Melrose Place
Episode #101 / Season #4
Title: "Simply Shocking"
Original Air Date: Monday, September 25, 1995

Synopsis

[Michael's Dream]
Michael fantasizes that he's in "The Wizard of Oz." The midget guard tells him to "Follow the yellow brick row." He does, and meets up with the wicked witch of the West (West Hollywood, that is.) It's Kimberly! She and Michael are separated by a glass(?) wall which she crashes through, and like a skilled surgeon with a scalpel cuts Michael's heart out with one of the shards of glass. Michael awakes from this nightmare, and promises that he'll do whatever it takes to keep her locked up. "No way. No way you're ever getting out!" he screams. We can only wonder, who is he talking to? Hmmm, Kimberly may not be the only wacko here!

[MP Courtyard, morning]
The swimming pool finally looks clean! It took the pool guy 4 episodes and a truck full of chlorine, but at long last he finished. Hmmm, it took longer to clean the pool than it did for Alison to regain her sight and Matt to prove his innocence! Some things you just can't rush. Billy is sleeping soundly in his apartment despite the screaming of circular saws and the pounding of hammers by the ever-present construction crew. Brooke, however, is up and about, planning to make a phone call. As soon as she speaks, the cacophony of travel plans to Miami wakes Billy. "Can't you keep it down in there!" he mutters. He hears her planning her trip but she reassures him that she's going to Miami to check out real estate for possible investment purposes. Meanwhile, over at Jake's apartment, Jo learns about Shelly and becomes jealous -- "Who the hell is Shelly?". "She's Jess' wife", Jake explains. "Shelly came here hoping to get back together with Jess, but when I told her he's dead, she figured the relationship might be less than fulfilling. I'm not sure why but for some reason she got upset." "Well, she MUST be a blonde!" the brunette Jo quickly asserts. Shelly then appears, wearing only a small hand towel. "It's the only thing Jess ever let me wear," she explains. "Hey, same with me!" says Jo.

[Wilshire Memorial Hospital]
Michael and Peter run into Dr. Hobbs, who confesses that he's happy that he was able to fire that "fag" Matt Fielding. He strolls out all smiles, and Michael turns to Peter, astonished. "I can't believe he called him a 'bundle of twigs,' can you?" Peter responds, "Oh, I thought he was calling him a "cigarette!"

[D&D Advertising]
Alison confides in Amanda that she has regained her eyesight. Alison tells Amanda that she smelled Brooke snooping around in her personal files earlier. So Amanda confronts Brooke, asking her if she went through her personal files, and if she found any information regarding a previous marriage to a Jack Parezi from Florida. Brooke says, "Uhhh, no?"

[Mackenzie Hart Office]
Eliot Freeport from Mass National Bank is visiting the company and Jane is giving him her smooth snow job. If the Spring show is successful, he promises the line of credit will be theirs. Hart takes Jane aside and gives her an engagement ring. She says she'll wear it only when he's looking. That brings a smile to Richard's face, as he tells her, "It's nice to see that look in a woman's eyes again, you know, that of a dominatrix. I can hardly wait!"

[Cemetery, Jess Hanson's Plot]
Jess' tombstone reads: "Here lies the goatee of Jess Hanson." Shelly reads this and breaks down, crying. "I loved that thing." Shelly admits she had no idea what Jess was up to. Jake tells her that he and Jess went off that building in each other's arms, which brings a smile to her face. "How sweet, the two of you spending time together up to the very last moment!" she exults.

[Shooters]
Matt's drinking his sorrows away. Michael informs him of the homophobic statements that Hobbs made, and suggests that Matt sue. But Matt still has bad memories from when he sued during the first season (He got beat up every episode after that!)

[State Psycho Ward]
Kimberly is seeing her demonic friend again. Peter, maybe jealous that she won't cry out HIS name, decides it's time for some modern therapy. So they shove a baby's pacifier in her mouth, strap her down, put on some HEADPHONES, and ZAP! ZAP! ZAP! They blast three songs from AC/DC into her head!! Kimberly screams that she wants to hear the Ramone's "I Want To Be Sedated" instead but due to the rubber insert she's suckling, all we hear is some mumbling as drool oozes onto the table. "Watt's" that you're saying, Kimberly? Inquiring minds want to know!

[MP Courtyard]
Alison and Billy are sitting in the courtyard, Billy reading the newspaper to her. At this point we realize that the construction crew hasn't been rebuilding the apartment complex all this time as everyone had thought, since the exterior of the building looks worse than ever. Instead, all they've been doing this season is building one wooden sawhorse after another, evidenced by the sheer number of these wooden artifacts now scattered about the patio and surrounding Billy and Alison!! Brooke stumbles from her apartment amid this maze of sawhorses to engage in her usual disruptive behavior, so Alison leaves. Brooke wishes Alison a nice "trip," but despite all the sawhorses in her path, Alison weaves her way back into her apartment without a hitch. "It's as though she could see," Brooke notes.

[Mid-Wilshire Professional Building]
Sydney confronts Peter to justify his good Samaritan attitude towards Kimberly, someone who's attempted murder on numerous occasions. Peter tries to slough it off by explaining it as a character flaw. Then his real motives surface: Peter lets it slip that Kimberly reminds him a lot of his sister. Syndie says, "Yeah, right Peter. And that's why you had sex with her at the end of last season!?!?" Since he orders Sydney not to repeat any of this she immediately informs Michael as soon as Peter leaves.

