Friday January 21st Spoiler
Candy is trying to kid around with Denise. They are in the walk in closet and she has her drawer open and she starts messing up the clothes that are in it and laughing telling Denise that she can be messy. Denise just walks out, totally absorbed in herself. Candy in confessional saying that Denise is very self absorbed.
Cassie meets with Jeri the mediator again. She reads the letter she wrote to the adoptive mother. Jeri tells her that she needs to change it so that it is more about what the son’t needs are and not Cassie’s. She tells Cassie that no matter what she writes that most likely the mother will view it as a letter from the “enemy”. Rhonda shows up and Cassie tells her what is going on and Rhonda tells Cassie that she has a six o’clock appointment with a private eye.
Group is lead by Iyanla today. Today she asks them, “what is a friend?” Most of them answer that it is someone you can rely on to always be there. Iyanla asks the women if they are friends with the other hg’s. Denise says yes in group but in confessional she says that she thinks she choose your friends and she didn’t choose who came to the house. Then Iyanla asks if the trust each other. Cassie, Bethany, and Candy all say yes. Renee and Denise say no. Rachel says selectively.
Iyanla asks them which woman they have the most trouble with. Candy says Denise and Denise says she feels that Candy tries to control her. Candy tells the story about Denise wanting to fix hamburger for herself and Candy was trying to help her and Denise didn’t want the help.
Iyanla asks Renee who she doesn’t trust and she says it is Rachel. Renee says she fells like she has tried to become friends and Rachel hasn’t. Renee starts crying and Rachel just looks annoyed. Iyanla leads the conversation between them by Renee saying something and then Iyanla asks Rachel what she heard Renee say. And it turns out that Rachel was filtering what Renee was saying, big time! Iyanla asks for the groups input and Denise says that she thinks Renee feels left out.
Iyanla tells Denise and Candy that they are going out to dinner together on her and she tells Renee and Rachel to try and find something to do together and talk.
Cassie calls her aunt. Her aunt asks her if she really think pushing herself into her son’s life is the right thing to do and Cassie says yes. Her aunt asks her if she is doing it for her self or for him. Her aunt tells her that she thinks that Cassie should not look him up and that she will continue to pray for Cassie. She tells Cassie to forgive herself for the past and that she loves her. (this sounds kind of mean on paper, but her aunt was very kind in expressing her opinion and Cassie took it well. They seem to be very close)
Rachel and Denise are sitting on one of the beds talking. They are becoming very close. They hug and tell each other they trust each other.
Bethany meets with Rhonda. Rhonda says in voice over that Bethany is afraid of being rejected by her old friends. Rhonda puts a picture up on the plasma of Bethany and her two friends, Ashley and Elizabeth. They talk about how Bethany has pushed them away. Bethany says she got a letter that day from (I think) Elizabeth and that she was telling Bethany she missed her and hoped she was doing well. Bethany says she pushes them away because she doesn’t want to hurt them. Rhonda asks her if that means she plans on going through the rest of her life alone? Bethany says no. She says that she thinks she misses them in her heart. Rhonda tells Bethany to call them and ask them how her amnesia affected them and to tell one story of something secret between them that she hasn’t been told before now.
Rachel meets with Iyanla. Iyanla tells Rachel that she heard her “dismiss” Renee in group. Rachel says that maybe she feels like she is better than her. Iyanla asks why and Rachel says she things Renee is materialist and self absorbed. She doesn’t think Renee gives a damn about her story. Rachel says that she has a hard time with people who don’t get along with their parents.
Now we join Denise and Candy as they are getting ready to leave. Denise has picked where to go to eat and then asks Candy if she minds if she drives. Candy doesn’t care.
Iyanla gives Rachel another accordion file and this one is for her step dad.
Cassie meets with Richard the private investigator. He takes down her info and says that they will get back to her in a couple days.
Bethany calls her friend, Josh and him what it was like for him when she lost her memory. He said it was weird but that he didn’t mind reintroducing himself into her life. He said that they are actually better friends now that before the accident.
Back to Denise and Candy. It is pouring down rain and Denise is being overly bubbly and loud about going out. Candy is now basically ignoring her. In confessional Denise is saying that she really doesn’t want to go. They leave and they go to a nice Italian restaurant and they order a bottle of wine.
Bethany calls her friend, Ashley. Ashley tells Bethany that she is a more accepting person now then she was before the memory loss.
Denise tells Candy that when she said in group she did not trust everyone in the house, she was referring to Renee, not her.
Bethany calls her friend Elizabeth. One thing Elizabeth tells her is that it is so weird that before her memory loss, Bethany hated country music and now she loves it.
Candy and Denise are really talking. Denise asks Candy what her siblings think of her being on SO. Candy says that she is only close to her 3 younger sisters. Candy tells Denise that 3 of her brothers are in jail. Denise’s mouth drops open.
Renee is hanging out with Rachel while Rachel is decorating the shells to give away to cancer patients.
Candy is telling Denise about her abusive husband. She tells the story of when her
Son fell and cracked his head open and her husband wouldn’t let her use the car, so she ended up taking her son to the hospital on the bus. Then when her first daughter was born, he walked in and said “well you got the damn girl you wanted” and walked out. Candy says in confessional that she thinks this is the first time Denise has ever really listened to her.
Bethany meets with Rhonda again. She tells Rhonda her conversations with her friends. Rhonda tells her that it is more important to just make new memories than worry about not remembering the old one.
Denise and Candy are back. Denise tells Cassie that she feels that she did connect with Candy at dinner. Denise asks Cassie if Renee and Rachel bonded and Candy shakes her head no.
Rachel, Bethany and Renee are sitting at the dining room table. Rachel asks Renee what she is writing and Renee doesn’t answer her, so Rachel gets up and leaves.
Posted by inthestars at January 20, 2005 03:45 PM
