Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 11

And now, finally, the pentultimate episode of Venice the Series: Season 4. Gina’s apologized to her family for acting bitchy and ungrateful when she came back from the dead. Ani discovered that Lara’s still drinking and responded by taking off her ring and walking out of the house.

The episode opens with Lara still sitting at the dining room table where she’d prepared a romantic meal for Ani and drinking. She picks up Ani’s ring and mulls it over for a while. She tries to fit it on her pinky finger with limited success and I’m struck by how tiny Jessica Leccia’s fingers must be. Lara begs Ani to come home. With the open bottle of something alcoholic on the table, it’s probably not the most logical plea, but Lara’s heart-broken, devastated and not in a logical place at all.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 10

Episode 10. It's getting near the end of the season. I would say that things are starting to heat up and plot points are coming together, but that's been happening all season long. Let's just see what the awesome Venice team has for us now!

Ha. Alan’s drinking in a bar and “working”. Jake skeeves on by to ask Alan if he’s heard. Alan almost makes me snort soda out of my nose when he counters by asking, “which thing?” It’s a nice meta tip of the hat to Venice’s usual insane plot twists.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 9

Welcome to this, the ninth recap of the fourth season of Venice the Series.

…which is way more welcoming than Gina’s being. We pick up where the last episode left off. Gina’s come back from the waiting room in the sky and is showing signs of waking up. The Colonel goes off to get a doctor, so Guya’s the only one who hears Gina tell Ani and Sarah to leave her alone. Guya seems horrified by what Gina’s saying or maybe she’s just relieved that Gina’s awake.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 8

Oh, look, me doing something in a timely manner. No one faint from the shock. Sadly I feel like I’ve already used that joke before in these recaps. At any rate, let’s do this.

We open to Owen and Gina in heaven and/or the great big waiting room in the sky. Gina is delighted to be there. Owen is delighted to see Gina. Owen and Gina do the quick catch up. Gina is so very delighted to see him, but has an awkward moment when she has to say that Owen is dead. Owen’s had time to adjust though, so he’s totally cool with it. He does have a minor freakout about Gina’s current state of liveliness though. Teddy reassures him that Gina’s not actually dead...yet. She still has a choice to make. ...which rapidly dissolves into the best kind of sibling bickering. Teddy has a headache already. I can’t blame him, but it’s awesome and so the Brognos. All this picture needs to be complete is some booze.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 7

Well Lara’s definitely done things that she can’t erase, but I have a feeling that she's going to try. ...And I'm still making bad opening credits song related puns. My bad. Let’s see what everyone's up to instead.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 6

M’kay, so now I’m clipping through these recaps at…a steady pace. I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Bad Jaina, no cookie. Episode Six opens with a reminder about That Damn Letter, that Lara is an unreliable source of information and that she played pyromaniac with said letter. Also that Gina wanted to propose to Ani but instead got her heart crushed at Ani’s engagement party to Lara. And fun times were had by all. Not.

Hi, Gina’s breast. Was I supposed to be looking at her face? I’m sorry. At any rate we don’t immediately find out who “It’s you” is that showed up at Gina’s door the night before. I’m betting it wasn’t Ani.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 5

Oh hai. Disappeared for three weeks, I did. Talk like Yoda for this whole recap I will not. So I could give a litany of excuses and good reasons why I’m three – almost four! – weeks behind on this whole recap shenanigan situation, but I think I’ll just skip it and not bore you guys with the details. Suffice it to say there were reasons. It wasn’t just my usual lazy procrastination. And with that on to the recap!

When last I watched Venice…Owen was dead, Gina’s daughter was crashing Venice Beach, Richard was being inappropriately pushy, The Colonel was being fucking awesome, Lara and Ani were being by turns sad, cute, manipulative and a little cheat-y. And then Gina had to go and get it into her head that what she needed to do was stop being a coward and go propose to Ani. This led to one of the most awkward scenes ever and that’s where we pick up - The Most Awkward Scene Ever.

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 4

"Moron."

It's a great opening and Brandon's totally defeated "The hell did I do?" is the perfect response. But. Poor Brandon. Sounds like dude's got problems at home for sure. Dana's joining Gina in the "has an ex-boyfriend and has problems with them club". Brandon just needs to come up with answers for Guya about Owen, only he's concerned that she won't like them when she gets them. The "Dude, you'll do your job, just like you always do" made Dana sound like stoner!cop, which I feel like might be a completely different (and awesome) show. Spin off?

Venice the Series: Season 4, Episode 3

Better late than never, right? Real Life has been kicking my ass this past week and I was finally able to kick back enough to find some free time, so let’s do this.

This week’s episode feels shorter than the previous two this season, even though the run time is about the same as last week. Not in a bad way, but in a gone-too-soon, left-wanting-more kind of way - like Owen. Owen’s never been more present than he is this season, and I’m not even counting the Heaven scenes.

When I wished last week that Episode 3 would pick up where Episode 2 had left off, I was thinking about Gina and Ani in bed, not so much Lara being furtive with her trash, but here we are. It’s a good place to pick back up.

Venice the Series: Season Four, Episode Two

Sad Venice is sad. If I was feeling lazy that could be my entire recap. As it is, I’m trying to work on that whole laziness thing so let’s do this.

Venice the Series: Season Four, Episode 1

Oh hell yes, Ladies and (presumed) gentlemen! Venice the Series is back with the first episode of its fourth season. Let's do this.

We open with scissors, very important scissors. Everything is in slow motion, the sound faded out. Sami is coming up behind Owen, and, well, we all know what's about to happen. Owen gets stabbed. The Colonel comes in, calls 9-1-1. The news is all bad. Owen is in mortal peril. We've seen this. What we don't know is what's coming next.