They're Playing Her Song - Recap

The girls are driving down PCH with the top down, enjoying the beautiful
day, when Adrianna's song starts playing on the radio. It looks like
they're blowing past their beach, but Naomi says she's making a pit stop
to pick up Ivy. Annie says Ivy cheated on Dixon, but Naomi knows it's
not as simple as that. Oscar manipulated Ivy, and she really needs a
friend right now. Ivy offers to drive herself, since it looks like her
board won't fit, but Annie says they'll make it work. Everybody jumps
out, and they fit her, and her board, in.

Navid asks Dixon to quiz him on calculus. He refuses. Teddy walks up, he
just got back from visiting his dad on set. He apologizes for driving
high, and says it won't happen again. They accept. The guys go their
separate ways, and Navid walks right into Erin. They're both uncomfortable.

Deb and Ryan are interviewing nannies. The woman they are talking to
sounds absolutely amazing. Ryan hires her without further ado. Deb says
the 9th one is the charm. They are both relieved to have found someone
who seems perfect. Ryan was highly anxious when Jen left, and now he's
down to moderately panicked.

Navid gets home and finds his family sitting on the steps. His dad's
been in with the lawyers all day, and he wants to talk to Navid. His dad
confronts him about what he said to his guidance counselor. Navid admits
he may have said something. Now his dad is being investigated by the
authorities for child pornography, and he could go to jail.

Navid goes to see Adrianna. She's busily lying to Spin magazine about
the song she wrote (but she didn't). she finally notices that Navid is
preoccupied, and makes it all about herself. He has to yell over her to
get her attention. When he is ready to share, she takes another call,
this time from Victor, and heads out to be interviewed by Ryan Seacrest.
He says it's cool, and she says they'll have dinner later. When she's
not doing studio time. She blows him a kiss as she heads out the door.

Annie sees Charlie's new place, and meets his roommates. They all hang
out and chat, eat chips, and consider college possibilities. Annie
learns that one of his roomies is Charlie's ex-girlfriend.

Erin shows up in the media room, and goes to leave when she sees Navid.
He stops her and says they need to talk. He tells her he was feeling
really insecure, and it was just kind of weird. She agrees. There was
that whole thing with Joe Jonas, and - she was there for him, and he
mistook that for something else. Friends are bound to go through this
kind of thing, right? It's actually normal. Navid says yeah, of course;
that's where the term "friends with benefits" comes from. They're back
to normal, so he fills her in on the mess with his dad. He says he''ll
be fine, as long as he doesn't go home. She says they'll be fine. If he
thinks he screwed up, he should apologize.

Ryan is teaching his class when he's interrupted by the nanny. She has
an audition, and drops the baby with his daddy, heading out the door. He
continues the class with the baby strapped to his chest, which is
stressing the students. At a student's suggestion, he goes to check the
baby's diaper, and calls Deb while he's out there.

Annie and Naomi touch base about Charlie's ex-girlfriend being really
smart, cool, and threatening. Naomi says they should have the
mutually-exclusive chat. Plus, they need to start having sex.

Dixon, Liam and Teddy are at a restaurant, being served by a hot
waitress. Liam says Dixon should ask her out. You never know; sometimes
hot girls go out with ugly guys so they can have the upper hand. She
returns with Teddy's iced tea, and flirts with him. Even while she's
giving the other guys refills, she's making eyes at Teddy. Teddy says
they can have her. He's beat, and he's going to head home.

Navid finds his dad on the phone, and waits for him to finish. His dad
is very abrupt with him, even after he apologizes. His dad is angry
because Navid couldn't keep his big mouth shut. Navid sets the record
straight. Dad is not in trouble because of Navid. He's in trouble
because he broke the law. His dad can't hear it, and orders Navid to leave.

Teddy is parked outside a gay nightclub. He goes in.

Naomi shows Annie the lingerie she bought so she could lock Charlie
down. They toss everything back in the bag when Deb gets home. She's
wondering if Naomi is staying for dinner. Annie says no, they're doing
dinner and a movie out, tonight. Naomi says Deb doesn't need to be sad.
She can totally make dinner for her another night. After Deb leaves,
Annie tells Naomi she's not wearing pasties. Okay, what about edible
underwear. She didn't bring any, but she does know where to get them.
Annie can't take it anymore and tells Naomi she's got it covered. She'll
be fine.

Ryan shows up to pick up Jack. He apologizes for being late, as tonight
was parent-teacher conferences. She's lined up more interviews for
tomorrow. After they chat a bit, they realize they can fit their lives
together somewhat. She's tired of cooking for one, and he had microwave
popcorn for supper. Dinner it is.

