Melrose Place: Murder Thy Neighbor
Biggest WTF? moment
They're just NOW deciding to install a camera in the courtyard? After what has happened there we would have figured there would have been a camera installed a decade ago! But, apparently all of the residents are concerned for their safety after Syd's murder so they have Jonah install a camera. Can't wait to see what shows up on that thing.
Our take on the crazy characters
Lauren is a big hooker
Deny it all you want but a fact is a fact. She owes 30,000 smackaroos and $5,000 is not gonna cut it. Toby was so satisfied with his "arrangement" with Lauren that he refers her to his buddy, Rick. Rick is a "great guy" who is interested in some of the same goodness that Toby got and while Lauren is repulsed at first, $5000
bucks is a lot of money to pass up. It’s all good until the couple runs into Ella and David at a party. Ouch! The jig is up! But she plays it off like a "pro." Which she is.
Read on after the jump!
Auggie is a FREAK
Turns out that Auggie and Sydney were friends with benefits. She helped him get sober and let's face it, nothing erases the guilt of feeling responsible for the death of a ex-girlfriend like loads of sex with your friendly neighborhood cougar! He definitely has a temper. Not only did he have a fight with Sydney the night she was killed, she stabbed him in the back…not the first time, of course. But this time she literally stabbed him in the back.
Violet is a FREAK
She swims in the complex pool at all hours of the evening after floating, face down, a la dead Sydney. Wonder if she knows that there's a surveillance camera installed and is doing it anyway?
Ella is one smart beeyotch
Not only does she have most of the best lines in every episode, but she has the most fun. When Ella's publicist job is on the line, she tells her new boss that she’ll get the hottest Brit celeb type (who looks strangely like Dawson Leary) to sign with her or she'll walk. She arranges to meet him at a party and over exposes him -- schooling him on how not to Lilo himself and giving him a lesson on how to keep his junk in check. Looks like the girl won't be getting a pink slip anytime soon.
David is a fake
He confesses to Ella that he grew up in a trailer in San Bernardino until his mother made a father he'd never met feel guilty so he started to throw money at him. And now he's robbing said father of his possessions -- as well as lifting the wordly goods of various wealthy friends and neighbors!
Biggest shocker of the episode!
Turns out that Violet is (or at least she thinks she is) Sydney's daughter. Before Sydney died, Violet confronted her with her story -- and in typical fashion, Syd denied it all. But does DNA lie? When Violet was in Sydney’s apartment, filling out her paperwork, she collected a strand of hair and had the DNA tested. It was positive, but Sydney's reaction was not. She told the girl that it was impossible and that she'd be better off if she just went away.
Melrose Quotes
- "I can’t afford the cost of denial anymore." Lauren
- "When you are out in public, every single thing you do is one click away from being texted to Perez." Ella to her potential celebrity client
- "I’m the one who Queer-Eye'd you." Ella to Violet after she dolled her up but the girl gives Auggie the credit for getting her a new job
- "You’re not getting rid of me that easily. Not again." Violet to Sydney after she tells her that she is her long-lost daughter and Sydney denies her
History is history. What’s the mystery?
So the new cast of MP 2009 didn't exactly skew the Neilson ratings for the original cast in the '90s. Is that really a big deal? According to New York Daily News it is. The folks at NYDN were shocked to learn that Katie Cassidy and Ashlee Simpson-Wentz were too young and never actually watched the show that was thought to be so scandalous at the time. But if we consider just how young the actresses are, it's not surprising that they missed out on the fun with Sydney, Amanda, Michael, Kimberly, Jake and the gang. When the show started filming in 1992 Ashelee was only 8 and Katie was a mere 6-years-old -- hardly the demographic. Still...according to Laura Leighton who is reprising her role as Sydney (may she rest in peace), it still stings when a cast member asks her, "So, were you like, the old one?"
Now that we are getting down and dirty and really starting to know the new cast, what are you thinking? Can they all be money-grubbing, senseless, murdering sluts? And wouldn't that be awesome? Tell us what you think in the comments!