Sometimes the shoe does, in fact, drop
Hello!
If I didnt know this show like I do, Id suspect them of trollingmespecifically.
Hit it, Fiona!
Credit: Showtime
Apparently, its been 72 hours and no one has seen Alison.
The Police has declared her a missing person.Trivia!
Tonights episode is directed by none other than the great Mike Figgis, ofLeaving Las Vegasfame.
Or as we soon discover, more likeLeaving the Tri-State Area.
We jump into Noahs perspective and flash six weeks back.
Noah is driving through California and fighting with Helen via phone.
And like a true New Yorker, he just cant stand the traffic.
(Feel you, Noah.)
enters the room in time to see Anton start to physically menace Noah.
Bad looks all around.
Noah is full on fuming by the time Helen and Vic and the kids come outside.
Noah hugs little Stacey but Trevor is very much underwhelmed.
Vic (Hi, Vic!)
is the voice of reason, and invites Noah to join them a dinner.
(God, I still love Dr. Vic Ullah so much!)
Noah pulls Helen aside to be all WTF.
Helen says that Noah intimidates Trevor and stomps off.
Noah has a rather adorable little house out in Topenga Canyon.
He also calls Max (Max!!!
I miss you so much!)
and leaves a voicemail.
He reads a paper by Anton and the next day he pulls the student aside.
He basically accuses the kid of not writing his paper because its so good.
Anton levels him with his secret brilliance and huffs out leaving Noah with his bad assumptions.
Noah attempts to apologize but the damage is acting like done.
On page 2: Helen fears the big one is coming
We switch to Helens perspective.
Vic joins herand boy does he looksgoodin Californiaand asks if shes obsessing.
Vic tries to get Helen to relax but shes all wound up.
Im not worried about anything, she says convincing no one.
But Helens mind is definitely not as rest as she hallucinates an earthquake.
We learn the pretty woman next door has a famous mother but also never takes in her trash cans.
Vic teases Helen for being overly interested.
Helen is driving and hears from Martin that Noah forgot to put money into his account.
At therapy, shes not really leaning into the whole California chill way of doing things.
Helen is uncomfortable in Los Angeles, she says.
It makes her feel unsafe.
She throws out that she thinks Trevor might be gay.
Ah, maybe thats the earthquake, says the shrink.
She says its Noah who will have a problem with it.
She says Noah annoys her more than anything else.
Helen is like, look, I left it all behind when I came to California.
Theresnothingto worry about here!
Well thats tempting fate a bit, isnt it?
The shrink, however, does not.
Sierra has the kind of beautiful skin and shiny hair that only super rich women do.
She walks away and Helen and Vic are like, oh wow, so Trevor is gay!
(As the day is long, says Vic.)
Noah storms up out of the parking lot and starts yelling at her.
Vic tells both of them to cool it.
Weirdly, Helen comes off as nuts in her own memory as she does in his.
She tells himheis the earthquake.
Every time she sees him shes waiting for the next disaster to happen.
She tells him he broke their family and she has this great new life but hes still in it.
She thinks they should stay apart as much as possible.
Later, back at the house, Helen seems much calmer.
She thinks shes beginning to like Los Angeles.
She even tells Vic she thinks they should get away up to Big Sur.
Great, everything is great!
Vic is collapsed on the floor.
HOW CAN THIS SHOW DO THIS TO ME???
Seriously, it has to be Vic?
We couldnt have just gotten rid of one of those Sollaway kids instead?
All together now: one two three UGH.
