FIFTEEN: SEASON TWO, EPISODE THIRTEEN - STUFF A SOCK IN IT!

Previously, on Fifteen: All of Season 2 happened! Ashley was sent away to boarding school! Janice couldn't make any friends! Courtney became scandalous pen pals with Jake, while setting up an in-person date with Matt, her absent best friend's ex! Everyone hated Brooke and she knew it! Ashley ran away from boarding school and returned to Hillside! Everyone freaked out over Ashley's return! Ashley and Courtney engaged in a BFF Cold War! Dave became Matt's new emotional punching bag! Brooke gave Stacy too good of a makeover! Matt became insanely jealous over every guy at Hillside liking Ashley! Billy failed to impress as a drummer and no girls wanted to date him! Arseman became lead singer in Dylan's band! Chris was creepy to Ashley, but she started liking him anyway! Courtney's necklace was stolen! Dylan's band had a gig at the Avalon! The girl behind NecklaceGate turned out not to be Janice, but was, in fact, Amanda! So much drama this season!!

Avalon - Main Booth of Major Plot Resolution. Courtney and Arseman discuss the revelations brought about last week that resolved NecklaceGate. Courtney likes having the necklace back, but is bummed that Janice still thinks Courtney thinks she's guilty. Arseman thinks Courtney is being overly dramatic and blowing everything out of proportion. She's not wrong, but Arseman could also care about Janice's fragile state of mind at least a LITTLE bit. No one has seen her and it's the season finale, so it could very well be the case that we find out Janice is dead. 

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Chris and Roxanne argue about whether or not Billy can be kicked out of the band. Roxanne is adamant that they get rid of him. Why does she even care, and for that matter - when did she start being a student at this school? Chris knows he doesn't have the votes against Billy, with Dylan and Arseman still against the idea. Roxanne gets mad and storms off. It says a lot when anyone on this show can act crazy enough to make Chris seem slightly reasonable, but there you have it!

Hillside - Stairway to Nowhere. Chris runs into Ashley and she congratulates him on the Avalon gig. They flirt and it's gross. Why is this show making Ashley and Chris a THING? Can Ashley only have angry, jerky boyfriends? She tries to tell him that the band was good, but Chris doesn't want to hear it. She tells Chris he in particular was great and that's more to his liking. They make a date to meet up after school at the Avalon. BARF-O-RAMA!!!

Avalon - Counter of Crime Recaps. Billy comes in and asks Courtney and Arseman if the rumors are true. They confirm that Amanda was the culprit behind NecklaceGate. Billy says he could've told them she wasn't very nice. Oh, calm down, Billy. Just because she didn't want to go out with your stupid ass doesn't mean Amanda is pure evil. Still, he can't believe Amanda would do something like this. Nobody can, because she has no discernible motive to do so. Great job, writers!

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Roxanne walks over to Brooke and sits down. Um... sure.  It's the last episode of the season. Let's pretend these two know each other and are on good enough terms to have a casual conversation. They discuss Amanda and NecklaceGate. It's all anyone can talk about.  Brooke tries to make Amanda's personal shame all about her and Roxanne is not here to deal with that level of bullshit. Roxanne decides that Amanda is almost as horrible as Brooke, but not quite as bad. Brooke is so insulted! 

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Brooke storms over to Amanda and wants to know why she stole the necklace. There's no reason. We're never going to find out how, or why, or when Amanda took the necklace. No explanation will ever be offered. It's just what happened. After this episode, we'll never hear about it again and Amanda won't make any appearances in Season 3. We accept it and move on. Meanwhile, Amanda is so over Brooke, and tells her to stuff a sock in it! I love that line: Stuff a sock in it!

Hillside - Boys Locker Room. Dave's stalking of Matt leads to him confronting Matt in the locker room. Matt is kinda bored with basketball, now that the team's season has spanned 2 years and 26 episodes of this show. Matt looks depressed, so Dave thinks this is a great time to ask him if he's drinking again. Great idea, Dave! Matt loves talking about his sobriety. He's not drinking, though! Not yet, anyway. Matt confides in Dave that he misses Ashley and wants her back. Dave encourages him to go for it. Terrible advice, Dave! Thanks!

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Billy is talking to John about how good the band is and yadda yadda yadda, it's the worst scene ever on this show. Billy tries to tell John that Dylan's band is like the Beatles but John doesn't know who the Beatles were. OH, FOR THE LOVE OF- No more from John. I can't take him. Billy sees Courtney and wanders away from John. Hooray!

