MTV's THE HILLS: A Change of Plans (Episode 2 Recap)

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I'm going to say something that I may regret later... but I think I actually like Heidi now. She is so interesting to watch. Her carefree attitude and party-loving ways infuse excitement into the show. In fact, at times, Lauren pales in comparison to Heidi.

This episode opens with Lauren and Heidi discussing the "party-crashing" incident. Lauren tries to explain to Heidi why crashing the party and causing a scene was a bad thing. But Heidi's response is simply, "But you didn't get fired, right?"

Next, we see Jordan and Brian playing basketball and discussing girls, namely Heidi and Audrina. I'm sorry, but those two are the biggest dolts and retards that I've seen on reality TV in a long time. Moving on...

Now we're at the Teen Vogue offices where Lauren is pecking away at her computer. Suddenly Blaine enters the room and with a gleam in his eye announces that Lisa Love wants to see Lauren. For a split-second you feel a stab of sympathy for Lauren for having to take orders from a nerd like Blaine. But then everything changes when she goes into Lisa Love's office.

In the premiere episode, Lauren committed the ultimate sin by helping her friends crash the party she was working at and then allowing them to sit in the VIP section that she was supposed to be guarding. So, we all know that there's going to be a big meeting between Lauren and Lisa Love, the West Coast editor of Teen Vogue to discuss her behavior at the party. But despite the fact that Lauren and Whitney both received such stern warnings about being on their best behavior at all times - she gets off with little more than "I do not approve of any alcohol substance abuse" and "Behave" from Lisa. It was almost amusing to watch her being questioned. All Lauren could do was flash a lot of blank looks and mumble a few "Ummm"'s. After the meeting, Lauren skips back to her office to tell Whitney the good news.

So on to the exciting part of the show... Heidi! While lounging at the pool, Heidi calls Audrina at Quixote and lets her know that they're planning on going out to LAX (the club, not the airport). So that night they head to the club, where we see them discussing whether or not they're going to get in as they stand in line. Duh! Of course, they're going to get in!

Anyway, an interesting thing happens as they're entering the club. Audrina recognizes someone standing outside the club and waves. Guess who it is? Heidi's future boss - Brent from Bolthouse. Which makes me wonder, if Audrina is so well-connected, has a job at Quixote and is somehow able to live in a high-class apartment on her own -- why isn't she getting any acting work? Oh wait... she is working... on 'The Hills'.

So once the gang is inside LAX, Heidi manages to score an interview with Brent during a quick chat at the bar, while her dumb ox of a boyfriend wonders out loud where she went to. In fact, the first thing out of his mouth after she tells everyone about the interview is something like "Is he single?"

While Heidi is busy kissing Jordan, singing the "Yeah, yeah yeah" song and doing a little celebration dance, Lauren wants to know what time Heidi plans to leave because they both have school the next day. What a party pooper!

The next day, the two girls head off to their first day at FIDM. On the way to school Heidi tells Lauren, "I'm already planning on ditching my classes." It's only the first day! By the way, did you check out Lauren's purse? I love it!

Then there's a short scene with the two retards in their apartment - nothing happens though. So, back to the girls at school. MTV goes to great lengths to show how studious Lauren is. Look - there she is raising her hand! (Yeah, the teacher was taking attendance) And look - there she is cracking a book open! (For like 2 seconds. )

Meanwhile, Heidi is shown talking on the phone with Audrina ("So, I think Brian likes you.") and playing Solitaire in the student lounge. When she meets up with Lauren later that day she tells her that she didn't go to class because she got lost. I totally sympathize with her because who hasn't gotten lost on their first day of school? Although from what I hear FIDM is a pretty small school, so not sure what her excuse is there.

Next, we see Heidi and Jordan out for a leisurely lunch. They discuss her upcoming interview, dropping out of school and other serious subject like these. Is it just me or does Heidi seem to have trouble getting words out? It's almost as if it hurts her to have to think and talk. At times, shs seems to slur... but maybe I'm reading too much into that.

So the next morning, the girls are in Heidi's room picking out an outfit for her to wear to her interview with Bolthouse. In my opinion, this was time wasted, because Heidi ends up wearing jeans! Heidi takes this opportunity to tell Lauren that if she gets the job she's going to drop out of school. Lauren can't believe this and says, "I thought we moved here so we could go to school together." Um Lauren, a lot of people go to school without their best friend there to hold their hand.

Later that day, Whitney and Lauren are at the Teen Vogue offices doing the intern thing (which as far as I can see involves a lot of sitting around). Anyway, they get onto the subject of Heidi and her job interview and plans for dropping out. Lauren seems like a completely different person as she badmouths her "best friend" and her plans.

Heidi goes to her interview with Brent at Bolthouse. I kind of feel bad for Heidi because it's as if everyone is in on this cruel joke of her getting this job... except for her. She's expecting to be some sort of star PR girl... and we all know she's going to be at the bottom of the totem pole doing all the grunt work. It's like a train wreck waiting to happen.

During the interview, Brent can barely be bothered to look interested. I'm not sure if he's moody, bored or what. He tells Heidi that she would basically be his "2nd assistant". I wonder if he really needs another assistant or if he's just doing it for show. Maybe MTV struck a deal with Bolthouse - who knows? The funniest part of the interview is when Brent says, "I hate drama, so as little drama as possible..." and Heidi has to actually think about this for a second.

After the interview, Heidi calls her "best friend" Lauren to tell her that "I got the job!" Lauren of course offers her congratulations, but the look on her face says something else. Heidi gushes on with statements like "I get a salary!" and "I'm only 19 and I have my dream job." while Lauren practically rolls her eyes. She's rude, condescending and just when you think it can't get any worse, Lauren actually hangs up on Heidi mid-sentence. She just shuts her phone and says, "Weird" to Whitney. Then she starts to hum "Fashion School Dropout" and Whitney joins along. Now it's possible that the two of them have watched Grease one too many times... but did this moment seem to perfect (i.e. scripted) to anyone else?

Meanwhile Heidi is still standing outside the Bolthouse offices and keeps saying "Lauren?" into her phone until she finally realizes what happened. Still, it seems nothing can ruin her good mood, because she skips back to her car, probably thinking of all the hot parties that she's going to be able to get into. Oh, if only she knew what was in store for her...

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