That's Fine With Me

Mea Culpa. I was so caught up yesterday in how much Legally Blonde the Musical: The Search for Elle Woods was like Top Model, I forgot an important appearance! The current Elle Woods herself, Laura Bell Bundy, surprised the girls before their photoshoot. She sat with the girls and talked about being Elle. She gave out tips and also cried. Everyone cries on this show, I notice. Does someone have stock in tissues? But it was nice to see her.

And onto "The Secret Life of the American Teenager"--a title almost as long as the one above! Amy has decided that denial is the best route but it is quickly tossed aside as her best friends make the mistake of mentioning Amy's tryst with Ricky as Ben's friends passby. They tell Ben, who calls Amy to ask her. But he ends up taking it back, she denies it even more and then they profess their love. After one date. So did Romeo and Juliet and look how they turned up! Amy forgives her best friends, who are confident no one knows about the baby. Meanwhile, Ricky (Baby Daddy) is trying to talk to Amy--as just friends--while Adrian and he try to mend their relationship. Grace is still dealing with the fallout from Jack's betrayal, but she ultimately forgives him. She promises to get her parents' permission to date him again and makes him promise not to pressure her for sex. He agrees, but good luck getting the parental okay. Both Mom and Dad--especially Dad--are not ready to forgive and would rather Grace move on. Makes me wonder if Grace is sticking with Jack not so much out of a love but from a subconscious desire to rebel against her father. Of course, I could be reading too far into this show. And in other news, Amy's parents seemed to be falling apart.

The show still hasn't hit it's stride and the dialogue was only slightly better this week. Amy's infodump role--informing us that Grace's mom was her dad's ex-wife but they weren't sisters--seemed a bit unnatural. I think the best scenes this week involved Grace's family. First, the conversation between her and her mother (Josie Bisset) and then Dad and Jack. John Schneider is definitely one of the best aspects of this show as is Josie Bisset. If only they would give Woodley some more to do. I know she can do it--view the Felicity movie (American Girl, aired on the WB in 2006 and is out on DVD, often repeated on Hallmark) or "Cockroaches and Chocolates" episode of CSI: NY where she played the daughter of an ambassador. Oh well, Secret Life is still my guilty pleasure.