Billy wants to drop out of school and dedicate himself fully to the band - just like the Beatles! Courtney tells Billy that the Beatles didn't drop out of high school. Billy is disappointed. He was so ready to give up on Hillside. Suddenly, Amanda is standing there with them and Courtney and Billy feel hella awkward about it. Amanda tries to tell them they are horrible people for how they feel about her right now. Hold on. They ARE horrible people, but not because of how they feel about NecklaceGate. They try to keep Amanda calm, but she storms off in a huff. Amanda made absolutely no sense in that scene. This season finale is spinning wildly out of control, y'all.

Hillside - Stairway to Nowhere. Leah and John have a pleasant conversation about- Oh, HELL no. These two are alone together in a scene? They are supposed to carry it all by themselves? They can't do it. They're too young. They come up with an idea that they will be a younger band than the Beatles or Teenagers In Love and they are going to sound better and have huge success. Wait, are we gonna have to deal with TWO terrible bands now??

Avalon - Main Booth of Mopey Bandmates. Chris finds Arseman and wants her opinion on the gig. Arseman's opinion is that they are dissecting the gig like it's a dead frog in Biology Class. They should just enjoy that it was fun. Chris presses the issue of Billy being replaced on drums. He wants Arseman on board to dump him, but it's against everything she believes in. One not-horrible person still remains at this school! This is not the news Chris was hoping for, but he couldn't have been too surprised. Don't worry. He still has some tricks up his sleeve!

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Just a quick check-in on Janice Watch between Ashley and Courtney. No one has scene Janice all day and she's not answering her phone at home. Thanks for that important update, Ladies!

Dylan's Garage Band. Chris works a new angle to get Billy out of the band with Dylan. He tells Dylan that Jerry won't give them another gig at the Avalon if they keep Billy in the band. Dylan doesn't trust Chris's version of Jerry's words, because he knows Chris will lie to get what he wants. Chris makes his most impassioned plea yet to get Dylan to think about their futures and just get rid of Billy once and for all. Dylan finally seems to come around to the idea, saying he'll talk to Billy. WIll it happen before the end of the season? We're running out of time!

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Another ridiculous scene featuring John. He tries to tell Dave about his stupid new band, but Dave cannot be bothered. But oh - OH! - we are rewarded for our patience with one of the most ridiculous dream sequences ever on this show - and that's saying a lot. The girls are all screaming for John on stage like he's Harry Styles. At least they all seem to be enjoying themselves in this over-the-top fantasy. 

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Courtney and Janice finally cross paths again. Courtney is elated. Janice was just finishing up with her transfer papers in the office, but heard that Amanda confessed so now she's... not transferring? I have no idea. It's unclear and no one ever explains. Courtney apologizes for jumping to conclusions about Janice's guilt. Janice is just glad that people aren't mad at her anymore. They hug it out! Aww!!!

Dylan's Garage Band. Chris and Dylan are standing around listening to Billy ramble on about how amazing the band is and how they all have a future together. Billy wants to know what Jerry thought, and it becomes WAY too awkward for Chris and he bails. That's such bullshit. He led the campaign to get Billy ousted and he won't even stay around to see it happen? So weak, dude. So weak. That leaves Dylan to break the bad news to him. What does he say? We won't find out until Season 3!

Avalon - Counter of Crushed Hearts. Courtney and Janice are discussing Jake's impending return to school when Matt wanders over looking for Ashley. Matt is going to have to take a number, because Ashley is currently getting warm and cuddly with Chris in the pinball wizard room. Matt, crushed, staggers away. Courtney goes right back into her own thing, enlisting Janice's help in setting up Jake's Welcome Home Party. Never change, Courtney!

Matt wanders over to Ashley and begs her to go out with him again. He wants one more chance with her. WHAT?? Where is this coming from? He must really be desperate to do this. Why on earth would she suddenly want to date him again?  He just needs to make a clean break here. Matt invites her to Jake's Welcome Home party that Friday night, but it turns out she's already got a date - Chris! Matt is FLOORED. He wishes them both the best, but he don't mean it. Ashley is filled with regret and embarrassment for what she's doing with Chris, but she's made this decision for herself and won't take it back. The episode ends, the only way it could end - TO BE CONTINUED. 

Next Time on FIFTEEN: Season 3! All bets are off in terms or who's in, who's out and which plotlines will survive!

