Hart of Dixie. The “Oh no, don’t go Zoe!” Episode.

May 8, 2012 in off-color commentary by offcolortv | 8 comments

Oh hai, Dad! Thanks for the fancy job and undoubtedly obscenely expensive plane ticket! But actually, FUCK YOU, I'm Dr. Zoe Hart! Now excuse me while I say my own full formal name a bunch more times and so does everyone else! Because I'm a doctor! And I'm Zoe Hart! So fuck you and don't you forget it (until I need something else or call you to whine about my non-problems some more!)!

Okay, so … this episode was much better than the last couple and I would even say it was a good episode, and it sort of feels like we’re getting back on track, BUT.  You knew it was coming, right?  The but is that I don’t think I have forgiven the show yet for the New Orleans episode.  That shit seriously pissed me off (as you know) and I felt betrayed as a viewer, and it will just take some time to win me back.  And really, if the finale weren’t next week, I’m not sure I’d still be recapping it right now, just because I feel like me and this show need a little break, where I don’t talk about it on the internet and I maybe let it pile up on my DVR and instead of spending time with it, watch How I Met Your Mother instead.  You know, like a real “taking a break” in a relationship, minus the part about piling up on my DVR.  If the person you’re trying to avoid is on your DVR and must be ignored, you have much more exotic problems than me.

Anyway, just because I don’t have a lot of enthusiasm for this episode, which is a bummer because I SHOULD, doesn’t mean I have anything bad to say either, really.  So let me just hit the high points here and then y’all can talk about it in the comments (and again, plenty of Wade, so I’m looking forward to the gif linking fest that’s sure to ensue).  Ready?  Let’s do it.

  • Gary Cole is always a high point.  I like his relationship with Zoe and how he tries to look out for her and do what’s best for her, even with the awkward situation.
  • Lots of Wade!  Of course, part of that was him fucking up his bank loan meeting, but part of it was also bromance with Lavon, which I always love.
  • LAVON!  Just being a good friend and generally awesome guy to everyone.  NBD.
  • Zoe getting some comeuppance for being such a careless bitch lately.
  • Actual character development for Brick.
  • The return of Annabeth with an actual story.  Man, I love her.  She might even be my favorite secondary character, although I do love Tom and his damn puppy sweater and adorable relationship.
  • Lemon using tennis as a euphemism for sex.  Hahahahaha!  So southern, and yet I also had a roommate in college who used “tennis” also, but really just to be funny.
  • I also liked Lemon’s dumb friend.  She reminded me of Karen in Mean Girls.  I wonder if next week her boobs will have ESPN and she’ll tell us if it’s already raining.

More on the meh side … I didn’t care too much about Rose manipulating Magnolia’s fear of hell, and of course I could give a shit about George and Lemon.  Or Lemon getting her head stuck in a bed, which … hello, when Full House beat you to the punch, it’s bad.  What’s next, Lemon decides she’s not skinny enough and passes out after running on a treadmill and only eating ice cubes for four days?  Please.

I just realized … this show really needs Kimmy Gibbler.  All shows do, really.

Alright, what did you guys think?  Are you still mad at the show, or have you forgiven it mostly except you’re dragging out the stage where it has to suck up to you and bring chocolate and stuff?  And by chocolate, I of course mean more Wade.  Any favorite moments or thoughts?  And who’s looking forward to next week?  I am, in spite of myself.  God help me, I cannot resist a stormy barn scene.  I blame this on The Wonder Years.

Comments people!  I’m going to need all the juice I can get to help me through the finale!

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  • http://twitter.com/phouse1964 Patty Housel

    I think I might be glad that next week is the finale.  Maybe Zoe will grow up over the summer and not be such a BITCH!

    I actually kind of liked Lemon this episode although George now makes me barf every time he is on screen and the whole “I forgot my panties” thing was kinda gross  even for the CW.  

  • http://twitter.com/phouse1964 Patty Housel

    Oh, and I forgot – Lemon’s hideous outfit. And the fact that when she and that George were making out in bed, she had ugly shoes on.  And her dirty shoes were on the pillows!  Nasty!

  • LawyaGal

    Focusing on the positive:

    Lots of Wade! Yay. Although I don’t understand why we’re being hit over the head with this Wade = screw up business. He’s always been a bad boy but never plain stupid.

    Annabeth is my favorite secondary character. She has a personality, problems, and acts like an adult. I adore her. Also: the dress she was wearing at the very end was adorable. I will allow her to join my Wade/Lavon spinoff.

    George/Lemon: I hated them way less this week – I thought their reminiscing was sweet, although not really a relevant grounds for imminent marriage. I have no idea why they can’t postpone their wedding (or weddin as Lemon annoyingly calls it) while they figure things out. 

