Scandal!
\nEpisode 5: Power, Failure<\/p>\n
Starring
\nGeorge Faughan as Eric von Landingham
\nZ Gillispie as Rory Manchester
\nAmber Nash as Dorothy
\nLeslie Sharp as Bixie Biederback
\nTim Stoltenberg as Lance Belligui
\nDan Triandiflou as Hank ‘The Beaver’ Basker
\nLucky Yates as Miller
\nand Ryan Lucas as The Voice<\/p>\n
\nBack from her \u0093hiatus\u0094 (read: bender), hostess Bixie Biederback gathered
\neveryone together to inform them that the producers had threatened to shut
\ndown the show. The housemates blamed Bixie for losing control of the show,
\nand announced they were going on strike unless they got a new host. Just
\nthen, the producers shut off the power.<\/p>\n
In the kitchen, Dorothy showed Miller how to heat up canned goods without
\npower, by putting them in your pants. They found a package of Chicken in a
\nBiscuit, but were disappointed to read the label and discover that it\u0092s
\nonly chicken-flavored. They decided to catch a real chicken and put it in
\na biscuit.<\/p>\n
Eric von Landingham and Hank \u0091The Beaver\u0092 Basker got into a heated debate
\nabout their reliance on electric power and the waste of resources.<\/p>\n
In Bixie\u0092s office, Rory Manchester placed a call to divert power from his
\nsecret generator. After the lights came on, Rory lectured her that he had
\nfaith in her as a producer\u0085and nobody proves Rory wrong. He told her to
\nget off the booze, or he would literally kick her off the show.<\/p>\n
On the roof, Lance Belligui was setting up a solar panel to operate his
\ncamera when Hank came up. Hank pressured Lance to get him into Bixie\u0092s
\noffice and fix the scores so that Hank will be in the lead. In return,
\nLance asked Hank to help him get immigration and\/or the IRS off his case.<\/p>\n
Eric went to Hello Pizza Kitty and ordered a medium with Epsom salt. He
\nthen pulled Miller aside conspiratorially and suggested that, even if the
\nshow\u0092s cancelled, that Miller could still get the prize by going through
\nBixie.<\/p>\n
Behind the house, Dorothy was watching the sunrise when Lance arrived and
\nbegan flirting with her. When Dorothy complained that everyone on the show
\nis crazy, Lance pointed out that she\u0092s the one who lives in a garbage can.
\nShe invited Lance to climb in and try it out before he knocks her
\nlifestyle. As they got in the can together, get-it-on music played in the
\nbackground.<\/p>\n
Rory was making some calls in Bixie\u0092s office when Hank sneaked in.
\nGloating that he\u0092d gotten past Rory, Hank suggested that Rory was losing
\nhis touch. Hank\u0092s mockery caused Rory to hear flashback voices of his
\nchildhood humiliations, until Rory finally snapped and grabbed Hank by the
\nthroat.<\/p>\n
Not having found a real chicken, Dorothy and Miller were practicing their
\nfood-catching technique with Miller pretending to be the chicken as
\nDorothy chased him. Miller commented that he probably wouldn\u0092t be doing
\nthis if he weren\u0092t stoned. Dorothy revealed that she used to do drugs
\nherself, but gave them up when she decided to become homeless. Miller
\nasked her more about her life, and she confessed that she had a couple of
\nchildren, but didn\u0092t want to talk about them. She was more open about a
\nmore recent event, admitting that she\u0092d had sex with Lance. She worried
\nthat he might have filmed their encounter.<\/p>\n
Eric was relaxing in the hot tub (which was only lukewarm due to the power
\nloss) when Lance arrived. Lance confessed to having sex with Dorothy and
\nfilming it. Eric asked if Lance had ever enjoyed anything for itself in
\nthe moment, without worrying about capturing it on film. Lance admitted
\nthat he used to enjoy himself spontaneously with his wife back in
\nViennice.<\/p>\n
After a game of foosball in the rec room, Bixie thanked Hank for helping
\nher find an activity to replace drinking. Offering some advice, Hank told
\nher that she\u0092d spent too much time trying to please others, but never
\nfound the real Bixie inside herself.<\/p>\n
Rory placed a phone call to one of his secret cohorts\u0085Dr. Claw. He
\ninformed Claw that he\u0092d been trying to get the deed to Iceland, but needed
\naccess to \u0093771.\u0094 Claw replied that Rory had always had full access.<\/p>\n
In the garden, Hank complimented Dorothy on her horticultural aesthetics,
\nthen asked if he could call her Dottie. She reminisced that her father
\nused to call her that. He was a railroad engineer, and she always wanted
\nto follow in his footsteps\u0085until she found out that the engineer doesn\u0092t
\njust blow the whistle but has to actually drive the train, a lesson she
\nlearned when she accidentally killed hundreds of people. Hank reassured
\nher that it wasn\u0092t her fault.<\/p>\n
Eric stumbled into Rory\u0092s secret room, and Rory congratulated him on his
\nresourcefulness. Eric realized that Rory was part of the Illuminati or
\nsome similar world-controlling conspiracy. Rory admitted it, explaining
\nthat his associates included such legends as Dr. Claw, Cobra Commander,
\nand the Supreme Hydra; they made cartoons about themselves in the 1980s so
\nthat people would think they didn\u0092t actually exist.<\/p>\n
In the bar, Bixie had just mixed an alcohol-free mimosa when Miller came
\nin and made a painfully obvious and inept attempt to seduce her. When she
\ninformed him that she was now sober, Miller realized that his usual
\npick-up techniques wouldn\u0092t work. She confessed that she\u0092d managed to keep
\nthe show alive by offering herself sexually to the producers. Miller
\nsuggested that she could boost the ratings by making the same offer to the
\ncontestants.<\/p>\n
In the basement, Lance was plotting to double-cross Hank. Suddenly, Hank
\nand Dorothy burst in, and Hank confronted Lance about his treatment of
\nDorothy. Realizing that Hank had also slept with Dorothy, Lance dropped
\nhis camera in shock.<\/p>\n
Bixie gathered everyone together to announce that the power had been
\nrestored and the show was back on track. She asked everybody to help get
\nthe show to #1. Suddenly, Hank had a heart attack and collapsed. As Rory
\nand Eric performed CPR, Bixie pleaded to Hank to stay alive for the show\u0092s
\nsake.<\/p>\n
Dorothy and Lance accompanied Hank in the ambulance. Lance blamed himself
\nfor Hank\u0092s collapse (\u0093We killed him with our love!\u0094). Taking him
\nliterally, Dorothy said that she couldn\u0092t be with Lance now that he was a
\nmurderer. Lance retorted that this meant she would lose two lovers in one
\nday.<\/p>\n
Hank\u0092s life flashed before his eyes in a flashback montage.<\/p>\n
Back at the house, Rory placed a call to Destro. He informed his associate
\nthat he had placed formula 771 in Hank\u0092s water to simulate a heart attack,
\nthen used CPR as a pretext to place the microchip in Hank\u0092s mouth. The
\nnext step was to send Zartan to infiltrate Hank\u0092s hospital room at Grady,
\nand their plan would proceed right on schedule.<\/p>\n
TO BE CONTINUED\u0085<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Scandal! Episode 5: Power, Failure Starring George Faughan as Eric von Landingham Z Gillispie as Rory Manchester Amber Nash as Dorothy Leslie Sharp as Bixie Biederback Tim Stoltenberg as Lance Belligui Dan Triandiflou as Hank ‘The Beaver’ Basker Lucky Yates … Continue reading