George barges in on Lina, completely drunk, and eventually blathers some ultimatum that she never call him again or something like that as he stumbles down the hallway. Lina bounces back and forth between amusement and outrage, mixing giggles and profanity in a way that would make even the horniest of men run the other way. Here are some snippets from the beautiful exchange:
George: “Don’t ever touch me! Don’t f***ing call me again Lina!…Sweetie I was out banging twenty chicks last night!”
Lina: “Go drink your f***ing life…f***ing a**hole!”
She gets out her cell and places a call that I think may suggest her “relationship” with George might be more of a sham than we thought:
Lina: “I just got in a fight with one of my friends.”
Other: “Robert?”
Lina: “George.”
Other: “Your old boyfriend?”
Lina: “Yeah, my old boyfriend.”
Huh? (I’ll elaborate more on my conspiracy theory involving this phone call in my full season recap post, which should be up soon!)
At this point the show gets absolutely ridicusilly with a One Tree Hillesque emo music montage featuring overly dramatic camera angles shot with Miami Vice intensity. We see all the cast members wrestling with their own particular demons in exaggerated, soap opera style “anguish theatrics.” Katrina waivers over signing those divorce papers, her pen literally waivering over them as the music plays. (Eventually she does sign them) Michael contemplates his own mortality in the mirror while slightly adjusting his post-surgery do-rag. Maria remembers her daughter in a skype conversation with her. I forget what Ariel’s scene was – let’s just assume he was walking away from a gay model getting bludgeoned to death by the designer from earlier in the show, Ariel holding up his palm and shaking his head as he vanishes into the dark streets. Hardy is at some nightclub watching hot women shake their moneymakers, trying to decide if he should marry a woman he doesn’t love or go get some booty.
But, my favorite is the scene with poor George. He’s on a street by the ocean and he pulls out his cell phone. (Remember, he’s goofy college drunk at this point.) He scrolls down to Lina’s number and holds his thumb over a button. Is it the “call” button? Is it “delete?” (This moment demanded a Rocky-esque “ADRIAN!!!” scream, except it would have been “LINAAAAA!!!”) What is George going to do? Will he call her and ask forgiveness? Will he delete her out of his cell phone, and thus his life, forever? Are ratings good enough to justify throwing the phone into the ocean? The answer is none of these. George is only human and wilts under the immeasurable pressure, closing his phone and putting it in his pocket before walking away.
And so, Miami Social is also closed and put in our pockets and we are all free to walk away! Though I admit to not minding Katrina, Michael and George by show’s end, there just wasn’t enough here to justify a reality show. As I mentioned earlier, I plan to do a “season recap” that not only sums up my opinions (and conspiracy theories) about the show, but it will also address comments made on this site by two of the cast members. You know who you are! (Lina and Maria)
