The Other Way; S2, EP 12

Deavan & Jihoon:

The suspenseful cliffhanger from last week “What Ever Happened to Baby Drascilla??” unfolded before our very eyes…… and yet, I’m still confused.It appeared that Jihoon was swinging Drascilla around when she asked to be put down. He had put her down, and she took off running like Paul in the Amazon. Deavan was busy putting Taeyang in the car, and her mother wasn’t close by, so she yelled for Jihoon to get Drascilla as she was headed towards a busy street. Jihoon sprinted after her, but apparently stopped for a second to fight with Deavan because he was feeling belittled, before heading to Drascilla. When they finally retrieved her, Deavan and her mom Elicia were rightfully shaken but somehow it was all Jihoon’s fault. 

Poor Jihoon was crying hysterically (which you know his mother does not tolerate) as he sat in a parking lot with Deavan, apologizing. He also admits the way that she belittles him has been hard for him… ya know he’s still new to this whole adulting thing. He was at home having poodle fashion shows when Deavan came along and now they expect him to like…do things. She seems immune and unaffected by Jihoon’s sobs, unlike his own mother who is screaming at him from the sidelines “Ain’t nobody got time for that!!”

Jihoon decides that he would like to apologize to Elicia, who was clearly disturbed from the situation. For some reason they are still using that faulty translator, which didn’t seem to help any cause in the previous episodes, as Elicia yells at Jihoon again for being immature and irresponsible. While it is true that Jihoon shouldn’t have taken a break from “operation rescue Drascilla” to turn around and yell at Deavan for yelling, Her mother should have been watching her better as well. These two seem to keep pushing forward, but Jihoon is never making it out of the doghouse, let’s be honest. Flat tire? Jihoon did it. He should’ve known there were potholes. Got a hangnail? Jihoon really should have had nail clippers if he wants to have a family. Tornado? Jihoon should have researched weather patterns before Deavan moved to Korea. (Even if the tornado didn’t happen in Korea). Coronavirus?? It’s obvious he caused this pandemic…. 

Ariela & BBB:

Baby Boy Biniyam is hanging out with his sisters at a cafe, giving them an update on the status of Ariela/Mother Ariela’s trip. BBB’s family is worried that history will repeat itself, and Ariela will end up moving back to America, taking the baby with her. The family also thinks it’s important for Ariela to understand their culture and religion, and the baby should be raised with these beliefs (Needless to say, they won’t be invited to the Bris). Every week it just seems more and more like Ariela and BBB have never had an actual conversation. 

Baby Boy convinces Ariela to go to church with him, and buys her a scarf to wear for the occasion. He wraps her up so she will fit right in, as they stroll into the church. The priest gives them the unsettling news that baptising the baby would only be possible if the mother is Christian, but he actually said “the baby must suckle from a Christian breast”. Unless BBB starts hormone therapy now, it doesn’t look like that’s going to happen. He claims that having his son baptized is “his only dream” (Conveniently forgetting about his dream of playing Johnny Castle in Ethiopia’s very Off Broadway performance of “Dirty Dancing”… now with more butt bongos!).   Ariela is JUST NOW starting to realize that this may not work, and they might not be the right people for each other. It’s probably a little late for this epiphany, but it looks like next week mom is flying home and Ariela is going to have to be with short-haired, no abs Biniyam indefinitely. She just needs to remember….Nobody puts Baby in the corner!

Karmando:

Team Karmando is having a celebratory dinner at a nice restaurant after last week’s engagement. Armando seems genuinely so touched that Kenneth put the whole surprise together, along with coordinating his friends Charles and Rita being there. Armando admits that he wants to move forward slowly with telling his parents about the engagement. They first need to meet Kenny, in all of his flawless skincare glory, and process that, before they are ready to hear that their son is about to be a married man. That is literally all that happened. I couldn’t even give the fly swatter of shame to anyone. (I’ll just give one to Jihoon, just because).  

Brittany & Yazan:

Brittany seems to be really feeling herself in the Hijab, learning to focus on lashes and brows instead of weave. Yazan picks her up at the apartment, super excited to see her dressed in traditional garb from head to toe. Brittany is nervous that Family Yazan is going to get all scary screamy at her again but she is willing to give it another go, now that Yazan’s cool hip uncle is involved. They show up to the Family Yazan’s house and sit down in the same living room for round 2. Uncle Yazan explained that the couple have intentions of marrying, but Brittany must first get acclimated to their culture and customs before she can make that commitment…. And ya know, get rid of her social media. Yazan chimes in that he’s still working on her, and they would like to move the deadline from three days to convert to a month, when Brittany’s father comes to town. Yazan’s father was skeptical at first, but he decided to approve their request, even with Yazan’s headless mother still flailing in disapproval. Brittany apologized for coming off as disrespectful on her last visit (though I’m sure it was actually Jihoon’s fault…), and they accepted. The couple thanks them for granting their request, and it seems that things are calm for at least this week. I’m sure there will be more drama, give it a minute. 

Jenny & Smit:

Jenny and Smee were going to get fired from the show if they didn’t find a new topic of conversation (By me. I was going to fire them. I’m not trying to start rumors…). So they decided they should paint an accent wall. When I said last week that I would rather watch them do anything besides talk about their forbidden relationship, it included this. 

Sioux-me bought a big tub of white paint with a pigment to add, turning it a weird color. He of course forgot to get a paint stirrer, so Jenny- who must’ve been a former girl scout, was very resourceful, and got a tree branch to mix the color. We were about 1 minute into the fascinating wall painting segment and possible HGTV spinoff before Stew Meat brings up…. HIS PARENTS AND THEIR APPROVAL! I’m about to bang my head against their streaky red wall…… (which actually could be an improvement). Apparently the Family Summit is coming over next week to disapprove in person. Good times, can’t wait! I’m already picking out my outfit….

Unnoticeably missing this week were Cheesestick and Melysa, who were still working on coordinating the tour bus for Tim’s Infidelity Apology Tour.