    Negative: Zoe is still terrible and selfish and childish. I am having a lot more fun with this show now that I’m actively rooting against her.

  • http://twitter.com/Nicole_OCTV Nicole

    I really did not like Zoe (sorry, Dr. Zoe Hart) in this episode. I thought that she was being a total See You Next Tuesday for most of the episode. Also, I think it was super weak to hinge all of her guilt on the Rose thing (and then to ignore Rose in the hospital – what???). I mean, date or no date, that was going to happen. Zoe didn’t tell Rose to go out in the middle of nowhere with the guy.

    AND THEN when she promised Lavon (who is hands-down the best person in this town) that she’d say goodbye in the morning and then basically immediately left, indicating that she was just telling him what he wanted to hear???? ARE YOU SERIOUS RIGHT NOW?? That’s when she became a full-on c-word. And don’t even get me started on how a GP can’t just abandon her patients in the middle of the night, never to return.

    Of course at the end all was good, but I really hated how they arrived at that point. If this show continues, and starts to improve, the past few weeks will have to be something that I put out of my mind in order to enjoy it going forward. Because they seriously ruined the main character for me lately.

    Oh, and did anyone else think that Annabeth was being beaten by her husband because of the way they set things up? 1) She was stressed 2) Her ribs seemed to be bruised 3) The neighbors complaining about loud noises coming from her house 4) The fake yoga class. I mean, this all seemed like a huge stretch to just be covering for an absent husband. I totally thought she was being abused and I was mad at Dr. Zoe Hart for the entire hour for ignoring all of the signs, on top of all the other reasons I was mad.

    Next week looks good, mostly because of Wade. And ITA that The Wonder Years have created warm feelings for rainstorm/barn scenarios. God, I love that show. 

  • http://twitter.com/Nicole_OCTV Nicole

     I liked George and Lemon too – but then, I’ve never really NOT liked them. But totes agree on postponing the weddin’. If you can’t even have sex with each other, um, maybe you need a tad more time…

  • http://twitter.com/hockeybychoice hockeybychoice

    Best thing about this episode, hands down, was the Lavon and Wade bromance. Lavon finding Wade a Place and thinking enough of him to co-sign a loan made me feel all warm and fuzzy. Wade still feels like he can’t do it yet, and that breaks my heart because that’s all Zoe fucking Hart. I’m encouraged by the introduction of an actual physical location for Wade’s bar though. I hope they wouldn’t show us that, just to yank it away.

    At the end when Lavon tells Wade that Zoe left, the look on his face BROKE ME. Then when he flips it and decides to fuck that growing and changing shit (because that was all Zoe anyway), I got really annoyed with her, and the whole situation. This is definitely where we see Wade’s immaturity and I can understand why Lavon says it. It is a work in process and Wade will figure out, eventually, that moving away from his bad boy ways (which, I still don’t fucking buy, writers) to being an adult is something he needs to do for himself, and not because he wants to win the girl.

    I’m tired of them telling us Wade’s a screw up. They tried to SHOW us by him messing up with the lady from the bank, but really? He got tongue tied and dug himself a shallow hole in front of someone he felt the need to impress. It’s not like he ran someone over with a car and said OOPS.

    The George stuff, bleh. And I agree with Patty, the no panties thing was no bueno! I actually cackled and not in a good way. She was wearing the most hideous short tutu, how did she not notice she wasn’t wearing underwear until she kneeled on the ground! It was probably pretty drafty.

    The promo for the finale pisses me off. We are going to get amazzzinggg wet Wade taking off his shirt, but there’s no way we’re getting a real kiss. Fucking cockblock. At least the gifs will be delish.

    Oh and I wanted to mention the scene with Zoe saying goodbye to her biological father’s grave. Anyone else want to scream FUCK YOU ZOE? She was so short and rude. This amazing nice man just wanted you to be a better person and you shit all over it!! Don’t even get me started on when she said she loved George. Barf.

    More Annabeth. Wanda singing was adorable but felt out of place. What was the point, really?

    Ugh I wrote too much. Here, have a naked wet Wade gif from the promo.
    http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3iljgc9Sm1rontwno4_400.gif

  • Em

    Totally agree about Lemon and George. Just because they decided to stay together doesn’t mean that they need to get married next week.  I guess that’s the way people do it in TV Land.

  • Em

    Ha!  I immediately thought of Full House too.

    I am glad that Annabeth got a storyline because I really like her.  However, I have to say that I resent (a little) the fact that Annabeth got hurt doing things “man things” like mowing the lawn and taking out the trash.  Really, Show?  It’s not like she was doing hard labor.

    I like the show and hope that it’s renewed, but Zoe better not backslide again.  I was so annoyed by her this whole episode.  Liking/loving George really brings out the worst in her.

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