It always frustrates me when I go to read an Episode Guide of Lipstick Jungle- because they don’t exist. Here is my attempt at one, the January 2nd aired “Lovers’ Leaps“. My Tivo set the description as “Victory plans a proposal to Joe, Wendy is unhappy that Shane is still thinking about going on tour with Natasha Bedingfield; and Nico bonds ith Griffin over a problem at work.” If you missed it, you can watch the full episode online at NBC.com.
So the episode states with Nico at a sperm donor clinic, and tells the doctor that she is leaning towards freezing her eggs unfertiized. She’s not ready for a donor, and will take her chances alone. Meanwhile, Victory delivers what I think is a room divider to Wendy’s house, as Wendy is setting up her home office. Victory is trying to think of a way to propose to Joe- like Howie Mandel’s Deal or No Deal briefcases. She then asks her assistant to take her pants off and that she’ll propose to Joe her way with a needle and thread?
Nico got beautiful flowers and no card, and her assistant Marva doesn’t know who they’re from either. At that moment, Kirby called say thanks again for the Victory job and thanks him for the flowers- which weren’t from him. Kirby is still in love with her!!! Why else would he call?! Griffin and Nico then talk about work things, and we find out that Griffin sent the flowers. His reason? “Why not?”
Ok, commercial break… Let’s talk about a few things. One, Victory’s dress when she’s lugging the room divider into Wendy’s house looks EXACTLY like the one I wore over the holidays that I bought at H&M. Blue, white and black. Love it!
And we’re back. Shane comes home and sees Wendy’s home office, which we know he’s not happy about. Shane is confronted by Wendy about the fact that he’s considering still going on tour with Natasha Bedingfield. Also, Wendy and Shane are going to a marriage counsellor. So Shane and Wendy go to the therapist, and they bicker alot in front of a therapist. Shane then admits that she thinks his success is all because of nepotism from when she was giving him jobs at Parador. Shane doesn’t want to talk about things, and walks out of the office, saying he doesn’t want to regret not going on this tour.
Giffin and Nico are interviewing for Blogger inChief for Bonfire magazine. Griffin makes an executive decision to hire avery ballsy girl. I think it’s the same girl he said they should watch out for in the interview process, a girl named Angie who was on Wired’s Blogger of the year list. Griffin and Nico are then in an elevator, where Nico tells him she feels like she didn’t have a choice. Nico says they should have played more hard to get- Griffin says that’s not his style, that when he knows what he wants, he goes for it… and they kiss in the elevator!
Victory is using Roy as a model, and he has a note attached to the inside saying “Will you marry me?” The next scene is in Joe’s closet, where Victory is working with Joe’s PA Ellen to find out his suit size. Unfortunately, they’re all custom made. She then finds out that Joe is away for a few days in China, and Joe didn’t tell her. Victory tells Ellen that she’s going to propose and Ellen has hesitation. Joe is actually not away in China, and is home. Ellen keeps interrupting, making it very obvious that she’s trying to stop Victory. In the end, Victory secures time with Joe on Friday.
Commercial break- Victory is still wearing the same dress, yeah! Why the hell is Ellen, who used to be a HUGE Victory fan now trying to stop her? I don’t know or understand that one, maybe I missed something. I’m also getting really aggravated (more than usual) with Wendy’s character.
And we’re back, to the hospital room where Nico is waking up from surgery from having her egs harvested. The nurse thinks Wendy and Nico are lesbians, and as Nico wakes up, they retrieved 8 eggs. In her drugged up state, she tells Wendy that she got flowers from Griffin, and thinks that Charles is still alive and that she’s still dating Kirby. She worries that she’s all alone.
Natasha Beddingfield’s gig in NYC is then on screen, with Shane playing keyboards for her show. He gets really into it. Wendy, Victory and Sal are all in attendance, and Shane sits down at the table to talk about the gig. Wendy and Shane are sitting at a table, and suggests that she and the kids go on tour with Shane. She already has called the schools and made arrangements, and Shane says he’s not going on the tour. As they’re leaving, Natasha Bedingfield invites them to a Snow Patrol concert, and Shane goes with them. Wendy goes home to the kids. Awkward! When Shane gets home, at 5:03am, she’s still awake and he’s quite obviously drunk, falls over and breaks the divider before passing out on the couch.
Back from commercial (sorry, I had to do something during that one) Nico is in her office, and logs on the Bonfire blog. She doesn’t like what she sees as she has stolen the cover story from next month’s cover issue. The next scene is Griffin in Angie’s office, quite upset about having stolen Nico’s story. Nico then enters. Nico agrees to find another cover story, and tells Griffin that she fights her own battles. Angie didn’t get fired by Nico, and they agree to keep Angie working for Bonfire since Nico sees herself in Angie.
Victory, Wendy and Nico are having coffee, and Victory is feeling incredibly nervous about the proposal. Victory supports and sets up Shane for going on the tour, and Nico then says “It’s his turn, isn’t it?” It looks like Wendy could change her mind.
When we next see Victory, she is decorating her house for the big Friday night- lighting candles and wearing a quite ugly dress… Joe is working, and doesn’t look like he’s going to show up.
Wendy and Shane have a conversation over Wendy making dinner. Wendy bought Shane a bag, and tells him to go on the tour. When he opens the bag, he finds a studded leather jacket. Shane apologizes for coming home drunk and they apologize to each other. Wendy tells him he has to go, and Wendy says that they’ll visit on the tour. They agree that this is somewhat of a one-time gig.
Nico and Griffin are in her office, obviously late at night, and Nico is trying to find a new cover story to replace the one Angie used. Griffin says that he likes rules and structure- and says that he never dates anyone who works for him. Griffin admits he has an urge to take care of Nico, and asks Nico to take him out to dinner tomorrow night.
Victory is alone, candles burnt out and drinking champagne. It appears that Joe never showed up after all.
Wendy and Shane wake up together, cuddling in the bed. He’ll be gone for 4 months, and she’s not looking forward to it. They talk about road rules, which involves no inappropriate touching… and then turns into them making love. Nico is shopping it at Victory Ford, and Kirby walks in. They talk about the Aspen tickets, and Kirby invites Nico as a friend to go to Aspen (the trip they had been planning when they were still together)
Victory is still trying to reach Joe, and she reaches out to Ellen. She says she maybe has an idea of where he is. Joe is sitting by the shore of what I think is Coney Island feeding birds. Joe wishes her a very Happy Anniversary, and he says that he wanted to be at dinner with her the night before. They hold hands and walk along the boardwalk. Joe then tells Victory that he’s broke- he’s in a financial hole. He says that he doesn’t know who he is without money. She says “I know who you are, you’re the man I want to marry”. She then takes out the suit, and makes him try it on. She tells him to look on the inside pocket, where she has embroidered “Will you Marry Me?”. She can’t bankroll him she says, but that he owns her heart. Whatever else he does or doesn’t have, he owns that. He kisses her, I cry, and I think I know why Ellen was trying to protect him. I think that’s a yes?
Next Friday’s episode preview comes on, and it says “Surprises are revealed” on the season finale. All I could see was Kirby saying “I want to be with you” to someone, who I assume is Nico. My Tivo tells me that next week’s episode is called “Chapter 20: La Vie en Pose”, where Wendy struggles to control Maddie while Shane is gone; Dahlia helps Nico improve her image by landing her an appearance on the “Today” show; and Victory tried to broker peace between Joe and her parents. Kathie Lee Gifford and Hoda Kotb have cameos. All I have to say is that doesn’t sound like much of a preview- especially for what could be the series finale!?
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