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Is Rachel Goldberg the least predictable character in TV history?
I swore I was going to see it coming this time!
But once again, I didnt.
If there are no rules here,whats the point?
to the messiness around them.
That person, I thought, was Rachel.
Turns out, she is not.
the mind-numbing lithium).
She has to go.
He doesnt seem into it, though, trying Quinn for her password.
(Her password, as it turns out, is something he knows … but its not Quinn.)
Quinn is out for the day, convinced by Fiona to relax and take some time to herself.
Isnt she like a millionaire now?
(Rachel, in turn, puts Madison in charge.
She has to go talk to her mother.)
He seemingly forgets about asking her to do that and just goes to find Quinn.
Screw Virginia Woolf and her drag little room, she says.
This is a house, a palace, of my own.
Shes totally cool dying alone, she tells him, but were not sure if she means it.
It all sounds good, and Chet praises her for it.
Even if we know its not going to last.
Rachel says to Serena: Trust me, until you deal with the past, youre stuck.
Not too far from her own life, not too far at all.
Speaking of Rachels past, she heads back to her parents house to confront her mother.
She has a new therapist, and she doesnt need Olives manipulation in her life anymore.
Does this new therapist know what you were like as a child?
Too much for me to handle … too clever, too pretty for your own good.
You could talk anyone into anything.
What kind of mother is this?
Blaming her 12-year-old for the sexual assault she experienced at the hands of an adult?!
And when she walks out that door, shes free.
At least, thats what she thinks.
Naturally, Quinn and Rachel arrive just as this shitshow is going down.
Serena is breaking apart and theyre not happy.
You just destroyed Serena in front of the guys, that is not awesome, Quinn says.
Now Quinn and Rachel have a lot of fixing to do.
We are going to turn this around.
(Sound anything like the soul-searching that Quinn is doing on herself right now?
Its supposed to.)
But they also have to deal with the guys, who saw this entire thing with George go down.
Rachel puts on her Fixer hat.
She figures out that the guy datedevery single memberof a wedding party once (shitty!
), but then she pulls out the big guns: Youre adopted, right?
Is that why you find or make a problem in every relationship?
Because youre trying to protect yourself.
She reads him thoroughly: Hes just a scared boy who never belonged anywhere.
Nobody gets too close to him.
Her cold tone and the cruel reading sound awfully familiar.
What do you do when your own emotional scars are what you use to gain professional success?
Jay creates his own miniEverlastingfor Alexi, a.k.a.
lights and flowers in a truck.
Im not gay, Alexi scoffs to Jay, explaining that he was just trading sex for drugs.
A vengeful Jay tells Serena that he found coke in Alexis room, and she cuts him.
How are Jay and Quinn going to convince him to go along with their dance show now?
I have no idea.
Just me, or do we not really trust this guy?
Anyway, they hook up.
Rachel, still high from her newfound freedom, thanks Dr. Simon by kissing him.
It doesnt seem like shes better at all, crossing every single boundary she tries to set up.
He rebuffs her, but all she can do is give him a wicked smile.
She goes to find Alexi and kisses him instead.
That works and they hook up as a heartbroken Jay watches from the control room, of course.
OnEverlasting, there are eyes everywhere.
No one is to be trusted.