 

FIFTEEN: SEASON TWO, EPISODE TWELVE: THEY CAN'T PLAY WORTH BEANS!

Last time on Fifteen, Billy and Matt were both rejected by Ashley, Dylan and Chris were both rejected by Arseman, Courtney was rejected by both common sense and fashion and Janice was rejected by everyone at Hillside due to #NecklaceGate. Who will be told to step off this week?

Dylan's Garage Band. The band is practicing for their upcoming gig, and things are going pretty well considering how untalented they all are. When they finish, Dylan freaks out that it wasn't good enough. The rest of the band is like, "Well, at least we ended together... high fives?" But the pressure is getting to Dylan. He doesn't like that he and Chris ended on different notes even though they sounded good. Arseman patiently and hilariously explains to Dylan that people playing different notes that sound good together is the point of being in a band. This almost gets through to Dylan, but not quite. Tensions are HIGH.

Avalon - Counter of Casual Conversation. Ashley and Courtney talk about the band's upcoming gig, because that's the center of everyone's lives now. We also get an update on NecklaceGate, which is that there are no updates. Courtney still hasn't been able to talk to Janice. But it's Courtney, so do we really think she's made the effort? Ashley was sent away to boarding school and Courtney didn't make an effort to talk to her for weeks. NecklaceGate has only been going on for like 2 days, so I'm sure Courtney has done no outreach at all. Still, Ashley and Courtney agree the whole situation is lousy.

Dylan's Garage Band. The guys are getting into "costume" for the gig. They look hilarious. Why are they not wearing regular clothes like sane people would do? Arseman has the same question. The guys think she looks fine as is, but they got a costume for her anyway. It's a cheap bustier. I guess she's wearing her own pants? Or maybe no pants? Either way, Arseman informs them that if that's one of the costume pieces someone else will be wearing it.The bustier is cut. Arseman will wear her normal clothes.

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. A bunch of random guys talk about the band's upcoming gig, because why wouldn't they? This is BIG NEWS. Dylan and Chris come in and they are like, "yeah, whatever. we're rockstars now." Brooke and Stacy head them off at the stairs and tell them how excited they are to watch the show. Dylan gives them the fakest grin ever.  They are super fake nice to each other until Dylan leaves. Then Brooke spits out, "Of course it'll be a raging FLOP! They can't play worth BEANS!" It's her best line delivery of the season. 

Hillside - Loser's Lounge. Billy is practicing drumming on his books and his lack of technique is A BAD SIGN for what's to come. Courtney comes over and tries to be an encouraging big sister for the longest amount of time she has ever attempted to do such a thing. Billy is freaking out because he's finally admitted to himself the harsh truth that he is a terrible drummer and should not be in a band and should not be performing in public. Courtney boosts his confidence by reminding him of that time he peed his pants in kindergarten because he was afraid to play a turnip in the class play. How is this helping? Billy agrees to believe in himself if Courtney will just stop talking. Also, their dad continues to be the biggest deadbeat dad on the planet and is not coming to the concert even though he said he would. What a loser!

Elsewhere in the lounge near the benches, Ashley is giving a pep talk to Dylan. He too is now fully aware that the band is no good, but it's not like there's enough time to cancel the gig. Ashley tries to be supportive, but pretty quickly the conversation becomes about what a jerk Matt is. Way to make Dylan's anxiety be about your stupid ex-boyfriend problems, Ashley. That's some Courtney-level terrible right there.

Avalon, Gig Central. Billy, Arseman and Chris are setting up the band, when Dylan enters and freaks out on them because they are rearranging the set pieces without him. Arseman pulls Dylan aside and politely but firmly requests that he chill the fuck out. Seriously, it is their first gig and they know it means a lot to Dylan and they will all do their best for themselves and for him. It's a sweet sentiment, but Dylan is not going to calm down. I'm sure all that tension between him and the band will make their performance super-great!

Hillside - Stairway to Nowhere. Matt runs into Ashley who is more than happy to give him the cold shoulder. He asks if she is going to the gig, and OF COURSE she is. That's the whole scene? Really? Blink and you'll miss it.

Avalon. Gig Central. It's time for the gig. The whole cast is here! Scenes like this never happen. Sure, no one will really talk, but at least they are all present. Astonishing, There's even this girl named Roxanne, who is... Chris's best friend/random rocker chick? Does she go to the school? Never seen her around before. The band plays "Mama says be glad" AGAIN and it sounds... OKAY. When they finish, Dylan and Chris agree it wasn't very good, but they head into the second song anyway. 

