Fridolin, Freddie, and Fackelmayer, Oh My!

“TheCity” Season 1: Part 2: Episode 5: “Hit It and Quit It”

It seems like every week theCity just keeps getting better.  This week was no exception.  On to the recap.

We begin at People’s Revolution.  Kelly Cutrone tells her staff that they have an event with “Launk Shau” (LongChamp), just the first of many unique names on this week’s episode.  ELLE will also be at the event at Kipton Arts.  Whitney and Roxy are to head up the task.  Whitney asks who from ELLE will be at the event, and Kelly tells her the name she didn’t want to hear- Pouty P, Olivia Palermo.

After, Whitney tells Roxy that Jay has been calling her.  “Ex-boyfriend Jay?,” Roxy asks.  No, Jay Leno. Whit says he’s been calling because last time Jay was in town she kind of booty called him.  The last thing we would expect to hear is that prim and proper Whitney called a guy for some booty.  This is just the first moment in the episode where Whitney comes out of her shell.  But she didn’t continue seeing Jay.  It was a bona fide booty call.  “Because it was something I wanted to leave in the past, I did it and quit it”, Whitney said slightly getting the phrasing wrong.  Roxy confirmed that she “hit it and quit it”.  Half of Whitney’s body is out the shell at this point.  Whitney says she feels like she owes it to Jay to talk to him because he thought their booty call was something more.

Then Olivia walks into ELLE, impeccably dressed per usual, pouty mouth fixed on her face.  And Erin!  Erin actually put a curl in her hair!  It definitely suits her round face better.  Erin tells Olivia they’re having an event supporting the Kipton Art Foundation.  Olivia not surprisingly interjects saying Kipton is one of her good friends.  Erin asks Pouty P to get good photos and Pouty P laughs it off saying “it’s a cocktail party”.

Next, we finally go to see Whitney getting some relaxation in when she meets up with Samantha for yoga class.  There, Whitney talks to Samantha in the middle of yoga class!  Shocking!  Whitney is getting all bad azz.  Samantha thinks Whitney doesn’t need to go down the Jay road again, but thinks she should get to know Freddie Fackelmayer.  Sami assures Whitney that Sami is okay with Whitney talking to Freddie.

For the highlight of the episode, we are introduced to Fridolin Fackelmayer, Freddie Fackelmayer’s father.  Yes, the Fackelmayer’s love the letter “F”.  Whitney thinks she’s meeting up with Freddie for dinner, but she gets Fridolin too.  Whitney looks classically gorge with a simple black short dress, with a large snazzy necklace.   After dating for what couldn’t be more than a week, Whitney is faced with a double dose of Facks.  The dinner is awkward.  Fridolin starts grilling Whitney asking whether she works everyday.  Whit tells him about her clothing line and how she has to find investors.  Fridolin think it’s silly because it’s hard to raise money for anything in this economy.  Fridolin is what we’d call the dream killer.  You would think Whitney was asking for his money.  Then, Fridolin jets off and Whitney tells Freddie she’s weirded out that he brought her to meet his dad so soon.  Creepy.

After the break, we head to the LongChamp Store to prepare for the big event.  Olivia, dressed in this wonderful creation, arrives and tries to standout immediately.  Erin says that Kipton started the KiptonArt Foundation to help support emerging artists about a year or two ago.  Olivia corrects her saying it’s been more like four years.  When Roxy clarifies that they go to Erin for questions, Olivia says “and me”.

Next we go to Whitney‘s apartment in the West Village where Roxy‘s teaching Whitney how to do the Beyonce Single Ladies dance.  Score!  Whitney’s completely out of her shell.  She never danced on theHills.  Then again, they don’t allow dancing on theHills unless it’s in a drunken rage furthering a plot that you need to go to rehab.  We’re looking at you Holly Montag.  Whitney wasn’t half bad dancing either.  And Roxy is very fun and is becoming a much better friend to Whitney.  She can stay.  As they prepare for the big event, Whitney tells Roxy about her date with Freddie and Fridolin which Roxy agrees was “weird”.  Whitney says Fridolin was not like Jay’s parents.  Jay’s mom sell sex toys.  Fridolin probably doesn’t know what a sex toy is!  Roxy says Jay’s mom needs to “hollerrr” at her with the toys. Whitney is skeptical of Freddie because he’s the first ever male socialite, and he knows Olivia- two strikes!

It’s finally the night of the big event.  Freddie arrives and tells Whitney he’s sorry it was awkward with Fridolin.  Whitney says she would’ve preferred to have dinner with Freddie alone before she had to Meet the  Parents.  Meanwhile, Olivia introduces Roxy to the house photographer so Roxy can show him who to take pictures of.  After, Olivia leaves Roxy alone so she can go fraternize.  Roxy tells Erin she doesn’t know how she works with Olivia.  Erin doesn’t know either.

The next day Roxy and Erin do the quintessential “day after” girl talk.  Something about Freddie concerns Roxy.  Whitney says that he and Olivia have the same friends but they can’t judge him by that.  Roxy’s just surprised Olivia has friends.  And how does she keep a job?  They seem to have forgotten that she brings MTV cameras and publicity along to any job, making it hard to fire her.  Whitney feels obligated to go have drinks with Jay, so go get drinks she does.

Then, we see the scene we see four times an episode- Olivia walking into ELLE, and Erin scolding her.  Olivia explains her behavior from the event saying she showed Roxy her job, she works for a PR company and she should know what to do.  Erin says these socialites are your friends and you could’ve helped her get good photos.  She told Olivia she can’t be rude.  Olivia claims she wasn’t and says it’s Erin’s problem.  Can Olivia really be this snarky to every single person?  If you believe her, she’s just wrongly portrayed.

Not only was Whitney reunited with Olivia, but she finally meets up with Jay.  They’re happy to see each other, but Jay is upset that Whitney brought some guy to his house.  Whit says she met someone while Jay was away.  And although she shouldn’t have brought him to his house, she is dating him and that’s that.  Jay proceeds to criticize Freddie for being an uptown Wall Street guy.  We’re starting to think he’s jealous of those types because he has an unnatural disdain for anyone who remotely fits the bill.  Whitney says it’s her life.  Jay is the first person Whitney has ever been remotely mean to on camera.  Loves it.  Jay doesn’t.  He gets up and walks out the restaurant.  And maybe out of Whitney’s life forever.  “I hope you made the right choice,” he said.  Drama!

In case you don’t remember, Jay broke up with Whitney last season because he was going on tour, then he wanted her back and Whitney’s like I don’t double back dude.  Then Whitney apparently booty called him and Jay got his hopes up, but Whitney still doesn’t double back.  We think that’s a good move!  What would you do?