1.
Summary:
In this episode Mom shows up (Jay’s ex-wife. DeDe Pritchett
lives at a "facility" in Sedona, she got Cameron an exercise machine
(or a "hint", as he called it) as a thank you for some very nice
diamond earrings last Christmas, and she needs to move on to the next level of
her "awakening". This requires her to move past "the
incident."
DeDe wanted to be invited to the wedding to prove she was
"over" Jay and Gloria getting married, and Mitchell convinced them to
invite her. She had a few too many drinks and gave a toast that was completely
outlandish. She was dragged out kicking and screaming...and mocking
Gloria...and had wedding cake all over her backside. The entire family now
calls this the incident.
Claire wished she had Gloria's problems, as Haley wants to go to
a concert with Dylan that would require her to stay overnight with a bunch of
male friends. Haley is being her usual confrontational self, Claire is being
her usual strict self, and Phil is being his usual completely useless self.
DeDe needs to make her apologies because she met a very nice
man, Chaz, and plans to live in a faraway place...French Canada. However,
without making peace with the family, she won't be able to be
satisfied...sexually. Which she describes to Mitchell and Cameron in graphic
detail.
The first stop for Mitchell is Claire's house. DeDe is glad to
see her "little comet" (Haley) and proceeds to shoot down the concert
objections by telling Haley about her mom and Ricky (Claire’s high school
boyfriend). DeDe never got to know Ricky, and it would appear Claire is not
willing to meet Dylan. Claire decides she'll "interview" Dylan at
dinner and make her decision.
Mitchell's next stop is Jay's house. He is alone, because Manny
decided to take Jay's advice for revenge after getting a beard drawn on him at
a slumber party...by setting fire to the kid's bike. Jay pretends the
conversation with Mitchell about Dede coming to dinner is not even happening.
Dinner comes and Dylan arrives. DeDe thinks he's got a very
gentle soul. Gloria arrives and wants nothing to do with DeDe. However, DeDe
appears sincere and apologizes for her behavior at the wedding.
Dede was completely unprepared for Gloria to accept he apology,
so a fight ensues. Not to worry, though. Phil's got Gloria. (I'm not going to
try and do it justice; watch the episode and you'll laugh your head off.)
Dylan thinks this is so beautiful, because in this family, DeDe
is trying to reach out to hang on to “something awesome”. Nobody talks in his
family, but Haley has this "killer confidence that's accepting of hot
foreigners, gay dudes, and nutty people." Claire is touched and encourages
Dylan to play one of his songs. The songs chorus is: “The stars all fall from
the sky, and you're the breeze in my life. The moon is shining on your face,
because it finally feels it has found its place. 'Cause maybe, baby, I just
wanna DO YOU! Wanna DO YOU! Under the moonlight! The moonlight!” Well, the song
is very catchy, as everybody is singing it the next day, but no concert for
Haley.
2.
Theme:
It was really hard for me to pinpoint the theme of this episode.
This family is pretty crazy. However, I think that the theme is acceptance. The
family accepts that all of them are individually a little nuts, and they give
one another grace for the things that they do wrong to each other. This can by
seen by their unconventional family dynamic.
3.
Perspectives via scripture:
Jesus was very accepting of all people groups. One example is of
the woman at the well, which shows that he is accepting of those who are
outcasts. Jesus would have been accepting of all of the members of this family…whether
or not they returned that acceptance. I think this is very important for our
culture because sometimes we treat people as outcasts when we shouldn’t be.
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