Navid and Adrianna arrive and have to wait at the bar for an opening.
Navid gives the host $20, The host tells Navid he still has to wait 30
minutes. Adrianna's entourage is there for dinner, and she introduces
Navid to them. Her publicist, Renee, points out that not only is THAT
(pointing at Adrianna) Adrianna Tate-Duncan, so is (pointing at the
speakers) THAT. The host says of course he has a table, one moment.
Renee says forget it. Navid and Adrianna will be joining them at their
table. The host will, of course, comp their meal. When she returns to
Adrianna, she tells her that this is going to work out really well. A
couple of big-time producers are going to be there tonight. If they will
collaborate with Adrianna, it's game over. Adrianna asks Navid if he
minds, and he says no. Of course not.

Deb and Ryan are doing the dishes together while he tells her what a big
improvement over microwave popcorn that meal was. Sometimes he even adds
cheez whiz, and that still doesn't compare to this. He hasn't had a
home-cooked meal in forever. Deb hasn't had adult company in forever.
Ryan gets it, since he works with teens. He's just grateful she hasn't
said "like" or "totally" yet. Deb retorts that "The night is still like,
totally young." She admires his drying technique, but he compliments the
washer. She wonders if it's pathetic that the first compliment she's had
in what seems like forever is on her dish washing technique. Ryan adds
that she had a great smile. When she grins, he says "See? It's really
great." They kiss, and it very quickly becomes passionate, as he lifts
her to the counter.

Teddy is drinking at the bar. A gentleman joins him and says hi,
introducing himself as Jeff. Teddy says it's his first time here, and
he's just leaving. When he asks for the check, he finds his wallet is
missing. He calls Dixon, who was just about to ask the hot waitress for
her number. Teddy's wallet is sitting on the chair. Dixon offers to
bring it to him. Teddy says he just found money in his pocket. He's
calling from the gas station. He'll get his wallet tomorrow from Dixon,
at school. He tells the bartender he'll be back tomorrow with the money,
but the bartender tells him no. He needs to come up with the cash.

Adrianna's party is going to move to voyeur. She invites Navid, but he's
just received a text from his mom telling him to go home. He assumes
it's so his dad can yell at him some more. Adrianna asks if this means
he won't be joining them and he says no, remember? He has stuff going on
at home. Stuff that he has been trying to discuss with her. Adrianna
excuses herself for five minutes but Navid says forget it. He'll head
home, they'll talk later. He says it was nice meeting everybody, but
nobody answers. Navid leaves.

Deb and Ryan unexpectedly made love. They figure they were lonely and in
need of adult company. He hugs her, and lets himself out. He comes back
to get Jack.

Teddy does the smart thing and calls Ian. He shows up and settles the
tab. Teddy says he'll pay him back, but Ian says it's all good. He's
swaying a bit when he stands up, so Ian tells Teddy he'll be driving him
home.

Charlie puts on some music for Annie. He says he has a lot to teach her
about classic R&B. She says she'll be his student. Annie goes in the
bathroom to get ready for time with Charlie. Wen she comes out, she sees
all his roommates and slams her way back into the bathroom, humiliated.

Navid comes home so he can be yelled at again. His mom tells him his
dad's records were subpoenaed. His dad was afraid he'd get sent to jail,
so he went back to Iran.

Annie comes out right after Charlie walks out all the roomies. They're
both very embarrassed. He thought they were taking things slower, and
was very surprised by her moving things forward. She thought he wanted
things moved forward. Annie sets the record straight. She's only had sex
with one person. She was feeling very intimidated by Julia. Naomi told
her she needed to "lock Charlie down" and have sex to stake her claim.
It sounds so stupid when she says it. Charlie says no, it doesn't. He
just wishes she could have told him. If they're dating, they need to be
able to talk about anything. She wonders how he got his scar. He doesn't
have to tell her. Charlie says no, she's right. They have to be honest
with each other. He tells her about how his uncle was a mean drunk who
would take a whack at him now and then. He didn't want to stop going to
the lake house, because sometimes he'd see his dad there. The last time
he went there, his uncle took a belt to him. Annie thanks him for
telling her. He asks if she still wants to lock him down, and she says
definitely. Charlie is happy to hear it.

Teddy thanks Ian for the lift. He says he doesn't know what's going on
with him; he's confused. Ian already knew that. He asks Teddy if he is
newly confused, or has been for awhile. Teddy guesses that it's been
awhile. He admits that he didn't get kicked out of school for having
girls in his room. It wasn't girls. It was his roommate. He had a crush
on him. He thought it might pass, might go away. But it didn't. Ian says
it won't, either. Teddy thanks him for the ride.

Navid arrives to talk to Silver. She lets him in.

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