CAITLIN SUMMARY: February 13, 2008

If you're comparing Cashmere Mafia to Sex and the City (and really, who doesn't?), then Mia has to be Carrie, more business-focused, but equally clueless about love. Juliet would be Charlotte, turned cold by the business world and an unsucessful marriage, but still the same WASP-y girl we know and love. I'm not too sure about the Zoe-Samantha correlation, but Caitlin would definitely by Miranda. Not only is she possibly a lesbian, and we all know Miranda was toeing the line for a long while on the series, but she's also the most different from the others. In SATC, Miranda was different because she was the hard, career-oriented woman. In CM, Caitlin is different because she seems paradoxically to be the softest one, often clutzy and apologetic.

Last week, we found out that Caitlin's girlfriend, Alisha, was pregnant. Alicia and her ex had apparently been trying to have a baby (with donor sperm, of course), and, well, it worked. Just a little late is all. How does Caitlin deal with the news?
Very well, actually. I was expecting her to freak out or something, but she just seemed very confused. I'm glad the characters on this show are more mature and serious than the ones on SATC. If this had happened to someone on that show, I'm sure a complete breakdown with tears and yelling would be involved.

Instead, Caitlin didn't even raise her voice. While talking over sushi with Mia, she just seemed a little lost and unsure of what to do, maybe add shocked to that list as well.

Caitlin: My girlfriend is pregnant. Just doesn't sound any better the more I say it. You say it.
Mia: Your girlfriend is pregnant.
Caitlin: No, that still sounds crazy.

However, she accompanies Alicia to the ultrasound, where she meets, surprise!, Alicia's ex, Olivia, who looks incredibly similar to Caitlin. While Caitlin and Alicia seem surprised at Olivia's appearance, she says that the baby is hers as well, so of course she'd come.

Later at a bar, Caitlin and Olivia talk while waiting for Alicia. (sidenote: Why is Alicia going to a bar? Isn't she, you know, pregnant?) Olivia tells Caitlin not to expect to be called Mommy, since the baby already has two, which will be quite enough, thank you. She also tells Caitlin that she's not sure she wants the baby to be too close to Caitlin, since Caitlin has such an infirm grasp on her own sexuality.

Insulted, Caitlin remarks that neither she nor Olivia have any biological tie to the baby, but then Olivia says that she just doesn't understand lesbians. At which point, Alicia shows up. Obviously her ex and current girlfriend get together smashingly.

Caitlin tries to figure out what to do, and talks it over with Mia while walking, when they chance upon a baby store.


Caitlin points at something cute in the window and goes inside excitedly, while Mia calls from outside that this really isn't helping her decide whether or not to be a mother, when she realizes that, of course, by getting so excited about baby items, Caitlin has already decided. She just didn't realize it yet.

Caitlin rushes back to Alicia's apartment, with bags of baby thing in hand, when Alicia tells her she has some bad news. I loved this bit of dialog about it:

Caitlin: I've seen that look before.
Alicia: This is really difficult.
Caitlin: No, it's not. You have the easy part. I have to stand here and listen to things I really don't think I want to hear.

It's so exactly what runs through your head during these moments, isn't it? I don't think anyone can ever really be broken up with by surprise. You always know, somewhere in your head, that it's going to happen.

And so ended Caitlin's first lesbian relationship and her storyline for this episode. Here's one last pic that I just thought was funny. It's so characteristic of Caitlin, too.



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For the complete episode summary, click here.