Is it great or terrible to be the subject of someone’s book?
Alison finds out the hard way.
Its an Alison/Cole split this week for an event-filled episode.
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And who saw allthiscoming?
Things there seem quite odd and strained.
Yvonne starts snapping at her immediately and we can see shes about three-quarters of the way through Noahs manuscript.
She throws a little passive-aggressive shade about Alisons short shorts and is generally unpleasant about just about everything.
Alison asks how Noahs book is, and Yvonne gives her a long look.
Alison works with Robert on his knee exercises, and hes as nice usual.
When she asks if Yvonne is mad at her, he assures her that shes not.
She goes back to her cabin, and Robert surprises her with a visit.
So, anyway, nice knowing you!
This is basically a more polite version of what happened with Pete, the wolf dog.
She runs up to the house to talk to Yvonne and figure out what sort of misunderstanding has occurred.
): This change of attitude is somehow coming from how shes been depicted in this book.
Quite frankly, Noahs book sounds sort of smutty!
Alison, understandably, is quite upset.
She packs a bag (also understandable) and catches sight of herself in the mirror.
She takes the subway to Fort Greene and I cant believe this one rings Helens bell.
Helen, looking as composed as usual, comes out.
Helen agrees with me.
Helen shuts this all down, incredibly coldly and with deadly accuracy.
And then you become the enemy just because you know who he is.
Alison is a wreck.
She gets on a train, looks at her engagement ring, and tosses it in her bag.
She takes off all her clothes, and her instructions are a simple: quick and quiet.
They get to it, though Cole is understandably freaked out by her insistence on calling him ranch hand.
Rich people and their working-man fantasies!
(She thinks this is hot, too.
It IS Cole were talking about here).
Scott Lockhart apparently sent over some agents to appraise it.
Cole is like, Ugh, get out of here like while I can still bear to be polite.
Scott has an investor, a hedge fund guy (holy hell, could this possibly be Max?
He needs a million dollars.
Cole is like, Uh, I sleep in a trailer, and you sleep on a boat.
Meanwhile, guess who Scott was with?
She and Cole share a rather hilarious neither-of-us-can-judge-each-other-can-we look.
Cole watches this deal go down and Luisa lose her mind over it, stomping right off the boat.
Cole, ever the gentleman, offers to go retrieve her work clothes off the boat.
Yeah, you guessed it.
As they drive, Luisa changes in the back seat, late for her shift at The End.
Cole starts to drive away and then thinks better of it.
He find Luisa behind the bar, and he settles in.
Hes clearly interested hopefully not just propelled along out of Scotty spite.
Night falls, and Cole is still chilling at the bar, finishing a meal, and drinking bourbon.
We learn that Luisa is from Ecuador.
Poor thing, she couldnt have known!
They share a nice moment as they drink to something else.
Cole drives home (good lord, after how many drinks!??)
with a smile on his face.
Shes feeling lost, and Cole is home and safe.
Scott Lockhart comes stumbling up, clearly wondering if Cole has brought Luisa home with him.
Cole wont let him in which enrages Scott further.
She is mine, says Scott, going full caveman.
And he gets all pushy and shovey, and thats when he sees Alison appear wrapped in a blanket.
We cut to the future, and we see detective whatshisname and lawyer Toby meeting at a restaurant.
He gestures around him.
The detective leaves, and guess who offers the expensive lawyer a menu and a phone number?
And oh my goodness, the restaurant is now called Lockharts Lobster Roll!
