What I’m Watching: Suburgatory

Suburgatory: Season 1, Episode 15 “Fire with Fire” (B+)

This episode was a whole lot of fun because it brought together characters that don’t usually interact, and even shone a bit of a spotlight on Noah’s family. Not fixing the shower turned into a much bigger situation, and Dallas’ flair about her divorce started to inspire Jill to consider leaving her hapless husband. That provided the proper inspiration for George to realize that he gets jealous when he sees Dallas with someone else, which in this case was Wilder Valderrama’s obnoxious South American Yani, obsessed with dressing all in white. Fortunately, George was able to convince Noah to make a big show of his love for Jill, which actually wowed Dallas more than it did Jill. George paying for Dallas’ drink was a sweet gesture, and I’m hopeful that it leads to more in the future, though I sort of love the flirtation as it is. Dalia befriending Lisa to get back at Tessa for dating Scott Strauss was actually quite hilarious, inspiring Lisa to ditch her old pals and Tessa to come up with the perfect revenge strategy – get Kimantha to take Lisa’s place nad make her jealous. Ultimately, it was Malik who seems to have drawn Lisa back to her proper place, but the whole situation provided the framework for a very funny and surprisingly complex scenario as stated by Dallas: when George and Dallas got married, they would ship Tessa to an all-girls boarding school, where she would fall in love, then Dalia would steal her girlfriend and marry her, with Tessa serving as the caterer.