We jump forward six months: Nancy has a big, pregnant belly and Uncle Andy is spending his days playing Ms. Pac Man — “It feels right, she gets me, we’re in synch, no words, just a gentle touch of my hand†— and working on a scraggly beard. The mayor asks Nancy to be Mrs. Esteban Reyes — they’re shacked up and in love again. Shane is even BFF with Ignacio. Celia’s wearing polyester and working in a sneaker store, while Doug, orange with spray tan, dresses up as George Hamilton, with a polka-dotted handkerchief firmly tucked into his breast pocket.
Once again, everyone’s spiraled into lunacy and we’re a little uneasy about it. We were looking forward to Nancy as housebound wife and mother, spending her days wearing expensive lingerie and baking in a giant kitchen while living off the proceeds of her husband’s mafia life. But we hoped too soon. After a visit from a mysterious, beautiful, and livid woman, Esteban withdraws his matrimonial offer and Nancy ends the episode rejected and likely back to her single life — only this time with a screaming baby and apparently no Uncle Andy. “When Esteban dies, and you’re once, twice, three times a widow, don’t expect Uncle Andy to stop by and make pizza eggs,†he tells Nancy in that giant kitchen. “You know what I’ll do? Send a note.†He’s referring to the handwritten good-bye letter she left on her pillow last episode. Andy’s mad, but we’re pretty sure — given that this show would be a shadow of itself without him — that he’ll forgive her when she comes crying for pizza eggs.
Doug cites a biography of George Hamilton, saying that his motto was something along the lines of “always do the dumbest thing possible†— for the sake of adventure. That seems to be Jenji Kohan’s theme this season. Just when we think our domestic drama’s getting cozy again, she opens a can of spray tan and changes everything.