Sunday, November 18, 2012

Step One



Knots Landing
Season 2 Episode 
Original Airdate: January 1, 1981 


Recap:  Diana and her friends are roller skating, one of the girls tells them that she slept with her boyfriend. 
   Val and Karen are working out, they are getting ready for a benefit show, Karen is doing a dance routine with Diana.  Richard comes over wanting to borrow a bay leaf; he tells them that since Laura is working she doesn’t go grocery shopping.  Karen and Val try to get him to help out with, but he turns them down.
   One of the girls asks Diana why she hasn’t done it yet with her boyfriend.  When the boys get there, Bobby asks Diana if she wants to go to the game with him, she says yes, he tells her that his parents won’t be home that night so she could come over after the game and listen to him play his songs.  She says that they should just skip the game; she tells him that she could get a ride from the girls.
   Laura comes home late from work, Richard tells her that the dinner is probably all dried out, and Abby who is over for dinner, tells him in the most obviously flirty was that it was the best meal she ever had.
   Eric and Michael are clearing away the dinner table, while Karen is working on Diana’s costume.  Michael has a huge stack of dishes that he is trying to carry all at once, he drops them and Karen runs over to clean it up, just as Diana is trying to talk to her about boys.
   Richard stops by Abby’s the next day to return the bay leaf, she tells him that she was just about to call him to check out her kitchen sink.  After he fixes the sink, Abby asks him what he is doing for the rest of the day; he tells her that he has an interview in an hour.  The tension between the two is getting to be so obviously I can’t understand why no one notices anything when they are with other people.
   Diana is with her friends, they ask her if she is sure she wants to go through with it, and say that it will be one of the best experiences of her life. 
   Eric and Michael are playing chess, Diana comes downstairs all dressed up for the game.  Michael gets upset with something Eric did, and throws the board to the ground running out of the room.
   The girls drive Diana to Bobby’s house, they tells her that she can still go to the game with them, but she tells them that it’s going to happen sometime it might as well be tonight.  She gets out of the car and goes to the door.  Bobby is playing the drums for her (how boring).  He tells her that his band got a paying gig; she asks him if the band gets groupies.  He tells her yes, but they aren’t like her.  He tells her that his parents locked the liquor cabinet so he can’t get her anything to drink.  She asks him if he wants to kiss her, and she tells him to turn off all the lights.  Later that night he drives her back home, he tries to talk to her but she runs out of the car and into the house.  Karen calls her over so she can check the fit of the costume; Diana tells her that she wants to go to her room.  Karen comments that she is home early, and she asks her who won the game.  Diana tells her that she really wants to go to her room.  Karen is confused about what happened.
   Val asks Gary what’s wrong; he tells her that Earl didn’t show up to the meeting that night.  She tells him about the work she is doing for the benefit, she reminds him that he is supposed to help her with the lighting, but he tells her that he can’t. 
   Eric goes into Diana’s room and tells her that Brenda is on the phone, she tells him to tell her that she isn’t home. 
   Ginger calls Kenny to remind him that he is supposed to bring the sound equipment for the benefit.  Sylvie comes into the room, and starts singing.  After he hangs up she asks him if he thinks he’ll get back together with Ginger.  He tells her that it’s off limits.
   Richard stops by Abby’s and asks her about her sink.  Val asks him if he could go over and check out the garbage disposal, and he tells her that she should call a repair man.  Abby then gets him to help her with some boxes.
   Karen and Diana are rehearsing the dance number, Diana isn’t concentrating and they get into a fight, and she runs out of the house.
   Diana’s friends find her at the beach, and they ask her about last night.  She tells them that she doesn’t want to talk about it.  Bobby comes over to her and finds her writing in her journal, he asks her not to talk to her friends about what happened.  She tells him not to worry she won’t ruin his reputation as a great lover.  (I wonder what happened)