Hillside - Stairway to Nowhere. The bandmates enter, shell-shocked from their first gig. They all know they could've been better, but the extras still want their autographs because there is no accounting for taste. The only person who thinks it went well is Billy. Big surprise. Courtney comes over to congratulate him and he goes completely bonkers talking about their next gig and the next and how he might drop out of school to go on tour. DELUSIONAL. Courtney manages to talk Billy back from the ledge. This poor kid, though. He is gonna completely lose it when he gets kicked out of the band for not being good at drumming.

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Courtney comes over to congratulate Arseman, but Arseman isn't really feeling it. She had fun, but she could tell they weren't very good. Finally, someone on this show isn't completely insane! Courtney insists she enjoyed the show and that they'll get better. Arseman is glad they're only doing it for fun, but they both know that won't be good enough for Dylan to be satisfied.

One table over in the lounge, Brooke and Stacy sit and discuss how the band did at the gig. Stacy liked them, but Brooke though it was terrible in every imaginable way. Stacy is really losing patience with how awful Brooke is, and begs Brooke to close her eyes and name one thing she saw that she liked that day. Brooke picks her own outfit. Stacy is initially flattered, thinking Brooke is talking about her clothes, but Brooke disabuses her of that notion, calling Stacy's outfit "tacky." Stacy suddenly has an elsewhere to be. Brooke tells her she'll see Stacy at the Avalon later, but I have a feeling Stacy will not be making that date.

Avalon - Main Booth of Motorcycle Bitches. Roxanne is giving Chris her assessment of the gig. She thought Arseman was fine and was at least having fun, unlike Chris and Dylan. She thinks Billy was the real weak link. Chris agrees. I think the weak link in this scene is Roxanne. Roxanne tells him that the band could be really great (unlikely) if they'd just change drummers. Chris now has renewed resolve to kick Billy out.

Hillside - Stairway to Nowhere. Ashley confronts Matt about how he thinks she's lying about nothing going on between her and Dylan. He apologizes. And then they spend a couple minutes chuckling about how Billy has a crush on her and is buying her presents. WTF? How did we get from there to here? These two are not going to reconcile. THEY. ARE. NOT!

Dylan's Garage Band. Dylan and Chris debrief about that afternoon's gig. Dylan is majorly disappointed. It's not at all what he was hoping for in terms of quality. Chris agrees, but believes they are not far off from where they need to be. They just need to change one thing. Dylan knows who has to go: Billy. This show has no great love for character continuity, but the one thing that has always been clear is that Dylan is very protective of Billy and he really did try to keep that insane no-talent in the band for as long as humanly possible. Try not to feel too guilty when you tear his heart out and stomp all over it, Dylan. 

Avalon - Main Booth of Thieves and Stolen Goods. Brooke cannot BELIEVE that Stacy stood her up for the after-school date that Stacy never agreed to. She complains to Amanda about it but Amanda doesn't care. Brooke asks to borrow Amanda's mascara and Amanda agrees. As Brooke goes to open Amanda's bag, Amanda remembers that she is a thief and Courtney's stolen necklace is in her bag. She asks Brooke not to open the bag. So Brooke decided to dump the whole thing out and there's the necklace! Amanda freaks out. Brooke is delighted. She cannot believe her little sister has caused so much trouble for Janice and Courtney. Amanda begs Brooke not to tell anyone, but Brooke has been craving an opportunity for revenge this sweet all season. Doesn't matter though. Before they can strike a deal, Courtney and Arseman enter and see the necklace. Amanda swears she didn't do it and runs off. Sorry Amanda, that move looked a lot more convincing when Janice did it a few episodes back. Courtney gets the necklace back! All is repaired! Hooray!

Next Time, on FIFTEEN. It's the SEASON FINALE! Everything that doesn't get resolved will be completely abandoned when Season 3 starts. Cross your fingers for the closure you're hoping for!

FIFTEEN: SEASON TWO, EPISODE ELEVEN: A PIZZA A DAY KEEPS ARSEMAN OKAY

Last time on Fifteen: Courtney got her grandmother's necklace and immediately lost it. Janice got friends and immediately lost them. Dylan and Chris got a lead singer and immediately lost her respect. Who will learn the hard way that you don't know what you've got til it's gone this week? 

