"Blunt Talk" Recap: "Who Kisses So Early in the Morning?"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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If there is one thing I came to realize when I settled in for last night's episode of Blunt Talk, is that there was no way that this week's episode could remotely top last week's. That may seem like an insult, but it isn't...it's a compliment. This is a show that knows when to unleash something special and when to rein it back in and that's exactly what they did last night. 

In fact "Who Kisses So Early in the Morning?" ended up being quite the small scale intimate affair, focusing greatly on Celia and Walter while keeping the over arching storylines moving along at a gentle pace. Rosalie is finally getting Teddy some medical help, Jim is continuing to work and heal from his hoarding addiction, but for the first time this week we saw Celia up close and personal and she turned out to be quite the fascinating character.

Actually, some of the haunting beauty present in last week's episode did show up here as we watched Celia say goodbye to her father's piano to help pay Walter back since he gave her a little cash based help for her gambling problem, and it was downhill for her from there. Desperate to get one last chance to play that family heriloom she forgets to give Walter an important speech on time and a misunderstanding from it brands him as a plagiarist in the media and once more Walter is thrust into the spotlight, for all the wrong reasons. 

But Celia's mistakes don't end there. Always the people pleaser she learns that Shelly used to be bisexual and she missed some of that experience after having an erotic dream about Celia, leading to an awkward moment where Walter finds her kissing Shelly right when he needs to prepare a statement to fix the plagiarism blunder and it only gets worse when a guest brought on by Celia designed to help Walter clear his name comes after him on air over potential plagiarism once again. It leads Celia to quit her position rather than be fired and it is here that Walter learns, from Jim, that she has admired him for many years, having met him at age 12 when she won an essay contest. That alone gives Walter a change of heart and he asks Celia to come back to the show, and she is glad to accept. 

There you have it, a simple touching episode where we learned that Celia is really struggling for a purpose in her life, she has bounced around from gambling, torrid affairs, anything to feel accepted...especially by Walter. It's the first time we've really seen his character as a true hero to be honest, and the second time now we have seen him inspire others to pursue a career in television and that really is something special. More and more we are discovering that Walter really is a good man, one that truly values others and they value him, he just happens to love coke and a lot of booze. But all that aside, I really enjoyed the simplicity and gentleness of this episode. Until next time.

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