Greek: Blackmail, Competition, and Nerd Auctions

Dear Greek,

What on earth were you thinking? I understand that dragging out a storyline can be a bad thing if you take too many episodes. Sometimes that very storyline can be resolved quickly like you did last night with the Gamma Psi fire arc. However, the repercussions and the way the fate of ZBZ was handled left my mouth agape causing my face to rest in a stupor. I am willing to forgive you for this week, but tread carefully in the future because that is no way to handle a complex story line.

On to the Recap!

As you read above, the ZBZ-Gamma Psi house fire storyline comes to a close in Monday night’s episode. I still can’t believe what I witnessed when it came to handling Casey’s confession of the fire. Casey realizes the burden of the fire is bearing down on the house causing the ZBZ girls to live in a constant state of fear.  On top of the guilt Casey is living with, Catherine appoints her Vice President of Panhellenic due to her “support” of Gamma Psi after the fire. Casey’s first assignment? Investigate the fire and find out who was responsible for it. The burden within Casey builds up to a point where she can’t live with herself triggering her to confess to Natalie, the President of Gamma Psi. Natalie blackmails Casey into giving Gamma Psi the ZBZ house or she will go to cops and blame the entire house for the fire. Casey, fighting fire with fire, investigates the irregularity in the Song-Fest scores and finds out Natalie was sleeping with one of the judges who scored Gamma Psi hundred and ZBZ zero. Casey holds a meeting between Natalie and Catherine and blackmails the Gamma Psi sisters with the revelation of Natalie’s scandal. The Gamma Psis promise not to say anything about the fire as long as Casey stays quiet about Natalie’s romantic endeavours……..

Yes, Casey, please you’re free to go and won’t be in trouble for burning our house down since our sorority sister couldn’t keep it in her pants and slept with a judge. We don’t want our house to look like we trade sex for house points……. SERIOUSLY?!?!?!

If you burned down my house I don’t care what acts one member of my house committed. It’s my house damnit! I’m not letting you walk away that easily. Sadly it’s not my house, nor is it my show.

There were quite a few B-plots this week. Nothing too big came out of those. Evan and Cappie get kicked out of the Amphora Society after knocking over the sacred urn over an argument during the first meeting of the semester. Cappie and Rebecca try to seduce the Human Sexuality professor to get the last spot in class. Cappie gives the spot to Rebecca saying he will back off if she stopped seeing Evan, who he believes will eventually lead her down a path of disappointment. Rebecca manages to get Cappie into the class, but tells him who she sees is her own business. Ashleigh and Rusty find each other in the same marketing class. Ashleigh decides to have a Cyprus-Rhodes University Nerd Auction after a sorority girl turns down Rusty. At the nerd auction Ashleigh has her first encounter with Fisher since their breakup over winter break, which causes her mood to turn completely sour. Rusty manages to get Ashleigh’s morale back up after a small pep talk. It’s rare to see a storyline with Rusty and Ashleigh throughout the series, but when they do happen the outcome tends to be one I always like as was the case with this episode.

Favorite Moments From Tonight’s Episode

- Cappie and Rebecca trying to seduce the Human Sexuality professor outside of his car. Their poses struck to impress the professor had me laughing longer than I expected.

- Beaver, upset, tells Cappie he’s sad that he missed the Nerd Auction because he always wanted a nerd of his own. Cappie has Rusty and Beaver wants a Rusty of his own hahahahaha.

In the end this episode is a bit of a letdown with how the ZBZ and Amphora Society storylines were dealt with. It seems the show’s writers decided to cut the head off of the storylines they didn’t want anymore to make room for new ones. While new storylines are not a problem in my book, I would appreciate it if the writers of the show would develop each storyline and end them properly.

Season 3 Episode 12: Pride and Punishment (Originally Aired February 1, 2010)

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