Let me start off by saying
that I apologize for taking so long to get this review written and posted. I
had to work quite a bit this week, and I also had a lot of other projects that
I was working on throughout the week. I’m going to try my absolute best to get
my reviews for the remaining episodes of the series written and posted before
the episode following it airs; that being said, here are my thoughts on this
episode.
After thoroughly enjoying
the previous episode, I have to say that I found this episode rather dull, and
I frequently found my attention wandering as I was watching it. To be fair
though, this episode wasn’t even close to being as boring as the first nine
episodes of Gossip Girl’s final season were, and I still stand by my opinion
that 90210’s final season is better than Gossip Girl’s final season was. Don’t
get me wrong, I’m not saying that everything about this episode was boring,
because it definitely had some good things about it, and admittedly this
episode has grown on me after having watched it several more times.
For starters, I would say
that I found Annie’s storyline to be the most interesting storyline in this
episode. The episode picked up right where the previous episode ended, which
would be Patrick showing up at Annie and Liam’s house in order to confront her
about her book. Patrick was furious with Annie for writing a book that was inspired
by their relationship, and he was worried that people, namely his wife, would
figure out that he was the inspiration for the character Patterson. Apparently,
his wife’s book club was reading Undressed, and he told Annie that his wife
would divorce him and take a lot of his money if she found out about his relationship
with Annie. Before Patrick left Annie and Liam’s place, he threatened to hurt
her family if she went on Entertainment Tonight for an interview with Nancy
O’Dell in order to publically reveal that she is Author X, but Annie simply
shrugged off his threats.
I have to say that I thought
Patrick’s reaction to this whole situation was beyond dumb. After all, Annie
didn’t use his real name in the book, and his wife never even met Annie, so how
would she know that most of the book was inspired by Annie’s life? He never
even told Annie that he was married. Besides, it’s not like he’s the only
person on earth named Patrick. I just don’t understand how the writers expect
viewers to believe that his wife would automatically realize that Patrick was the
inspiration for the character Paterson in Undressed. Although, this is 90210
where 98% of the writing for the show is absolutely ridiculous and contrived,
so I suppose she could figure things out by reading Annie’s book.
Annie finally came clean to
Dixon about the fact that she is Author X and that she paid for his rehab by
briefly working as an escort. Dixon was initially furious with Annie, but he
forgave her for working as an escort to pay for his rehab treatment and not
telling him about it by the end of the episode. Annie also ended up going on
Entertainment Tonight for an interview with Nancy O’Dell and revealed that she
was Author X like she said was going to.