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Courtney and Arseman are still recovering from the shock that Janice might have stolen Courtney's necklace. They are pretty sure that she did it, but they don't want to believe it's true. They just don't understand why she ran off when Brooke accused her, if she was really innocent. Duh! She ran off because the writers required her to do so! Brooke comes in and goes on about how sad it is that Janice betrayed Courtney and stole the necklace. Her over-the-top antics, push the girls toward believing Janice is innocent, just to spite Brooke. But they won't know for sure until they can talk to Janice, and nobody knows where she is. Maybe she ran off to pawn the necklace while she still had the chance? No! She didn't do it! Did she?

Avalon - Main Booth of Mopey Teenagers. Ashley is telling Dylan how things have not improved between her and her parents. You might have forgotten this was a key point of tension in the beginning of Season 2, since no one has mentioned it for several episodes. It's still a big problem though! Dylan continues to advise Ashley to give no fucks about her parents' opinions. But Ashley does still have fucks to give about her parents and her schoolwork. Chris comes over from the counter and he and Dylan switch places. Then Ashley has the exact same conversation with Chris that she had with Dylan! Then she kinda flirts with him and forgives him for being a jerk when he came on to her at Dylan's garage last episode. They are totally going to start dating. Gross.

Hillside - Losers Lounge. NecklaceGate Update! No one has turned in the necklace to the main office at school. Courtney is becoming more certain that Janice is the culprit. Arseman remains doubtful despite the circumstantial evidence. From across the room, we hear Chris shouting about the lack of entries in the name the band contest. Why isn't anyone interested in naming a band that barely exists and probably sounds terrible? He can't understand it! The girls go back to talking about NecklaceGate. Dylan comes over and starts laying the compliments on thick with Arseman. Arseman's like, "This is the shit I've been telling you about." to Courtney. After a few more of his over-the-top declarations, Arsmean bails and Courtney tells Dylan to give up on whatever it is he's trying to do. As the girls walk down the hall, they get assaulted by Chris who is also trying to woo Arseman in the most absurd way possible. She begs him to leave her alone and suggests they all pretend they don't exist to each other outside of band rehearsal. Fine be me. Or even give up the band completely and never interact again!

Hillside - Stairs to Nowhere. Courtney splits off from Arseman and finds Billy sitting on the stairs. She reminds him that he's having dinner with her and their mom tonight. Billy's not looking forward to it, since his dad always gives him a hard time about seeing them. This is to remind us that Courtney and Billy have DIVORCE PROBLEMS. The writers are revisiting all sorts of forgotten plot lines in this episode! Billy briefly brings up NecklaceGate but Courtney demands he not say anything to either parent about it. Then she asks him WTF is up with Dylan and Chris, and while he makes a feeble attempt not to spill the beans, he does eventually tell her all the details about the bet over Arseman. That shit is about to blow up in both their faces. Hooray!

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Billy leaves Courtney and runs into Ashley. He hems and haws and stammers his way through saying nothing to her. She wants to go get a soda and for him to stop bothering her. She shows him where her books are and while her back is turned, he leaved the wrapped up scarf with her things. Smooth move, Billy. 

Avalon - Main Booth of Mighty Questionable Plot Exposition.  Amanda is sitting with some extras and telling them about how the principal phoned Janice and told her she was accused of theft. This has to be all lies. How on Earth would Amanda know any of that? Amanda claims that Janice told her herself, but that doesn't make any sense either. Amanda is totally lying. Brooke stalks over to them and declares that nothing will happen to Janice unless she confesses or someone gets a search warrant to go through her house. It all seems unlikely, but Brooke declares she always knew that Janice was that kind of person.

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Ashley has unwrapped the package and wrapped its contents around her shoulders. Courtney and Ashley try to discover who the secret admirer is who left the scarf. Courtney is on the right track thinking it's Billy, but Ashley thinks that's totally ridiculous. She thinks it might be Chris, but Courtney thinks that is more ludicrous of a guess than Billy. For once, we agree! Chris would never be that considerate, plus he has his energy focused on the bet over Arseman.  They deduce it must be Mel Gibson then, but if that's the only other option, I think she'd be better off in the long run with either Billy or Chris. 

Ashley goes to her locker and who should be lurking there, but Billy! He finally gets around to telling Ashley the scarf is from him and it is a reflection of his feelings for her. Ashley turns around and LAUGHS IN HIS FACE. You might not be surprised to learn that this is not the reaction Billy was hoping for. He runs off and Ashley just laughs and laughs, as she tries out what acting like a horrible person feels like for her.

