Life Unexpected: Bride Unbridled
Well, this week on Life Unexpected was more of Cate paying dearly for her past mistakes and making us feel sorry. Not for her, just sorry for having to listen to her moan about it.
At least one adult on the show is growing up; Ryan greatly redeemed himself this week for the machismo-fest that dominated the last episode. How Cate could screw things up with such a bang-up guy is beyond us (By the way, Ryan, our commenting lines are open if you ever want to reach out for a friendly drink).
And poor Lux is left with only clueless Baze to comfort her after Tasha's move. And Baze's idiot mistakes know no bounds this episode...
That's right Lux, Baze set up your date. In an effort to get Lux off the couch and back in a social circle, Baze bribes Jones to take Lux on an all-day outing. Lux is skeptical at first, and even more so after the pair have been driving around Oregon for three hours. However, she's completely blown away when she sees Jones has been driving her to see Tasha in her new foster home. Lux admits that Jones isn't really what she expected and what he did was really thoughtful. Then, in a very honest and slightly foolish move, Jones tells Lux that the date was all Baze's idea, though he really did want to ask her out and spend some time with her. Naturally, Lux is offended and storms off.
Meanwhile, things are going even worse for Portland's most infamous love triangle. Things are getting contentious at work for Cate and Ryan and Alice is not helping matters. Cate and Ryan are forced to go to Portland's bridal expo as the celebrity couple and to ratchet up some press for the radio station. It starts to look as though they might work things out when guess who comes to crash the party.
After finding texts on Lux's phone from Ryan about buying a car, Baze gets territorial and decides to confront Ryan at the expo. Instead, he and Math get picked up by a PR agent there and put on the roster for a "nearlywed game" with Ryan and Cate. The three men have to compete to see how much they know about her and, of course, things get awkward. A blow-out ensues back stage and Math ends up finding out about Baze and Cate's night of infidelity. Ryan has clearly had enough this time and tells Kate that the entire situation is her fault... which, lets face it, it kind of is.
Back at Casa de Cassidy, Cate gets a package from the bridal expo. It's the wedding dress she wore during the newlywed game, sent as a gift from the retailer. We think some of the writers may have seen Sex and the City: The Movie too many times. However, instead of hugging it and saying a little prayer to Vivienne Westwood, Cate just hugs it and sobs. Not quite the same heartwarming feeling.
Ryan decides to visit Baze at the bar and the two make a truce: Baze will stop showing up to radio events if Ryan will talk to Lux about the whole set-up-date situation. Finally some of the grown-ups are coming to their senses. Ryan talks to Lux and tells her that even though the date wasn't Jones' idea, she shouldn't punish him since he hasn't gotten a chance to know her well yet, and the trip was planned with good intentions. Lux goes to see Jones and tells him she wants to start over. We think this could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Or more drama.
Probably the latter.