Under One Roof
Busy is practicing with Neon Vomit in her garage this time because it is convenient to the storyline. Her family appears with a large banner with "Viva Ramone" printed on it. Dom rightly insults Neon Vomit's playing and Sam suggests they play an Italian melody like O So Lo Mio. As her parents dance around, Busy embarrassedly mutters apologies to her friends. Oh, and there is some audition coming up, as well as the Ramones' family reunion.
Amanda commiserates with Busy about embarrassing parents. Sam and Lucy have invited Amanda to reunion either because she has no life outside of Busy or because she wouldn't be in enough scenes in this episode otherwise.
Look at the Liz's hair in this scene! Here he is lecturing Busy for her choice of a veal sandwich by telling her disturbing facts about how the calves are treated before their slaughter. "Do you think they do that with chickens? I really like chicken," Amanda asks later while the girls are on their way to get Busy's nose pierced. Busy thinks Joanie's (the other girl in the band) looks cool. Would they really let a thirteen year old get her nose pierced without parental consent?
There are no comical trying-to-hide-the-nose-ring scenes here, which I appreciate. Sam flips out and forbids Busy to wear it while Frankie and Dom tease her about having a shiny booger.
Next Busy refuses to eat any steak and announces that she is a vegetarian. Dom teases some more and Frankie accuses her of being trendy. Sam, being a butcher, is offended by Busy's statements that eating meat is like murder. Busy sasses her father and ends up grounded, though the audition is the next day.
But Busy sneaks out anyway. The group lands the gig after the judges hear them play for only a few seconds. But surprise, surprise, the show has been moved to the same day as the family reunion.
When the family gets home, Busy takes out her nose ring and makes a show of saying how good the meat looks to butter up her parents for the coming blow. She slowly explains how she won't be coming to the reunion because of the show. Sam explodes in anger and says if his family can come from Italy, Busy can come from upstairs. Later Dom talks with her and asks that she give in and come to the party because it means so much to Sam.
Sam and Lucy try to reason with Busy and tell her how important the reunion is to them. Sam talks of the family he hasn't seen in years who are coming. They say they know how important music is to her and want her to play a drum solo at the reunion. Busy refuses, saying she wants to play with her band, and then insults her relatives. Sam tells her to go to the showcase because he doesn't want her at the reunion anymore.
Neon Vomit then gets some bad or good or maybe just convenient news, because it wraps up the conflict of the story really quick. The talent show has been canceled due to Ukrainian wedding season.
Some happy shots of the reunion, followed by Busy sadly looking out her window. I'm not sure what she's holding out for. She's not missing her show, and she was the one who acted like a little bitch to her parents. Amanda brings in some sort of meat sandwich and seems to convince Busy to come down and join the party.
Busy somehow manages to get Neon Vomit all together in time to play a punk version of O So Lo Mio at the reunion. Everyone dances and has a good time, and we can see a little bit of the Frankie/Amanda to come as they can be seen dancing together (not sure if that was intentional or not).
Although Busy and her father really only reconcile because of the convenience of the showcase being canceled, it was more realistic that way. Does anyone really think Busy (and especially her band) would give up the show to play at the reunion of their own accord?
Next episode: Busy almost gets raped while Frankie and Amanda get closer.
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