Avalon - Main Booth of Men and Boys. Dylan tells Billy he should've told him who he had a crush on, because if he knew it was Ashley, he would've shut that whole thing down, Todd Akin-style. This seems to make sense to Billy. His big lament right now is how much money he lost on the scarf. Dylan's like, "live and learn." But these kids never learn anything.

Hillside - Locker Labyrinth. Courtney fills in Arseman about the details of the bet between Chris and Dylan. Arseman is more on the amused side of exasperated, and is mostly just glad to know what exactly is going on so that she can take them both down in an appropriate fashion. And of course she knows exactly what she's going to do because Arseman is smarter than the rest of this group of kids put together.

Hillside - Losers Lounge. The "Name the Band" contest continues to be a big bust. Dylan, Billy and Chris read through the awful submissions until Chris bails to spare himself from the torture. Arseman shows up, and instead of listening to the stupid names, she sends Billy away and gets to work on Dylan. She makes him believe that she's interested in him and wants to go on a date with him. Dylan eats this up because he is a total idiot. In his defense, I guess Arseman is pretty good at hiding her contempt for him in this moment. He's going to meet her at the Avalon after today's rehearsal.

Avalon - Counter of Confrontation. Dylan is talking up how good the band is gonna be to Jerry, when Matt comes up to him. Matt is no longer lumbering about like Frankenstein. He's angry again. He wants Dylan to tell him if there's something going on between him and Ashley. OMG, THIS AGAIN? Dylan can't believe it either. Ashley already told Matt nothing was going on. Matt just can't drop it. He thinks Ashley is lying or something. Who even remotely cares? Matt's an idiot.

Dylan's Garage Band. The band practices and doesn't sound good but Dylan doesn't care because he thinks he won the bet with Chris and nothing will ruin his mood. While Dylan is distracted fixing his amp, Arseman swoops in and tells Chris that they have to meet later at the Avalon later that night to discuss the connection that's going on between them. Chris is excited about it, because Chris is an idiot too. 

Hillside - Losers Lounge. Janice is cleaning out her locker when Amanda comes over. They are at school WAY late, if this is happening after Dylan's band's practice which started at 4pm. Amanda is shocked to learn that Janice is transferring out of school, except she already told all those people at lunch that was in fact what Janice was doing. I don't understand Amanda at all. Anyway, Janice is leaving and Amanda is suddenly sad about it even though she has seemingly always hated Janice. Let's just move along.

Avalon - Main Booth of Bet Losers. Chris is waiting for Arseman when Dylan comes in. They both think they've won until Arseman enters and declares them both losers. She tells them off, and tells them if they don't stop their stupid bullshit she's leaving the band. For now, she's getting them their pizzas and sodas and they are going to eat every bite in one sitting. The boys are put in their place, but Arseman also inadvertently gives the band their name, "Teenagers in Love." It's perfectly stupid, so it fits, I guess.

The One Store At The Mall Where Everyone Shops. Amanda find Brooke shopping and tries to throw shade at her. Then immediately tries to seek advice from Brooke. Well it's not really advice. She tries to get Brooke to tell her it doesn't matter that Janice is leaving Hillside over NecklaceGate. At this point, it's clear that Amanda stole the necklace, right? Or she at least knows who has it. But Brooke can't figure out Amanda's deal at all, and I can't say I blame her. She has no consistent character motivation over the course of a scene, forget about an entire season's arc.

Avalon - Main Booth of Men Eating Pizzas. Arseman, Courtney and Ashley look on with delight as Chris and Dylan stuff themselves with pizza to the point of vomiting. 5 people in a scene together! We are definitely getting to the end of the season as the multiple character scenes increase in frequency. Unfortunately, at this point there is a skip in the recording and we miss part of the scene, but it ends with Matt leaving the Avalon really sad after talking with Ashley. If my memory from watching this 20-something years ago is correct (and why wouldn't it be, this was something truly important stuff to commit to my brain) Matt apologizes for thinking she was lying about Dylan and being a jealous asshole and then laments that things are really over between them and Ashley tells him they are. They have this conversation a lot though, so that's not such a wild guess on my part. Anyway, the episode is over! Hooray!

Next time, on Fifteen: The band finally has its gig at the Avalon. NecklaceGate is finally sorta solved! Stacy finally realizes that Brooke is a totally worthless human being! With only two episodes left, it's time to wrap this up!