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Oh man, it’s time for the most wonderful college tradition. A booze-filled week of partying on the beach, SPRING BREAK! Rusty is packing for the beach, while Dale is going wild turkey hunting. (Why doesn’t that surprise me?) ZBZ is closed for the week which means Casey and Ashleigh can cross off the few remaining things on their spring break to-do list from freshman year. Kappa Tau takes the school bus that has faithfully taken them to 32 beaches.

However once the kids hit South Carolina, they experience a few minor problems. Casey arrives at the hotel only to find two of the five rooms she booked are available to ZBZ. And KT’s faithful bus isn’t in the best condition.

No time to worry about transportation and lodging when there are hot boys to flirt with, right Ash? She ends up spending her entire break searching for the hotness monster. Dragging boyfriends onto the beach—or a banana boat—can also be distracting. I shouldn’t rag on Rebecca too much, it’s kind of sweet that she wants to spend time with Cappie. After weeks of training, Rusty is ready to use his ID only to find the actual Chad Stewart in line to get into the club.

Despite the smoothies and sandcastles and clubs (Oh my) all around him, Calvin isn’t having the best time. I guess vacation can be lonely when your hot French-speaking boyfriend isn’t around. Turns out Rusty isn’t having the best time either (bad case of high expectations) and so he decides to leave…on the same bus that Calvin is taking home. When the bus doesn't work out, the two barely talk as they try to find a rental car company. Rusty tries to use his fake ID but once again it fails to get him what he wants. Rusty says its cursed, maybe he’s right.

An extremely upset Rebecca spots Cappie helping Casey cross off “entering a contest” off of her list and lies to him about feeling fine. Instead of talking to Cappie, Rebecca gets wasted, enters a wet t-shirt contest and breaks up with Cappie (I usually cry to a friend, but whatever works for you). After an angry spectator punches Cappie in the face, he and Casey go for a walk on the beach and totally make out!

Evan is enjoying being single on spring break, but needs a break from all the ladies after a while. His “break” didn’t last too long because he ends up hooking up with Frannie. We knew that was coming, but motives are a little suspicious. We’ll see how long this lasts (and how angry Casey gets at Frannie next year).

Rusty calls Dale who drives him and Calvin back to school (apparently turkey hunting wasn’t all it was cracked up to be). Though he may be eccentric, Dale is a good guy underneath it all. He locks Calvin and Rusty out of the car, eccentric, until they make up, good guy. His crazy plan works and all is well with their friendship again (finally).

It turns out Rebecca’s father is in trouble (when will politicians learn that prostitution rings are never a good idea?) and Cappie instantly goes to be with her. So the Casey-Cappie reunion won’t happen any time soon, but Casey got to cross “kissing a guy on the beach” off of her list, so it wasn’t a total bust.

Casey and Ashleigh end up watching the sunrise together. Ashleigh never found her hot guy but did find his shoe. He was wearing a CRU hat at one point, so I’m sensing a Cinderella moment next season. As the best friends talk, Casey reminds Ashleigh there is just one thing left on the list: skinny dipping. The two giggle and run into the ocean…and then two sketchy guys steal their clothes. Oh, spring break!

Well, that’s the end of the season. What did you think? Good ending? Are you happy Cappie stayed with Rebecca? What about Evan and Frannie? Predictions for September? I hope y’all enjoyed the recaps, I know I had fun writing them.

This episode made happy for so many reasons. Happy I decided not to go to grad school, happy I don’t have Ashleigh’s spending problems and oh so happy that I’m legal (and gave away my own fake ID).

With a trip to the Myrtle Beach (where Satan apparently lives, just ask Dale) just around the corner and the Kappa Tau pledges have begun spring training. After handing out fake IDs, Cappie, Beaver and the crew run bouncer drills to get the pledges in top clubbing shape. Rusty studies his new identity: music-writing, Asia traveling Chad Stewart. It turns out Chad has quite a fan base, or at least one major fan at a local bar. Rusty rattles off stories and by the end of the night gets himself invited to a party.

Casey is need of vacation especially now that she’s preparing for the LSAT. After one stressful prep class, she goes to Evan for help. Evan’s study tips actually paid off because the second time around, Casey raised her score by 15 points! Apparently “Thanks for helping me rise my score on a practice test” translates into “Hey Evan even though we’re just friends let’s hug for just a little longer than friends do and go out to dinner.”

Ashleigh on the other hand, won’t be able to head south if she doesn’t get some cash fast. Her problems seemed to be solved when she gets a new credit card. Tabs at the bar, new shoes and wraps for the beach all add up and before she knows it, Ashleigh has spent her limit. And when she tries to work out a payment plan, the credit card company raises her limit. Why do I have a feeling that this is going to come back to haunt Ashleigh in the future?

