S3E2: “The Stingers Hit Town (Part 2)”

Synopsis: In Season 3, episode 2: “‘The Stingers Hit Town,’ Riot wants Jem to leave Rio for him, and Eric Raymond is willing to do anything to get The Stingers to sign with his company. Meanwhile, Pizzazz is still lovesick over Riot and has to choose between him and The Misfits.”

Stay tuned for an action packed episode.

Episode 55 (S3E2) is written by Christy Marx. This week’s Show Notes were written by Tempest.

We open where we left off last week: Jem getting kissed by Riot. He actually gets in a bit of tongue action before Jem pushes him away, saying “I can’t do this. I can’t.”

Riot is bad at taking no for an answer. He says he is the perfect man, she is the perfect woman, and they belong together. Uh huh. Jem says they gotta go.

Jem brings up Jerrica’s offer again and Riot mollifies her by saying he’ll take a look at it. As they’re driving back home, Riot says that He Must See Her Again while kissing her hand. Jem says, “How can I resist?”

Y’all, this woman flip flops more than the footwear of the same name. One second she’s pushing him away, the next second she’s all charmed by him. She seems unconcerned with his lack of consent boundaries.

Meanwhile, Rio and Minx have been club hopping, looking for Jem and Riot. Rio is piiiiisssed and ready to go home, Minx is still desperately throwing herself at him. After he tells her no for the 17 billionth time, she yells that he will never get Jem back from Riot because Riot is too perfect, then she goes home in a cab because that’s what you do when a man won’t let you climb into his pants.

At the Gabor estate, Pizzazz is stressed to hell because Riot isn’t back yet. So many people with the same feelings in this episode. Rapture says she can show Pizzazz the way to win him by doing exactly what she says. When the other Misfits object, Pizzazz shoves poor Stormer and tells her to shut up. Wow. Pizzazz is deep in.

Of course, Rapture being the sociopath she is forces Pizzazz to wear a ridiculous babydoll dress and do up her hair like… I don’t even know what to call that. She claims this will make her look innocent and pure, which will appeal to Riot. Then Rapture blends up a concoction that is designed to make Pizzazz throw up, which she then does. Why did she drink a thing that included raw eggs, raw liver, carrots, sugar, olive oil, and a “Roma” love powder? Pizzazz should be able to spot this bullshit right off, but as the first song points out, she is Lovesick.

Misfits music video: “Lovesick.”

The other Misfits peace out, as they can’t stand to see Pizzazz like this.

Minx gets back and she’s mad about Rio but her mood quickly turns to mirth when she sees Rapture putting ridiculous makeup on Pizzazz. She knows her bandmate well enough to figure out what’s going on: that Rapture is doing this just to amuse herself. So she joins in.

They get Pizzazz to cross everything–her legs, her arms, her fingers, her eyes-and chant Riot Will Love Me. There is nothing sadder than this for Pizzazz.

Riot walks in on this madness and at first is all: WTF? But then he also gets what’s going down after some silent pantomime from his bandmates and joins in. Because he’s a narcissistic sociopath as well. He tells Pizzazz she looks strangely alluring, then that he’ll see her at breakfast, and then snags Rapture and Minx to talk.

Meanwhile, back at Starlight Mansion, Rio and the Holograms are worried about Jem. Well… Rio is worried. He’s ready to call cops. Shana tells him to Netflix and Chill, but since Netflix hadn’t been invented yet Rio continues to stress.

Jem arrives home with the most insufferable attitude ever. She just breezes in saying it’s a lovely night, like she don’t know Rio and possibly a Hologram or two might have wondered where she’s been. Because he’s Rio, he gets all pissed. They have t…