Suburgatory, S01E20
George continued to have problems while dating Eden, the biggest being that Noah was being overprotective of her and his baby inside of her. Shelia started to fill Jill's head with the possibility that Eden would try to steal Noah away from her, adding to the negative atmosphere around Eden. Tessa was enjoying her job at Dallas' store and got a promotion. However, George, noticing how much time and money she was putting into her job, asked Dallas to cut back Tessa's hours. Dallas agreed, even though George just wanted Tessa to have more time to spend getting to know Eden. In a side story, Lisa began to think that she was adopted and looked for evidence.
George really must have no other friends he can make because if he did have another option besides Noah, I would say he was an idiot to continue interacting with Noah at all. He has gone above and beyond paranoid and intrusive with his questions about George's intimacy with Eden and making George sign a contract about what he could and couldn't do with Eden while pregnant. I was really hoping that Noah's insanity would make George snap, and he might literally slap some sense into him. However, George kept respecting his friend's crazy demands, while Eden could barely hug George without him awkwardly pulling away.
I'm not sure what nosy Shelia is up to, but I can't believe Jill was so stupid to listen to her. Everyone in town knows that woman does nothing but give out advice that no one asked for or needed. And she's a chronic gossip. She'll say anything, as long as it looks true enough in her eyes, regardless of what the facts might be. I don't know if Lisa's conclusion that her mother's strange actions are linked to her being adopted, but that would be an interesting turn of events. It would be sad, though, that her family treats her like an afterthought and she was an adopted child. It'd be like why did you adopt her if you were only going to make her feel second-best all the time?
As for Tessa, it was nice to see her so good at her job and making some serious cash. I got annoyed that George had been busy with Eden and hadn't even seen Tessa for a while, but only wanted to start spending time with her again so that she could get to know Eden. How selfish! Even if he thought Tessa was in danger of spending too much money or becoming Dallas or something, as long as Tessa was happy and doing well at school, why bother her?? Sure he and Eden has something special, but it didn't give him the right to be butting into her life like that. As sweet as I thought it was that George provided Eden refuge from crazy Noah and Jill, I leaned toward taking Tessa's side who had to suddenly live with her father's new girlfriend and had to work less at a job she was doing well at. No matter how well Tessa and Eden may get along, I think that George owes Tessa a huge apologetic gesture.
The last thing I thought was good about this episode was that Dallas started to show signs of jealousy that Eden and George were clicking so well. So her feelings for George are still there, after all. It's nice to see the shoe on the other foot because I know that George wasn't too pleased with all the boy toys Dallas had after her divorce, too. But since he has met Eden, he hasn't bothered with Dallas since (until needing her to cut back Tessa's hours). I'd love to see Dallas and Eden interact soon. It'd be funny to see her try to hide her dislike of Eden.
Good episode, although I would have loved some more Dalia in it. I'm interested to see what Lisa finds out from the DNA test she seemed to be taking at the end. I wonder how Ryan's feelings would change for her if she was adopted? It'll be even more interesting to see how Tessa handles another woman under her roof. I'm pretty sure that even as sweet as Eden appears to be, there's little chance that Tessa will welcome her into their home with open arms. Sounds like we can expect some entertaining conflict in the next episode!
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