Over dinner, Evan tells Casey he scored her an interview with the Dean of Admissions of Harvard Law School. However, after checking out the application, Casey isn’t so sure that law is really the way to go. Perhaps Casey was a bit distracted because she found out Evan paid Shane to stay away from her and that he’s still in love with her. Nice going Frannie, by the way. Pretending to care about Casey so a drunk Ashleigh would confront Shane, looks like Frannie hasn’t completely changed. Unfortunately for Casey realizing that law was Evan’s path and not her own didn’t happen until the Harvard interview. Oops!

Rusty brings Dale along to the cool party he was invited to (sans the 12-year-old jean jacket) only to find out “Chad” was invited to sing at a wedding. Rusty is not smooth, Rusty cannot sing. So it’s pretty safe to say that when “Chad” is asked to sing things don’t go so well. Rusty freezes up and luckily the bride and groom get into a fight, giving him enough time to escape. Let this be a lesson kids, fake IDs are risky and can get you into major trouble! (Did that sound genuine and responsible?)

After a botched interview, Casey vents to Rusty and they have another supercute sibling moment. Awwww.

So next week is the season finale (woooo spring break!), any predications? Will something happen between Casey and Cappie? Will Rusty get into a club after intense training? Are the pledges on this show ever going to be initiated?

Hope everyone enjoyed Memorial Day!
Rusty has certainly been having fun with Tina and is learning the definition of a hookup buddy. A confused Rusty would rather have a girlfriend and goes to his sister for advice, but that’s kind of weird/gross so Ashleigh steps in to help. Cappie also offers some words of wisdom: act like a jerk and eventually she’ll dump him for someone better.

To celebrate the lifted restrictions, Omega Chi is throwing a huge party—and Kappa Tau will not be on the guest list. In response the KTs decide to throw a party of their own. Word is spreading about two parties and there seems to be mixed opinions on which party for ZBZ to attend. Casey quickly squashes any hint of rebellion by making the pledges planning to attend the KT shindig (i.e. Rebecca and Mandy) sober sisters.

The Omega Chi party is off to a good start, especially for Casey who spots a hot—and no longer un-available—pre-med. Evan notices Casey noticing Ryan and asks Calvin to keep guys away from her. However, keeping the fellas away from Casey doesn’t leave much time to hang out with Michael. When Casey calls Calvin out, he snaps (literally in her face, girlfriend!) and tells Evan he’s done. No pledge duties gives Calvin a chance to talk to Michael and if that kiss on the dance floor is any indication, I’d say things are working out quite nicely for the two of them.

The KT party is not so hopping. Three kegs don’t go very far and virgin jello shots certainly won’t get anyone drunk. While Cappie puts a party-salvaging plan into action, Beaver offers to help Rusty break up with Tina in one of the funniest phone reenactments I’ve ever seen.

The grand plan to save the KT party: steal the booze from Omega Chi. While waiting in line to use the bathroom, Rusty gets advice from a stranger on how to handle the Tina situation. Evan doesn’t need any advice on what to do about Casey—seeing her with Ryan tells him everything he needs to know. Just before Casey and Ryan have a cute moment, Betsy, a super drunk ZBZ, needs help getting home and Rebecca and Mandy are nowhere to be found. Rebecca has told all of the pledges to head over to KT, a decision Casey is not too happy about.

Even though she was convinced her night with Ryan was ruined, he and Casey share a late night kiss (a really sloppy one, gross). So once again Casey’s out of luck (first the sea-saw kiss with Shane and now Ryan? Will she ever get a real kiss with a cute new guy?) and bonds with Ashleigh.

Rusty gets some help finally breaking things off with Tina via text. She takes the news well, but informs Rusty she has crabs…what would a KT party be without some sort of crazy moment?

So will Casey meet a new guy on spring break next week? Will Frannie and Evan ever hook up? Is Rebecca going to get in any sort of trouble for actions? What about Cappie, is he really over Casey?

So sorry for the delay! Due to a suddenly broken TiVo and other technical difficulties, I wasn’t able to catch this episode until it replayed Tuesday at midnight. (That’s right I stayed up just for you!) We’ve already waited long enough, let’s not waste any time and get right to the good stuff.

Apparently CRU has an amazing basketball team and the whole school is pumped up for the championship game. From a Greek lottery for courtside seats to spirit socials at a local bar, there are plenty of reasons for Greeks on campus to get excited. But unfortunately not everyone can partake in the fun.

