On its own, that all makes sense. Miranda is in a very new place with her sexuality. She is open in ways she never has been before, so it stands to reason that, when presented with this new sexual experience, she considers that just because she has never done it before doesn’t mean she shouldn’t.
What’s harder to wrap my head around, though, is that when Miranda decides to leave the bedroom, she gives Che her blessing to carry on with Lyle. When Che comes out to the couch, Miranda insists she meant it when she said she didn’t mind.
Really? Mere hours before, Miranda was miffed that Lyle was even still at Che’s apartment. How did she so quickly go from being uncomfortable with his very presence to being totally cool with sharing Che with him? Is Miranda really this chill about it, or does she think she has to be that chill about it if she wants to keep Che?
In either case, it’s easy to write this off again as “out of character” behavior on Miranda’s part. But remember that, at least according to me, Miranda is a fool for love here for the first time. It will be interesting to see this season just how much of herself she is willing to change for Che.
A similar question could be asked about Lisa. Unlike Charlotte and Harry, she and Herbert couldn’t be more excited, with their kids off to camp, to wrap themselves in the ecstasy of interruption-free work. They make a little time, though, to celebrate their 20th wedding anniversary with a big, fancy dinner. At least, it would have been if Herbert had managed to hit “send” on the invitations and Lisa had remembered to order the cake.
Lisa’s mother-in-law, Eunice (Pat Bowie), who we know tends toward antiquated ideals, shames only Lisa, and not her son, when it is clear the party is falling to pieces. Cakes should be made, not bought, by women of the house, she says, and happily. Lisa’s father (Billy Dee Williams), in turn, goes in on Herbert, making him out to be motivated only by profit.
