I found your random 90210 references in this and your Greek review amusing in light of the fact that most of the target audience for these shows was probably born during that primogenital show’s run.So far we only have Kaylie, and we’d love to get started…. The dialogue sounded especially bad when Emily and her family quoted the full dialogue from online posters, complete with user name attribution, while they were all looking at the screen.Īpparently, the Pizza Shack is the sole source of secret jobs for moonlighting gymnasts in this sleepy Colorado town. Summer still thinks of her work as temporary, so it is established. Either way, with Payson out, I’m not sure why Kim is so eager to take up the role again, unless it’s to support Becca. Is the gym manager a paid position? I had assumed it was helmed by a volunteer last season because they suddenly needed a replacement to take over and Sasha asked Kim because she was the best candidate of the people he knew from the gym, rather than hiring a stranger.

Wow, that was bad, considering it had a greater than average emphasis on the gymnastic routines I want to see. And then she suddenly got very Emily Valentine. Until Lauren started her mental calculations and said something about Carter being on the same shift as Emily. His pining over Kaylie and scowling at Nicky is getting annoying, but I thought maybe he’d be onto something new. Seriously, what happened to Emily being the focal point of this show? How far the mighty have fallen.Ĭarter’s development held some interest in it, and I liked how he got a job to support himself. The fact that she got stuck on the word “unrefined” as she searched the Internet for references to herself was just really weak, and a waste of all of our time. You lose the ability to call yourself “underdog” when you’re on the National team, whether you’re first or last on the roster. The Kaylie and Nicky drama bored me last night, whereas the Emily nonsense was so stupid that I think I have to comment on it, if only to mention how stupid it was. I’ll repeat that I like Summer a lot, but the foundation for her role is eroding. I mean, other than when she said that she has “plenty of time” to help out. Did he endear himself to you when he unexpectedly acknowledged the inevitable high school cliches we were about to endure, or was your favorite Ike moment when he ended up with the expected beer and pot social group? Payson has the opportunity to be a tremendous character … I hope that’s not wasted.Īlthough now that Payson’s in school, why exactly is Kim not able to return to The Rock at least part-time? I know, I’m sorry, but it just sounds like the writers see the hole in the plot here, and therefore need to continuously substantiate why she’s not working. Who not only is a bad idea for Payson, but is also a terrible character helming an awful story line for her. And that boils down to one thing: Ike, the counter-culture version of Not-Razor. Or maybe you’d prefer evaluating from the 10 Things I Hate About You angle - the movie, not the poor excuse for a show rip-off. Who happens to be the cliche from hundreds of high school movies, but we’ll ignore her for now because of how stupid the character is. So maybe you’d prefer the Bring It On-style face-offs that Kaylie and Lauren brought with them when they picked Payson up from school and ran into her nemesis. No? Sad, lonely girl finds herself an outcast in a new school, and re-discovers her passion with the help of an unlikely partner? The first was just a thought, that her story was going to become Save the Last Dance. And just like that we’re about to discover what life is like on the other side for a fallen athlete.Īt least I saw a few movie homages in there. With Payson no longer at the gym, the entire reason for her home-schooling disappears. It’s so simple, and makes so much sense, and yet the thought never even crossed my mind.

So far, I couldn’t see how that story was going to develop.Īnd then last night’s episode began, and Payson was on her way to school for the first time since the sixth grade. It was in the back of my mind these last few weeks, but only so far as I regularly evaluated her plot against the idea.

When I heard that Payson would develop a life outside of the gym this season, I honestly didn’t give the “how” or “what” much thought.

Payson from make it or break it