April 8, 2007: Three Parties
Kitty supposedly went to Senator McCallister's hometown looking for some commentary about how great the senator is from those who knew him first. She also secretly hoped to get some gossip that would be beneficial to her in her role as Robert's girlfriend. What she found at first was pretty run-of-the-mill: a small town with nothing to do (well, nothing that didn't involve artichokes) and a high-school sweetheart with generic nice things to say.
But boy was Kitty ever in for a surprise when she found out exactly why Robert meant so much to his high-school girlfriend. I can't believe Sarah and Kitty went to that keg party to begin with - although maybe that was the artiritas talking. And it did set up a good opportunity for Kitty and Alice to have a real conversation. For a second I thought they might say that Robert was the father of Alice's high-school-age son. I'm glad they didn't, as Kitty and Robert's relationship already has enough soap-opera qualities.
But just when we thought there was nothing but good things to say about Robert, he admitted to Kitty the real reason he's so touchy about using his war-hero story as part of his campaign: He's not actually sure what happened, and the "hero" part of the story came from what people
believe happened. It was interesting that he revealed that as a response to Kitty telling him she was falling in love with him. I guess for Robert, the best way to show Kitty he loved her in return was to share his most important secret.
And it looks like Robert might not be the only one hiding something. Last week Rebecca came off as very grounded, and she seemed to be handling the news about her new family as well as possible. This week it appeared that she might not be quite what she seems, if her behavior at the party was any indication. Talk about an awful first post-rehab party for Justin, having to see his own worrisome tendencies appear in his sister.
Continuing with the revealing-of-secrets theme, Chad finally decided he was tired of living a double life and came out via a letter posted on his website. Who would have thought that would turn out to be the end of Chad and Kevin? Maybe Chad is right and he does need to figure this out by himself.
Finally, it seems that things are going to develop further for Nora and her English professor, although I'm not sure if altering her dress was the best first-date approach. Taking Emily's advice never seems to be a good idea, as evidenced by Kevin and Justin's somewhat appalled reactions to Nora's new look. My favorite lighter moment of the night came when Nora suggested that she make scrambled eggs for Kevin and Justin to help them recover from their stressful situations. It was sort of cute how excited they got.
