The episode is actually a good one, and the relationship, or what passes for a relationship, between Matt and Harriet continues. That story line is kind of funny, and we see Matt, rather than just asking Harriet out, going out of his way to do some anonymous bidding to be her date for an awards ceremony (Matt: The Catholics are giving her an award? But she's not Catholic. PA: Yeah, well, they like her anyway.) in an e-Bay like site where she's offered this... she's raising money to get back in the good books of that charity that she ticked off earlier with all her publicity on not condemning homosexuals enough. Matt's not fond of that, and so tells the PA to give just as much money as he bids to some organization that promotes teenagers having sex.

Now that I think about it though... well, I'll get there later.

The FCC story line continues as well, and there's an intersection coming up with a Tom/Lucy the British writer blossoming scenario coming up, which involves the Macau investor's daughter.

But the story line that bothered me was the Danny/Jordan one. Okay, it didn't actually bother me until the end. See, Danny's still pursuing Jordan, and the show begins at the wrap party after the Christmas episode; Danny calls her and wakes her up... he expected to see her at the wrap party and she's not there; she tells him she's visiting her parents over the holidays and then going to the Virgin Islands (or somewhere hot...) He calls her at her parents, he calls her while she's at a pool-side spa in the Tropics, he calls her to the point that she stops taking his calls. Every time he calls, he asks her out; she says no. He changes his phone number and continues to call her, figuring out that she was avoiding his calls. She starts avoiding his calls at the new number.

A tiny little throw-away line has Matt asking Danny to write a letter of recommendation for someone; Danny realizes that he needs to have Jordan read letters of recommendation about ~him~ so he arranges to have some sent to her.

At the end of the episode, Jordan comes in and speaks to Danny; she tells him that he asked her out numerous times and she said no every time. She tells him that he's now embarrassed her, professionally, by having people send her the letters of recommendation. She asks him to stop.

He says no.

And that, ladies and gentlemen, is where I went "Ewwwww!" Because we've now entered Stalker Territory.

This is not romantic; a woman has said no numerous times; she's stopped taking his calls; she's stopped returning his calls; she's avoiding him at work; and now she's told him that he's embarrassing her. She wants him to stop. He won't.

This is criminal behaviour, and psychotic. I expect to see Danny with Jordan in the sights of a crossbow next.

I don't know if I'll be watching part 2 or not. I have a week to decide, although I have to admit that I probably will. But I HATE this story line and what it's become.

As for the Matt/Harriet thing, well, on second thoughts, he's acting a little stalker-ish as well, isn't he? See, the whole awards dinner thing came up between the two of them, and Matt specifically said he had no interest in going with her, and was busy. Meanwhile, he's still bidding to be her date. Not completely in Stalker Territory, but creeping towards it.