell, originally I expected something like BEVERLY HILLS 90210 but this is for very immature kids in laugh-out-loud mode. It sure takes 'quirkily off-beat' for a ride up to the funny farm. Hey, Wikipedia can quote me on that!
Zany is one thing. This is too much. And I just listened to the commentary. They think they are hilarious. Not realizing they're only being totally oafishly silly. Without being remotely funny. They're making fools of themselves. None more so than that seriously miscast Tammy Lynn Michaels* and the queen-of-the-aliens Leslie Grossman. Even Tamara Mello began a singsong dramatic wail that looked only half as convincing as the average grade school play.
*all that glowering she does in the series, did she try channeling a 1998 (one year before, did she watch?) WILD THINGS courtroom Denise Richards vibe? Well, it didn't work.
The big loss is: What this show could have been! With a firmer hand on the wheel. A proper drama. Not these inane antics. What a waste of two very interesting female leads. What a shame!