Posted by Dustin on 01.10.2009 at 9:11 am

This is two weeks of thoughts on “Lipstick Jungle,” both of the new episodes from the new year.

During the first episode, Nico went ahead with trying to find a sperm donor and do the baby thing on her own, while Griffin pursued her. They ended up having a little somethin-somethin on the side as both were alone for New Years. I have to say as much as I was annoyed by the way Kirby was acting, I miss him already and do NOT like Nico with Griffin. Griffin just seems slimy and shady to me.

Joe and Victory’s anniversary was coming up and she planned to propose. However he skipped out on their dinner together. She did get the chance to propose when they finally met up. He explained how he had to restructure his company, because of the downturn in the market was out a lot of money. I love that they are finally engaged, and loved that it was Victory who proposed (by sewing “Will You Merry Me” into a tux.) Very cute! Also I think the idea of making Joe not so rich is pretty neat. He becomes a little less immortal and more like an ordinary man that way.

Wendy and Shane went to a marriage counselor and Wendy found out that Shane was looking at going on the tour behind her back. She proposed they all go on tour with him if it meant that much, but he didn’t think that was a good idea as the kids had school and all. In the end she let Shane go on tour without them, and he promised it would be the one and only tour. Honestly not sure how I feel about this one. I think it was important for Shane to do what he is passionate about. At the same time it’s almost like he threw a hissy fit when Wendy didn’t like the idea as it would take him away for so long, and the hissy fit got him what he wanted in the end. Also I don’t like how once she agreed to let him go, suddenly their marriage was fine again and there seemed to be no issues or attitude . . . from Shane that is.

In the second episode, Nico hired Dahlia to help her promote some book the company was after to turn into a movie. Meanwhile Griffin put their New Years tryst into writing to inform the company so there was no legal issues for them. She had some serious issues with that, as would I! However I do understand in this day and age it’s actually protocol to tell a company or workplace if you are dating a colleague, especially when both are in high powered positions. Later Nico went on The Today’s Show to promote the article and magazine, but all Kathy Lee wanted to talk about was Nico’s younger man and how great the sex was. I have to admit, this was pretty darn funny, seeing Kathy Lee Gifford all sexed up. Nico spoke politely and eloquently about Kirby, which he watched and loved . . . Griffin not so much. Griffin pointed out to her how she couldn’t deal with a paragraph of writing about the two of them, but could talk about her sex life with Kirby on national TV. In the end Kirby dropped by Nico’s place and told her that she was the one he wanted, he’d do anything to have her. As they were kissing and enjoying dinner together, Griffin was out in the rain, so to speak, trying to call Nico but getting no answer. Yay for Kirby!

Shane went on tour while Wendy bid on the article/book that Nico and Griffin were after. This of course led to conflict between Griffin and Nico, as he thought she tipped of Wendy. It was in fact Sal who did. After Shane left, their daughter Mattie became a little witch. She was convinced her dad wasn’t coming back and it was her mom’s fault for pushing him away. She got trashed and showed up puking drunk to Victory and Joe’s engagement party. Wendy dragged her butt outside, where she puked in a New York City trash can. After being set straight by Wendy and a phone call from Shane, she apologized. Their daughter is really getting on my nerves and will get no sympathy from me here. I know she was afraid her parents were splitting up, but the way she treated her mom was horrible. She got her punishment though, puking in front of New York City. How embarrassing!

Victory’s parents flew into town, on a jet Joe rented (as he sold his), and were wined and dined by Joe. Victory felt it was a little too much, not only for her parents, but for Joe who shouldn’t be spending like this. It somewhat backfired as Victory’s father did not like Joe, felt he was full of himself, that Victory would have room for no one in her life but Joe, and she was making a mistake. She told him off and good, reminding him how his own parents didn’t approve of him marrying “that short Korean lady” and because of it they didn’t speak until she was 7. Victory’s mom BTW, totally fricken adorable! In the end Joe bent over backwards to do what he knew Victory’s parents would want, a small town wedding in their home church. Totally fricken adorable of Joe, as Victory had had it with her father and told Joe they could just elope to some island, that the wedding only had to be the two of them and her girls.

The show ended on a happy note all around, with montage of this season’s moments. This, along with the fact that NBC hasn’t released any new episode spoilers, tells me that this was our season finale. Should NBC not pick the show up for a new season, it will be the series finale. If that happens, I’m totally thankful to the show for ending it on a happy note and not leaving us hanging with some dreaded cliffhanger that won’t be resolved.