[Shooters]
Matt is busy playing "pocket pool." First he is approached by a representative of the Tobacco & Firearms. "We'll sue his ass. No one, I mean no one, is going to get away with referring to a cigarette in such a derogatory manner!!" But when Matt explains Hobbs' use of the word "fag," he quickly turns and runs, making room for Tom Rodman from the LA Chapter of the Gay & Lesbian Coalition to approach next. Tom offers Matt free legal services if Matt will come forward with his discrimination case. They want to win, no matter what the cost. Matt doesn't want to be "dragged" through the process however. So Tom leaves, but not before trying the "You Chicken!" psychological approach.

[Mackenzie Hart]
Jane is upset at Richard for leaking the news of their engagement. She is angry because she feels she has always been defined as the woman controlled by one guy or another, and now she wants to be "in charge." (So she probably wants the title of this episode named after her too, rather than for Kimberly's "electrifying" performance!!)

[Somewhere in Florida]
Brooke confirms Amanda's previous marriage. She talks her way into the Parezi mansion, and is surprised to see one of those black fuzzy velvet florescent paintings of Amanda hanging on the wall. It's a Tijuana original. Jack Parezi explains to Brooke that his wife died 5 years ago. While Brooke is using the phone, Jack Parezi riffles through her purse and finds a business card for D&D Advertising.

[MP, Alison's Apartment]
Alison and Billy are going over some account work. Billy starts moving his hair up and down uncontrollably and contorting his face the way Alison used to like it. Alison starts laughing and admits she can see. He can't believe she's been lying to him all this time. So she reacts by claiming, "Billy, have I been saying, 'My eyes! My eyes!?' What I meant was, 'My lies! My lies!'" in a feeble attempt to appear honest with him.

[Michael's Beach House]
Michael and Sydney are conspiring against Kimberly over drinks. Michael, needing Syd to believe he's in love with her so that she'll put on a good performance the next day, slips her a Mickey Finn. She becomes incredibly attracted to Michael, and she wonders if it's just the sea air, or the Old Spice he's wearing? It doesn't matter, though, as he carries her away to do some major mattress damage. His plan works and she thinks there's a certain love between them.

[State Psycho Ward]
The next day, Michael and Sydney visit Kimberly. They come to tell her that the two of them are a couple again. Kimberly asks them to stop. She'd rather stick her finger in a wall socket than see those two kissing. Jack runs in and yanks them out, but the damage is already done and Kimberly goes completely insane.

[D&D Advertising]
Brooke returns, and blackmails Amanda. A good cat fight almost breaks out, but Amanda's good side gets the better of her. Brooke gets her position back, well, actually Alison's, a nice merit raise, and the best stall in the ladies' executive washroom. Meanwhile, Amanda looks worried about Parezi, but is also worried that she's become too soft. So she promises no more Mr. Nice Guy!! We missed you, Amanda! Welcome back. She spends the rest of the show poised like Fawn Hall shredding on a busy day! (Kids, ask your parents!)

[Shooters]
Shelly is now working at Shooters. Seems she had a calculator strapped to her belt so Jake hires her do the books. Jo can't believe that Shelly wants to work here after hearing about all the things Jo did to her Jess, Jo did to Jake, Jake did to Jess, and so on, and so on, and so on! Meanwhile, in another corner of Shooters, Matt meets with Tom and tells him he doesn't want to be Hobbs-o-phobic so he will file a discrimination suit after all.

[Spring Show for Mackenzie Hart]
At the end of the fashion show, Jane takes the stage and proclaims that she is solely responsible for all the fashions designed and shown that night. Everyone claps a little. Whoopee. Big deal. Hart takes her aside. He can't believe she betrayed the company liked that. She says she's the new Mackenzie Hart. Jane cries out, "Leggo my eggo!!" But Richard understands she really means ego so he lets her go by firing her.

[Michael's Beach House]
Sydney stops by, ready for some more action. But Michael, listening to his stereo through his headphones, tells her to get lost. Now that they got Kimberly back in Babbleville, he no longer needs her. And seeing how that "headphone" therapy has worked for Kimberly so far, he has decided to try it with his home amplifier, putting the headphones back on and turning the volume full blast. But it's the wrong type of music, Michael!

[Mid-Wilshire Professional Building]
Michael and Peter are fumbling around, trying to figure out how to do complicated tasks such as answering the telephone. Syd stops by to quit and pick up her stuff, much to Michael's pleasure. But Peter asks her to stay, and offers her a salary increase (out of his own pocket), with the one catch that she keep an eye on Michael and to report back to him. Syd always fantasized about playing a spy so she accepts.

[A Park by the Ocean]
Jane is jogging. Richard approaches her. Seems she has already gotten offers from some other fashion houses. Richard offers her anything to come back. It ends up that Mackenzie Hart can't get the line of credit from Freeport unless Jane is working there. Jane wants control. The company is renamed Hart Mancini and she gets a full partnership. Then he's foolish enough to ask if their engagement is still on. Duh!!!

[Los Angeles International Airport]
Parezi deplanes and is met by a chauffeur. When asked if he'll be staying long, he replies, "That depends. Hopefully, I'll be more appealing than Dan Cortese was!"
[To Be Continued...]

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