A few ZBZs—including Ashleigh—didn’t hit the books and now must make up that time during social events. Ashleigh explained that she missed study hours because she was in meetings planning all of the social events of the week. As president Casey pardoned Ashleigh, a move that none of the pledges stuck staying in (i.e. Rebecca Logan) were too happy about it. Sick of hearing the pledges whisper about her, Casey apologized and pardoned the pledges for that week too. A noble gesture, yes, but Casey started to lose her authority over the house.

After 25 years, Kappa Tau won courtside seats to the championship game via the all-Greek lottery. The boys can bring guests and Rusty asked Tina (yeah hardcore U-SAG Tina) to join him. A cute moment was in the making until Rusty explained how he scored the seats. An all-Greek lottery gave Dale and Tina the fuel they needed to keep the U-SAG fire burning.

Cappie complained to Dean Bowman about the tickets with sandwich metaphors and then went on to show him just how silly the Greek restrictions with a fake ticket written in crayon. Dean Bowman (sporting a new goatee, not his best look) called Cappie’s bluff and invited him to speak on behalf of the Greeks at the board meeting. Wow, the future of Greek life on campus in Cappie’s hands? This is big, even Evan offered to help Cappie out—though Cappie promptly rejected “Evanescence’s” help. Things are not looking so good.

Casey vented to Evan about her situation at ZBZ and it turns out Evan gives good advice. He suggested she talk to Frannie who told Casey she will lose control if she keeps trying to win everyone over with honey. Casey opened a forum, allowed the girls to complain and when things got out of control, she shut everyone up and showed them who is in charge.

Rusty realized that while Tina infuriates him, he actually has a giant crush on her. In probably the most awkward way possible, Rusty and Tina hooked up her dorm.

All gloves were off at the big board meeting. Dale delivered a compelling speech, until he got all fire and brimstone. Cappie’s speech could have been decent had he not been cut off after two minutes. Luckily Evan stepped in and pointed out that many board members had their own wild moments back in college. Restrictions were lifted and the Greek community rejoiced. Parties were in full force while Dale sulked alone in the dark. Tina called Rusty (I guess that’s going to last) and Dean Bowman relived his college days with old flaming bag prank. Seems highly unlikely, but still a classic.

So who’s happy the restrictions are over with? Who was shocked by Dean Bowman’s past? Rusty and Tina?

Ah, spring time! The flowers are blooming, the sun is shining, the frats are competing for ZBZ philanthropy. Oh yes, it’s ZBZ Fest and that means each frat gets a ZBZ coach to supervise physical competition, fundraising and a pageant. Though this is a philanthropic event, there’s no reason to make things a little more interesting. Rebecca, Frannie and Casey bet their teams will win, losers have to clean the winning team’s bathrooms (I have been in several fraternity bathrooms and let me tell you, it only happens when things get desperate. I’m grossed out just thinking about bathroom duty).

As silly as some of the events sound (scratch post crawl?) watching Rebecca coach the Kappa Taus was hilarious. Between girl push-ups and Rusty making Rebecca’s waxing appointments, I never stopped laughing. Rusty is getting fed up with Rebecca’s bossy attitude, but is told he can’t talk to Cappie about it (he’d be breaking the guy code). After sitting in a cage and getting yelled at for an hour, Rusty has enough. He tells her off and then marches away angrily—enter Beaver trying to cover with some bogus story about the guy who invented gravity dying (Newton has been dead for hundreds of years, nice try Beav). It turns out Rebecca is driving Cappie nuts and he is more than relieved when Rusty finally says something. Apparently the guy code is outdated (Beaver almost became a Canadian citizen because of it).

Casey, on the other hand wasn’t having too tough of a time coaching the hot, athletic Lambda Sigs. I agree with Ashleigh, new crushes are fun! Casey is happy to flirt with someone new (a.k.a. not Evan or Cappie). She channels her happiness into a snack pack for Shane as he sea-saws into the night. To show his gratitude, Shane tried to kiss Casey but going up and down on a sea-saw makes that kind of difficult. Oh well, there’s always next time.

Casey’s not the only one with a new guy in sight. Calvin grabs coffee with Asleigh’s French TA. They share a love of France and, more importantly, a love of Tyra (by the way, nice impression Calvin. I love me some Top Model). However, Calvin isn’t so sure how to balance his dating life with his Omega Chi life. Ashleigh helps Calvin realize that if he really likes this guy, he may have to do things that he doesn’t necessarily enjoy (such as gay film festivals). Calvin and Frenchie hug it out, so I think we’ll be seeing more of them in the future. I have to say, I’m really happy Calvin is getting a love story (but I’m still waiting on a new man for Ashleigh).