   Val and Ginger come by to pick Karen and Diana up for dress rehearsal, Karen tells them that Diana left, and she is sure that she won’t miss it.
   Diana is still at the beach, a guy comes over to her and asks her what is wrong, they talk for a bit and he tells her that he just got to LA, and that he is from Indiana.  He offers her a beer.
   Ginger tells Val that she doesn’t think Kenny is coming with the equipment, so Val asks Bobby if they can borrow his.  Karen asks him if something happened between him and Diana, and if he has seen her, he only tells her that he saw her at the beach.
   Diana is drunk, she asks what time it is, the guy doesn’t give her an exact time, he offers to give her a ride, she sees that he has a van.  He asks her if it’s a problem, she says no, but when he tries to kiss her she runs away.  Late that night Diana comes home, Sid and Karen come out to meet her and ask her where she was, they are upset that she was drinking.  Diana tells Karen that all she cares about is the show.  Karen tells Sid that she should talk to Diana on her own.  She goes up to her room and asks her what is going on.  Diana tells her that she doesn’t want to be a woman, that it’s too hard.
   The next day Richard is at Abby’s in the pool, Brian comes over and asks why he is always over; Abby tells him that he is helping her clean the pool.  She goes to take them over to Val who is going to take them to the beach.
   Kenny calls Ginger and tells her he is sorry that he missed the dress rehearsal; she tells him that she knew that she couldn’t count on him.
   Diana comes downstairs and Karen asks how she is feeling.  Diana asks her if she can still be in the show, Karen says yes as long as they can get in a few hours of rehearsal. 
   Abby gets into the hot tub with Richard, he pours her a glass of champagne, she tells him that it’s a shame that Laura has to work on Sunday; she goes on about how she thinks women shouldn’t work so hard.  He asks her if she wants a back massage, he tells her that he’s been told that he has good hands, she tells him that he does and that they are gentle.  They kiss.
   Kenny stops by the theater bring the sound equipment.  He and Ginger are talking when Sylvie comes over and tells him that he needs to talk.  He asks her why she’s here.  She is complaining about the arrangement of the song they are working on.  She wants him to work on the song with her tonight.  He tells Ginger that he will try to get back soon.  Ginger looks down at her ring, and a creepy magician comes over to her and does a trick with his wand and hands her the bunch of flowers.
   Diana apologizes to Bobby for getting upset.  He tells her that things didn’t happen the way they should have.
   Laura is telling Richard about the house she sold, as Abby comes over to sit by Richard.  She asks him what he did that day, he tells her he did some rewiring, yuck.
   The show is starting, and Diana and Karen are back stage putting on their makeup.  Karen tells her that they need to talk.  Diana tells her that she missed her chance, she has been trying to talk to her all week, but she’s been too preoccupied.  Karen tells her that she is always that way, but she would have stopped if Diana told her that she wanted to talk.  Diana tells her that she didn’t go to the game that she went to Bobby’s house, when his parents weren’t home.  Karen asks her if they made love, and Diana tells her no.  She tells her that she and Bobby love each other, but neither of them knew what to do.  Karen tells her that it’s because she wasn’t ready, she tells her that when it’s right she will know.  Diana tells her that she hated to admit that she needed her.  They hug.
   Diana and Karen go out on stage and of course they bring down the house with their routine.
Final Thoughts:  I didn’t care for this episode, mainly because they didn’t tell you what happened with Diana till the end, up until then you are thinking something really bad happened or that he didn’t perform.  I think I officially hate Abby and Richard, I do know that Abby sticks around for a long time, so I hope Richard doesn’t stick around that much longer.  It’s only a matter of time before they get caught, then it will be bad I can just see it, a huge fight in the cul-de-sac, with Karen and Sid on Laura’s side, and no one there for Richard or Abby, even though she is Sid’s sister, he will have to admit what a whore she is.
Guest Star:  Helen Hunt
Best Outfit:  The girl on the left, her outfit is horrible.  The brown/maroon skirt doesn't go with a rainbow colored top.

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