“Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in.”Not only is that quote the only worthwhile thing from “The Godfather Part III” (well that and Andy Garcia’s performance), but it also perfectly describes how Sean must feel about his relationship with Christian.
Actually, that’s not entirely fair to say. Sure, Sean considered canceling his Africa trip with college buddy Curtis and the rest of the Savior Center staff after Kimber’s suicide left Christian looking and feeling like a wreck.
To add an extra helping of guilt, Patient of the Week Sheila Carlton had been brutally attacked by a monkey (chimp!) belonging to her unstable best friend Jane (played by an overqualified Frances Conroy of “Six Feet Under” fame). Sean could relate to Jane’s guilt (he WAS sleeping with Kimber until just before her suicide) until it became clear that she was sorrier for killing the monkey (CHIMP!) than she was over the fact that it had ripped half of Sheila’s face off.
Anyway, the guilt didn’t stop Sean from leaving – it was Curtis’ horny wife Sarah, who lied about sleeping with Sean, causing Curtis to lash out at him. Sean and Sarah had gone out for a friendly dinner, and a drunk Sarah was crashing at Sean’s place when she made her move in the middle of the night. That scene was incredibly hot, and Sean was a mighty big man for resisting. (I’m also assuming he had a mighty big erection under those covers – at least as big as his earlier erection when Sarah was examining him.)
Still, the whole thing felt like it came out of nowhere. Sarah had seemed more turned on by Sean’s facial reconstruction skills than by Sean himself, and it mostly felt like manufactured conflict to prevent Sean from leaving. It’s looking more and more like these two are destined to spend the rest of their lives together. They at least spent the end of this episode together, and I kinda loved Christian’s smile when he heard Sean was staying.
Speaking of Christian, the character seems to be alternating between asshole and, um, not quite 100% asshole every single week. In the previous episode, he was choking his wife during sex and telling her he could never love her, this week he’s serving a sympathetic shoulder to cry on for Kimber’s estranged mother Brandie (Melanie Griffith).
It was pretty obvious once naïve Midwesterner Brandie showed up that she and Christian would end up in bed together, so I was hoping for some kind of twist to spice things up. (Maybe Brandie not being as innocent as she seemed.) In the end, I was actually grateful to see that Brandie was just a sad, sweet, simple and beaten-down person without a hidden agenda. It was also good to see Christian actually feel remorse for his behavior before and after Kimber’s death. (I’m guessing we haven’t seen the last of afterlife Kimber, which is good because a little Kelly Carlson sprinkled in is a good thing.)
Besides, this storyline delivered more than a few laughs thanks to Brandie’s disgusting, soap-obsessed tool of a car salesman husband (played by Robin Thomas). I also got a wonderful, unexpected (and unintentional) laugh when Brandie told Christian that she’d never had any plastic surgery. The fact that Melanie Griffith delivered this line was, to put it mildly, ironic.
So what’d you think of this episode? Are Sean and Christian destined to end up together or will Sean be able to break away? Do you think we’ll ever see Curtis or Sarah again? Were you happy to see Matt (now a barista) back? (It would’ve been nice if he hadn’t been a complete non-factor.) Finally, where the hell did they find Melanie Griffith?! 1988?!
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