We get a nightlife street shot momentarily.  Included is a Gap clothing store and beside it, a theatre and a cafe.  As for which street this is, there are a number of Gaps in Los Angeles.  A local expert would come in handy for this one.

This leads to Alice entering Milk, which as an analog for Revolver places her on Santa Monica Boulevard.  Inside Milk, the bartender appears to be the same one who will be tending bar for the grand opening of Twat, or Twat The Night, which will be Marcy, Marnie, and Marti’s establishment (Episode 109).  Gabby arrives and has some friends with her.  One of them is Nadia, which is who Shane had seen at Milk with Gabby recently.  The 2nd friend’s name will be revealed as Clarissa later in the episode.  They bring with them a small poster that Lacey has put out with Shane’s face on it and the message “Shane, Heart Breaker” on it.  Gabby, Nadia, and the 3rd lady (later revealed to be named Clarissa as it’s her birthday as Gabby will later mention) are well aware of who Lacey is.  There are 2 other ladies behind them, possible part of the ensemble of Gabby’s friends as well and one of them likely being Joanie, whom Gabby had mentioned earlier.  Lacey has been placing these in all sorts of places, including at Milk.  Also of note is Gabby and Alice’s greeting to each other with Gabby not wanting to kiss her on the lips in public, or at least in front of Nadia.  This implies Gabby being involved with Nadia and perhaps something deeper that troubles Gabby, but will never really be touched on in the series.

Gabby points out someone in the crowd named Fiona, who is on one of the various Charts Alice has made up.  “I can’t believe she would even show her face in here,” Gabby says of her.

At first, I thought this would be a reference to “Fiona Zwinn” on Alice’s Chart database, but later in the episode, that name is revealed to actually be Eliona Zwirn.  So that means something I’ll need to correct when doing the revisions.  So it’s a little unclear who Fiona is, though it could be the “looks like she’s been around the block” girl from Episode 101/102.

We go from Milk to The Planet where Tim and Marina are playing pool.  Tim’s cellphone is ringing, but he’s too busy focusing on his next shot and asks for Marina to answer it instead.  Marina answers and it’s Jenny calling from home, presumably having just finished her day of work at Laurelwood Farms Market.  Tim’s aloofness, which leads to Tim beating Marina.  So he at least beats her in something here.  “Did you just hustle me?” Marina asks, amusingly.

The party continues at The Planet with Tina now there alone and drinking something hopefully non-alcoholic.  Kit meanwhile is drinking the other beer of choice for L-Universe characters, Miller Lite.  This is a clear violation of Kit’s sobriety.  Jenny arrives, sees Tim and Marina at the pool table being friendly, slowly focuses on Marina and then passes out.

Under the pressure of everything happening, she blanks out.  In theory, this could be what leads to her death in Season 6, via blacking out and falling into the swimming pool.  Just something to consider.  After all, this scene provides the precedent for that possiblity.

When Jenny’s eyes open, she sees Tim, Kit, Marina, and Tina.  By the end of the series, only Kit and Tina will be close by in her final moments.  As Tim helps Jenny out of The Planet, Tina now drinks water from something more conventional for a glass (well, for a glass of water anyway).  As Tim and Jenny exit, they walk by Bette who enters.  Marina works in the background, behind the counter with one of the staff.  Tina is able to get Bette to notice Kit DJ’ing and with a bottle of beer, breaking her sobriety (brought to you by Miller Lite).  Bette’s reaction is of disgust while also asking Tina why she didn’t stop her.

“It’s not my place,” is Tina’s response.  Decided inaction takes an ugly toll with these people.

Asked about Bette’s meeting with Gina, Bette mentions there being an accident on La Cinenega, causing her to be 15 minutes late, which by then, Gina had already left.  Bette will attempt to reschedule for tomorrow (Thursday, February 26th, 2004).

Bette and Tina leave The Planet to go get food elsewhere while Kit continues relapsing.

