- After lamenting she did not have any "war stories" from partying in her 20's, Laurie takes Jules out to make up for lost time.
- Travis discovers trying to avoid further embarrassment due to his father, Bobby, working at his school, can actually add to it. Jules gets as frustrated as she faces the physical limitations of her age.—KGF Vissers
- Spurred on by her success with Matt, Jules seems to be settling into a pattern. There is apparently something to dating these younger guys. As she says goodbye to one, Josh, she thanks him for not thinking she's weird for making him park a block away, leave at 5AM, and stay out of the direct line of the streetlights. Ellie still catches her anyway. To be fair, Ellie's baby was keeping her awake, so the two enjoy coffee together. Ellie wonders why Jules is in full makeup. Apparently Jules has planned this out. She has reinstated her 10-date rule (if you don't know what that is, you wouldn't be watching this show in the first place), and she sets two alarms, the first of which allows her to put makeup on so guys don't see her "morning face" when the second alarm goes off. Problem is, she invoked the 10-date rule but still allowed Josh to sleep over, so she had to play zone defense all night. (again, if you don't know what that is...) But apparently, everybody is up at this hour. Bobby has to give a golf lesson (I guessed the correct tour) and Travis has a Calculus exam, so it would seem the coffee is good on Courteney's other show, too. Andy passes off the baby to Ellie, since he needs to get ready for work, and Travis must be reminded by mom to stay awake. To give Bobby credit, he cares about the environment and is driving an electric car. From the golf course. Yeah, he's driving a golf cart, and it's as pathetic as it sounds. The entire reason for the group being up leads to a few "war stories" from everybody when they were in their 20's. It's quite the trip down memory lane...until it's Jules's turn. She, on the other hand, had a baby at 22 and stayed home alone raising him alone for the remainder of her 20's. But at least Andy is appreciative of Jules: she makes a damn fine cup of coffee.
Jules laments to Laurie that she didn't have a good 20's story to tell. She tries to make herself feel better by dodging a fountain so that her hair isn't messed up. Once they get to work (and Laurie puts on a more work-appropriate pair of panties, courtesy of Jules) she insists that Jules create some highlights by doing 20-something stuff. Jules admits she loves pancakes, especially at 3AM. However, this requires Jules to again leave Ellie in the dust. However, Jules decides that she will drag Ellie with her...and no doubt spend half the night keeping Laurie and Ellie from killing each other...out on the town.
Now 40-something women will have to explain when they get a chance if they REALLY carry a purse with them that wouldn't fit in the overhead compartment on a plane. This thing could hold a laptop...made in 1983. But Jules claims that "Bessie" is needed because 40-somethings need more stuff. Travis gives her the requisite amount of grief and heads off to stay with his dad for the night. And if they hurry, they can get the cart to the first hole and play 9 before it gets dark.
On the town, Ellie craps out early, but Laurie has a backup party girl at the ready. Nezzie thinks it's really cool. It's like partying with her mom. To be fair, her mom looks really good...for a 62-year-old. Jules wants to kill her, and almost does later on. Several rounds of tequila later, none of them are feeling pain. She gets thrown out, stopped by cops, eats pancakes at 3AM, and parties with two handsome cops. But she does get her beauty rest...at an open house. Barb thinks she is such a rookie party girl, judging by the picture of Jules dancing with Barb. Fortunately, the picture of Jules nibbling Barb's neck was deleted before she saw it. Jules feels fine, but Laurie thinks she's still a little drunk.
JULES: What? Do you think I'm just gonna go home and have some nasty hangover?
Jules goes home and has a nasty hangover. That pool will be expensive to clean. On the good side, her neighbor Grayson recovered Bessie. Ellie is sympathetic and has Andy run block by going to Grayson's to keep him busy while Jules has a nap. It's a good plan...until Josh shows up. Since it's only date #6, Jules is still playing zone defense. Josh, however, comes up with a strategy of talking about a new sexual position he was hoping to try, but Jules might not be young enough to do that. Hook, line, and sinker, she tries to hook her leg under his arm while both of them are standing, and the Spice Channel officially has an injured-reserve list.
ELLIE: OK, so you hurt yourself by NOT having sex?
Ellie is a true friend. She is getting Jules ice and her wedding video where her aunt who hates Jules breaks her hip. However, Laurie has plans for the two of them on a Saturday night, including a free limo, courtesy of Nezzie. Ellie can't believe she's considering it, saying Jules looks pathetic trying to keep up with people who don't even know who Joan Collins is. (joke from "Friends") That settles it for Jules; time to play through the pain.
Grayson, not exactly the voice of reason prior to this, did not appreciate Andy being sent over to his house as part of her grand plan to recapture her 20's and wants Jules to not include him in whatever she is doing. At least he doesn't have to endure being driven around by his dad on a golf cart like Travis does. Bobby even wears goggles to keep the bugs out. This is definitely not a good thing to be doing in front of classmates of the female variety. But give Bobby and Travis credit: the golf cart helps them get revenge for Jules against the bouncer that treated her like crap.
Jules limps down the stairs, and Ellie tries to talk her out of going out again by using Andy. But his acting skills need work. Jules is very upset that Ellie wouldn't support her in this, even when Jules helped her get through the fact she never smiled at her new kid for three weeks because of issues with some botox. Jules really wants to have her "war stories." Unfortunately, by the time she and Laurie hit another bar, Jules looks like hell, and Laurie cuts her off from partying. She gets even less sympathy from Grayson, who enjoys the double-standard that men supposedly get more adorable as they get older, and women get "ickier" (yeah, tell Salma and Halle that).
Eventually, Ellie does come around and apologizes. She realizes that Jules could be in her 20's, just not every night. And Jules does have some of the pictures from her first night out. Pancakes sound good right about now.
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