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Cut to: Dana waiting in the hall at the
clinic for the results.
The radio at the nurse's station nearby is on and a nurse is having a good
laugh at the show they're advertising at that moment.
Which just happens to be Alice's "The Chart", much to Dana's discomfort.
She asks the nurse to turn the radio off, and she does so, with the comment,
"That show is SOOOO funny! Alice, the host, is falling apart because her
girlfriend left her, and her girlfriend just seems like this COMPLETE NITWIT
and I don't know why Alice is so obsessed with her in the first place...."
Dana decides she can't take anymore right then and butts in to ask what's
taking so long with her test results! lol!
Embarrassing or what!
A technician comes out, asks if she is "Dana Fairbanks", and tells her Doc
Martin is waiting to see her with her results.
The nurse who turned the radio off for her HEARS the technician call Dana by
name, and you see it slowly dawn on her face that she's just called the
famous tennis player, Dana Fairbanks, a "nitwit". It's a very funny scene
;-)
Cut to: Dana talking to her Doc.
The Doc tells her that her lump could be a "fibro adenoma", to which Dana
asks, "a fibruuuuuademmommay? I got soya bean pods in my boobs?" lol!
Doc Martin chuckles along and explains that that is a benign solid lump, and
that she can get Dana an appointment to do a biopsy the next day.
Remembering she has Jenny's dinner to go to that evening, Dana mentions she
has to go out for a meal and the Doc tells her it's fine to go ahead and do
everything she'd normally do as biopsies in pre-menopausal women are usually
benign.
Dana asks hopefully, "so, it's probably nothing......right?" and the doctor
doesn't give her any false promises, but reassures her that they will get to
the bottom of whatever it is and that she should try and not worry.
She puts a brave face on it, but you can see that Dana is worried.
I have a question about all the clinic scenes with Dana in this ep: where on
earth was Lara???? I know she was shown working at The Planet with Billie
earlier, but c'mon! Your girlfriend goes for an appointment about a lump in
her breast and you DON'T accompany her?! What's THAT about?!
About 2 years ago my girlfriend found a lump in her breast, and believe me,
wild dogs, horses and bulldozers couldn't have stopped me from going with
her to the hospital when she went to have it investigated! (It turned out to
be a fibro adenoma thingy that the doc told Dana about just now - which was
a huge relief! Btw, did you know that they also call that type of adenoma a
'breast mouse'? lol! Yep! Trust MY quirky baby to have a 'mouse', and not
some long Latin name of a thing eh! *g*)
Cut to: Tina coming home to find Bette laying on the sofa reading.
Actually, Bette is reading a book, which she swiftly hides inside a magazine
as soon as Tina comes in!
(Oooh, is it some saucy lesbo porn novel? The Lesbian Karma Sutra? Nancy
Friday's 'Women On Top'?)
Tina, being NOT blind and entirely stupid (though often with many of the
qualities of a doormat, if not the consistency of one...) sees her partner
hiding said book in a copy of 'Art News' magazine and calls her on it thus:
"Are you hiding a book in that magazine?...."
And of course, Bette fesses up, slightly embarrassed, and shows her that she
was reading a book by a Buddhist philosopher (oh. NOT porn then.
Shame....how dull. How very 'Bette'......) which Mark Epstein recommended in
the lecture that Bette went to last week.
*yawn*
Bette, sweetheart, reading is all well and good, but I'm thinking that
probably TALKING to Tina about how you REALLY feel will probably help much
more. (And I DON'T mean while she's asleep, cause that clearly doesn't
count!)
Tina takes the book and has a look at the back, chuckles and says the author
looks like "a wookie".
*tries not to laugh - and fails*
Bette then takes the book back, and instead of JUST telling Tina HOW she
feels about her and the baby and everything, she proceeds to read passages
from it that "reminds" her of herself and of Tina.
*tries not to want to slap some sense into Bette - and fails*
Tina, understandably, gets kinda bored of listening to Bette using
metaphors/skirting the issues yet again and when she hears Angelica making
normal baby noises, she uses that as an excuse to escape the philosophing
and "go feed her".
Bette sits there looking forlorn, until Tina shouts through from the bedroom
that "Helena Peabody offered me a job!"
Ms Porter zooms into the bedroom at that choice piece of info and asks
straight away if Tina has accepted the job.
"I don't know yet.......
someone in this family has to make a living....." replies Tina.
MEEEEEEEEEEEOW!!!
"I have made a living for the last FIFTEEN years - I don't think MY ability
to make a living is in question!" snaps Bette
"I'm not questioning your ability, I'm questioning your desire" replies
Tina.
Oh dear.
Bette mentions that Tina hates the movie business and Tina doesn't disagree,
but she says that Helena made the offer of a job VERY attractive.
Bette goes all insecure of course by adding "so there's nothing I have to
feel threatened about...."
and Tina confirms that there's nothing between her and Helena anymore. (But
we won't mention your little bit on the side on the net, shall we Ms
Kennard! Hmmmm....)
"I'm still not sure I'm ok with it" (i.e. the job) states Bette. And gets a
rude awakened when Tina replies with:
"I'm not sure it's up to you...."
ME-OW.
Oh. Dear.
Cut to: Shane waiting in the hallway for Alice to get ready.
Alice is saying that she thinks it should be her OR Dana and Lara that goes
to Jenny's dinner, but Shane mentions that Moira is a big tennis fan, so
Dana not going is out.
"Whoop de fucking doo. I don't understand why it's always ME that has to
behave!" moans Alice.
Oh I dunno honey.......do the words "restraining" and "order" ring any
bells?
I don't believe Dana or Lara have been out slashing anyone's tyres or doing
Italian Job-esque car chases lately.....
;-)
The Hotness That Is Carmen pops her head round the corner and whispers
"Shane! C'mere!"
Our fave hairdresser dutifully complies, only to have Carmen grab Alice's
cardboard Dana-standee and say "OHMYGAWD! Have you SEEN this?!"
Shane, as cool as ever, simply says, "oh that's nothing - you should've seen
it BEFORE!"
LOL! ;-)
Alice mentions the restaurant they're all going to was mentioned in L.A.
Magazine and comes into the lounge, catching Carmen staring at the
Dana-standee.
"I'm throwing it away - I'm done with it - I just haven't got around to it,
okay!"
Carmen says it's fine and Alice asks her if her lipstick is ok.
It needs blotting a little so The Hotness goes to get a tissue for Alice,
only to have Alice whirl round, plant a HUGE kiss on the lips of the
Dana-standee and walk off, asking about Jenny's new girlfriend.
"wow!" mouths Carmen, and Shane just looks at her.
It's so funny folks! You'll love it! Leisha IS the queen of comedy!
Cut to: the gang all standing around waiting for Shane etc in the
restaurant.
The trio arrive and Lara says a nice hello to Alice, only to have Alice say
a superquick, quiet "hi!" back.
Talk about your awkward moments folks! EESH!
The gang ask how Jenny is as she hasn't arrived yet.
They all chat about her, and her new girlfriend and the fact that she's
doing good and not cutting anymore etc. (Seemingly she was in the hospital
for 5 months!)
Lara mentions she had a cousin who was a cutter and that the "urge is just
soooo powerful", to which Alice rolls her eyes condescendingly.
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