Posted by Dustin on 07.13.2008 at 7:25 pm

In this episode, Trina saw Tom off at the airport, and at the same time ran into her old high school boyfriend (played by Ryan McPartlin, Hank on “Passions”). Tom saw the connection between the two and was jealous! Trina and her old boyfriend made a “date” to get together while he was in town. He came over and they reminisced over old slides of them back in high school. Tom called to check on her, only to find out she was hanging out with her old boy-toy at home. He was really jealous, and ended up having some drinks with a stewardess. Oh we can see where that was going! Tom was going to have his own fling, thinking Trina was having one of her own.

Tom came home and he, Trina and the ex-boyfriend ended up having a threesome! Tom admitted to Trina how he was afraid of losing her, that maybe she had regrets about marrying him. It was the first time we really saw Tom as insecure. I’m also thinking that there is an age difference between these two. They never said there was, but I’m guessing we are just supposed to have figured out it existed.

Susan had a lunch date with the Lady’s Auxiliary Club. Bruce’s boss’ wife was the head honcho and he was hoping she’d basically be a way for him to make his way higher up the corporate ladder. Susan, not wanting to go alone, invited a thrilled Janet. Janet saw this for a way and her and Roger to also make their way up the rungs of society.

At the lunch, the ladies discussed a charity auction they were having for the hospital. Susan was a bit upset to learn that the ladies actually didn’t visit the hospital to do charity work. As the head honcho stated to her “Dear, we’re not doctors!” Meanwhile, Janet made an impression on the boss lady, who spilled red wine on her brand new white Armani jacket. She came to the rescue and saved her jacket, which got her an invite to the charity dinner as the boss’ lady’s personal guest.

Janet told Roger her news, and how she saw them going places. Perhaps they could even join the country club. Roger said they didn’t have the money for that. Janet suggested to Roger that it was time he asked for a raise, and he’s his companies best salesman of insurance. Roger went to see his boss, making the case for a promotion to a management position. His boss agreed, he was too qualified for what he was doing. His boss said he had kept him around as long as he could in this economy, and wished him luck wherever he ends up! Oopsie! I thought that was harsh. I mean he is the best salesman they had, and they fired him? Roger decided not to tell Janet, as she was so excited about the charity auction at the country club that night. She even got a new dress and her hair done. Might I say Miss Janet was looking pretty sexy too! Too bad she didn’t look like that all the time.

Over at Bruce’s work, a new girl started and she was the only female buyer on the stock exchange floor. All the men in Bruce’s firm were making bets on who’d be the first to sleep with her, and Bruce was the favored. They asked Bruce if he wanted to place a bet? I have a really bad feeling about where this one is going! Oh if Bruce cheats on Susan there will be hell to pay.

At the charity auction, the head honcho boss lady was impressed with the work Janet and Susan had done to help out and invited them both to join the Lady’s Auxiliary Club. Janet of course jumped, but Susan wasn’t so sure. Susan didn’t think it was right for her, she hoped Janet didn’t mind. Janet was somewhat thrilled that they still wanted her even without Susan, as so many times it had been a package deal. Meanwhile Bruce wasn’t too happy with his wife, as he thought this was a way for her to get in with his boss’ wife, which could mean good things for him. Susan seemed miffed that Bruce wanted to pimp her out basically.

Janet bid on a free dinner for two at the country club, won and paid 100 dollars for it. Roger went to Susan and asked her to get Janet’s big check back, as he had lost his job. He said he didn’t tell Janet because he knew how much this night meant to her, and he could pretend things were fine for one night. Touched, Susan got the check back but then bought the item Janet bid on for them, telling Roger that she owed Janet dinner and she didn’t need to know. Susan, inspired by Roger, accepted the invitation to the Lady’s Auxiliary Club in order to help out Bruce. Bruce thought she didn’t want to join. Susan said she could pretend it was right for her, even maybe making it work.

Meanwhile, Bruce’s conscience got the best of him. He told his female co-worker about the bet going around. As it turned out, she knew and slept with one of the guys to split the money with him! She asked Bruce how much he lost, but he said he didn’t bet. She admired him and said he was one of the good ones. I don’t trust this girl one bit. I can see her using and spitting Bruce out to further her own career.

Susan and Bruce’s son BJ was sent off to camp in this episode. Thank the heavens as his storyline was boring as sin. It looks like the writers even got bored writing for him. Laurie meanwhile faced her final exam, which was oral. Their assignment was to speak about the philosopher’s they had studied and draw from examples from their own life about being authentic to one’s self. Laurie basically screwed the assignment up, not wanting to say anything personal. Later she confronted her teacher saying she couldn’t say what she felt as it would have gotten him fired. She wanted to say she couldn’t stop thinking about him and wanted to be with him. He pointed out that he wasn’t her teacher anymore, and they shared a big fat smooch. I had to say I thought the teacher, pushing Laurie in front of the class to do the assignment as assigned, was asking for it. It was like he was challenging her to say it to the whole class, and I thought that was really crummy!

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