Do You Wanna Dance

I absolutely LOVE this episode!!! It has everything needed for an awesome ep - including wonderful character interaction... First of all, I loved Ally... She was so into Brian, so hoping that ThunderThighs would actually turn out to be him, and then she gets a BIG surprise... 16 years of age. The court scenes were fabulous! "He called me 35!"; "Find yourself a nice seventeen-year-old..." (Ally) - "And if she has a friend..." (Richard). Actually, I was half-expecting it to be Brian, half to be the defendant guy (sorry, didn't catch his name...) That would've added an interesting twist to the case. But that wouldn't have given us the incredible opportunities the given storyline *did* - first, Ally's great exchange with Brian ("statue... statutory... statutory rape..."); second, the court (and restaurant) scenes; and third - Ally on the defendant bench once again:). It's amazing how one little detail can change the whole episode! Wow...

Now, on to John & Nelle... oooh, that's a tough topic. Of course, "Frosty the Snowgirl", "Senior Pipsqueak", "rich-bitch-elitist-ice-queen", "mayor of Munchkinland" & "Popsicle" were great lines & exchanges (as were "Over my dead body, which would still be a few degrees warmer than yours..." & "It's amazing I didn't lose my penis to frostbite..."), but the issue isn't really all that funny. Nelle was so bitchy, so vicious, so MEAN in this ep, yet for some reason I still absolutely ADORE her! She's my idol! Now, there were a few times in this ep AND in "Hope & Glory" where I hated her guts, but overall I warmed up to her by the beginning of "AMcB: The Musical". I seem to be one of the VERY few people who actually WANT John & Nelle to be together... Everyone seems to be rooting for Ally & John. Well, not me. I think the bond Ally & John have is very special, and romance would ruin it... But John & Nelle neutralize each other, which is perfect. That's the problem I have with fanfic - I write the icy but soft Nelle, whereas everyone else seems to see her as the biggest bitch in history. But anyway, fanfic's not the issue here...
I really *do* want her & John to be together, and I hope Season 4 will bring us to that. Plus, I'm VERY happy for Ally & Brian (they are SOOOO cute together!!!:):):) More about that in "AMcB: The Musical"), so I don't want THEM to break up. But then again, the moment Ally becomes consistently happy is the moment the show ends, soooo... I'm kinda confused right now.

I do feel kinda sorry for Mark, but I really see no point in him being in the show. I mean, all he has is a crush on Ally which will only get in the WAY of things, not HELP them. But then again, who knows what he'll turn out like...
Sooo... go ahead, read on to Hope & Glory!
~Alex~