Tim checks on Jenny with Tim wanting to get Jenny to see a Doctor the next day.  Jenny claims it’s “low blood sugar.”  Jenny, in a moment of possible irony is now upset with Tim for “flirting” with Marina.  Tim uses the power of sarcasm to diffuse that.

In a “blink and you miss it” moment, Jenny’s necklace with the Jewish symbol for “living” is now being worn backwards.  The opposite of living is dying.  Jenny’s passing out upon seeing Marina at The Planet may well have been Jenny’s death in Life As She Knew It form.  This also marks Jenny on her way to eventual death in Season 6, with her encounter, affair, and soon-to-be brief relationship with Marina to be the catalyst.  If nothing else, this explains why Jenny’s necklace is backwards, where as before it wasn’t.

Day 2 (Thursday, February 26th, 2004)

A daytime shot of Melrose Avenue in West Hollywood, including La Pain Quotidien.  They serve bread (perhaps for toast).  Why we’re at this particular day on the calendar in the timeline will be provided momentarily by both Dana and Bette.

The Planet, where orange juice, tea, and coffee are being served.  Bette is on her cellphone with James, who is at the CAC.  Bette wants her calls forwarded to her cellphone.  While Bette and Tina are seated (Tina is possibly going with tea this morning), they are joined by Alice and Shane.  Bette sees Shane and references “the Unabomber.”

For those who may have missed that unpleasant portion of late 20th Century history, that would be Ted Kaczynski, an infamous domestic terrorist linked to 16 different attacks between 1978 and 1995, 3 of which (and the last 2 of which overall) resulted in death.  Kaczynski likely springs to Bette’s mind as Shane, complete with sunglasses and hoodie practically represents a female parody of the famous Unabomber sketch by Jeanne Boylan.  As for Kaczynski himself, he is currently spending the remainder of his life (barring anything dramatic) in a maximum security prison in Colorado.

Alice brings with her another Lacey made poster of Shane.  The message above Shane’s face on the poster is “This Bitch Is Done.”  Okay, the “Done” is more of a guess on my part.  Along the sides of the posters are a repetition of the words, “Liar,” “User,” and, “Fucker.”  Alice confirms what Gabby had brought up the previous evening as it concerns the signs and posters, that being they are “all over town.”  Dana arrives, joking about there being a giant billboard of Shane on Sunset Boulevard.  In Season 4, there actually will be a giant billboard of Shane and it will be on Sunset, though it won’t have anything to do with Lacey.  Oddly enough, Dana who makes this joke here will be dead (Episode 310) before getting a chance to see the joke become a reality.

As for Dana still being alive here, she has her date with Lara tonight.  That confirms today being Thursday.  There is the possibility that Tim still takes Jenny to see a Doctor, but it will be ignored (perhaps a deleted scene).

Dana has a blue sundress that she was thinking of wearing which her friends disagree with, which will prove for a 2nd time that they have Lara pegged incorrectly.  Alice references Tim meeting Dana back at the donor party (Episode 101/102) with “one guy recognizes you” and then makes a reference to Tiger Woods.

Tiger Woods is one of the better golfers in PGA history and the biggest name in the sport in 2004.  At the time of this conversation, Tiger was teeing up at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship, which he would go on to win.  This was also during a time in which he was ranked #1 in the world.  2004 was actually kind of a down year for Woods as the Championship he captures this particular weekend will be his only title of the year.  In 2005, he would return to form with 6 titles, including 2 of the 4 Grand Slam Majors.

Shane brings up, while also trying to comfort Alice a bit, the now recognized relationship/affair of Gabby and Nadia.  Dana mentions her hatred for her, specifying 24 occasions in which she and Nadia have been introduced to one another and Nadia never remembering Dana’s name.  This implies Nadia being rather self-absorbed.  Bette also brings up Nadia once hitting on Tina, though Tina qualifies it with Nadia being drunk at the time.