Dale makes back to back appearances on Greek!

Wow! I saw it for myself, and I still can’t believe it. Clark Duke on consecutive episodes of Greek? Can this be?

Oh, it be, and Dale didn’t fail us this time. The fact that he and Cappie are phone buddies is awesome, and a great pickup from their all-nighter at last season’s honors polymer science party. Plus, they have a secret handshake. Duke and Foster make for an awesome twosome, and I really hope the writers intend to ply us with more of them this season, and in years to come. Nice!

What wasn’t so nice was the continuation of the ongoing lesbian saga. Is Rebecca really so uninteresting that she needs a splashy story to get her going? I mean, the question’s facetious, but it doesn’t mean that I want to see more of her, or any of her, in such an annoying, transparent arc. Lesbian kiss scenes are supposed to be something that guys will go to four hour movies to catch; this made me a little sick.

The IKI revolt and potential return to ZBZ reminded me a bit of the Michael Scott Paper Company experiment, minus the enjoyment of the diversion. The second house has been nothing more than a vehicle to keep Frannie on the show, which in itself is a huge mistake. I say ZBZ should bar the sisters’ return, and they should be so disillusioned with Panhellenic that they leave the Greek system, never to return, and Frannie quits school in disgrace. There; problem solved.

Another problem solved seems to be that of Max. If the writers planned on Max remaining a part of Casey’s life, we would have seen her doing more than sitting down to contemplate writing him an e-mail. Methinks Max will be so successful on his six-week internship that he never returns. Thank you for listening!

Greek is, in essence, a show about relationships; sisters, brothers, siblings, and couples. For some reason, of late the show’s been either forgoing the better ones, or building up newer, weaker ones. Calvin and Rebecca should not be friends. In fact, they shouldn’t even associate with one another. The fact that Rebecca buddied up to Calvin in a weird gay pact, is extremely insulting, and totally beneath him.

I’m always waiting for him to punch her in the side of the head, although simply walking away from her would be more like him. I fear that the fact that she’s “no longer gay” won’t stop her from trying to build a relationship with him, though I still hold out hope that she’s shallow enough to drop him, now that they “no longer” have anything in common. As if they ever did.

I was glad to see that the writers are moving towards a reconciliation between Cappie and Evan, but, could they have done it in a dumber way? The Amphora Society? Once again, a show has succeeded in producing something out of thin air that’s meant to have a long history in their made-up universe. I find it distasteful when things are forced upon characters, as opposed to allowing for organic growth. There were millions of ways to bring Evan and Cappie together again. The use of yet another society with secretive rituals is just plain dumb.

However, if the two become close again as a result, it could be worth it to suffer through the absurdity of it all. A Greek with Cappie and Evan, Cappie and Rusty, Cappie and Dale (!), Dale and Rusty, Dale and Calvin (what ever happened to curing his homosexuality?), Rusty and Calvin, Rusty, Calvin and Dale, and Rusty and Andy (don’t tell me he’s gone!), would be awesome.

We saw some signs this week that the writers get that … let’s just hope that they stick to it.

Clacked by Aryeh S.
on May 20, 2009 @ 17:00 EST5EDT