Evan has a chat with Casey about being friends, but later indicates he really wants to be with her. After a pep talk from Frannie (“Fate is for poor people, otherwise we wouldn’t have a state lottery.”) Evan decides to take more control over his love life.

ZBZ Fest culminates with the Mr. Purr-fect competition. To earn the most points, the guys have got to work it (Personally, I’m a fan of the swimsuit competition—Shane has definitely got Evan beat there). It all comes down to the talent portion. Cappie purposely throws it and tells Rebecca how nuts she’s become. She snaps out of crazy coach mode and kisses her boyfriend. Looks like things are back to normal. Shane won the pageant and Casey’s heart…until he blows her off (and by blows her off I mean Evan bribed him to stay away from Casey, JERK!).

Cappie officially overturns the guy code and has Rebecca apologize to the guys with pizza (I’d forgive for free pizza, let’s be honest). Rusty accepts and agrees to be “acquaintances who tolerate each other.” Evan takes Casey out for “friendly” coffee and I’m left feeling angry that he’s manipulating her in an attempt to win her back.

Who was hoping the Shane thing would go somewhere (I was!)? Who is happy to see Evan making a real effort to be with Casey (despite how creepy it is)? First Cappie gets sick, then ZBZ Fest…who wants to see more interaction between Rebecca and Kappa Tau?

Sorry for the recap delay, I was spending some time of my own with parents and friends—very appropriate for this episode. It’s parents weekend at CRU! I was sad the weekend was only for freshman (don’t tell me you’re not dying to see what kind of couple raised Cappie), but the parents that did visit didn’t dissapoint.

Every Greek organization must host an event for parents and the KTs are hosting a barbeque. Everyone wants to “fly the Kappa Tau flag” but Rusty would rather clean up and try and impress his parents...especially because he hasn’t exactly been honest about Kappa Tau. (A service fraternity? Really Rusty? Next time try something remotely close to the truth.) Rusty’s grand plan: distract his parents with loads of academic activities and then they won’t have time to see the house. And when all else fails, you can always lie about building houses in Mexico, right Rusty?

Dale’s parent’s are hilarious. From secret knocks to longing looks at the Confederate flag to sleeping in the dorm, I never stopped laughing. Dale, our little tater tot, seems kind of worn out from all of the bonding (“Let’s go, I’ve got a new pair of Scholls!”) but soon realizes that college is about growing up and becoming you own person…as long as it doesn’t require standing up to your parents!

Rusty’s keep the parents busy plan was actually working until he ran into Beaver, who so conveniently told the Cartwrights about the KT barbeque. In a panic, Rusty drops off his parents at ZBZ, throwing Casey way off guard. But, no time to fret over parents when Senator Logan (Rebecca’s father) walks through the door. Rebecca has no problem bringing dad to her sorority house, but doesn’t want to introduce him to Cappie—who acts cool, but really seems hurt by this news.

Casey argues with her parents because they don’t believe in her (hooray, parents weekend!) but doesn’t have much time to argue because they want to check out Rusty’s “service fraternity.” Casey is a bit surprised when she walks into the Kappa Tau house with her parents but not as surprised as Cappie when Rebecca brings her father over and makes Cappie sound like a total loser. It’s amazing how learning about your father’s affair makes you want to anger him with a dead-beat boyfriend. Cappie is even more hurt than before and wants no part in rebelling against daddy.

The evening is not a total bust, Rusty’s parents totally bought the philanthropy act. But after hearing her parents rave about how perfect Rusty is, Casey has enough and drives back to KT to show her parents what Rusty’s frat is really like. Casey feels badly when Rusty tells her their parents are making him quit KT, though. The two make up over breakfast with their parents without actually apologizing to each other. Casey defends Rusty joining Kappa Tau and Rusty delivers a sermon about how awesome/composed and skilled Casey is and how now he is a man. (So maybe more of a bar mitzvah speech than a sermon?)

In a strange move, Rebecca talks to Ashleigh about what happened with Cappie. And for the first time we see Rebecca has a soul. She tells Cappie about her father’s affair, apologizes and kind of confesses that she truly cares about him. In the end, Rebecca ditches her dad to hang out with Cappie. Looks like things will work out after all. How sweet!

Casey and her mom have a cute mother-daughter moment—Turns out Casey’s not a total failure at life—and she and Rusty end the episode with a cute sibling moment (awwww).

Which parents were your favorite? Who was surprised by Rebecca? Who was proud of Rusty for growing a pair and standing up to his parents?

Looks like Rusty is finally ready to move on from Jen K with a girl from lit class he has a crush on. After a middle school-style set up by Dale, Rusty met Emma (and Emma's roommate and Dale) for coffee. Emma's roommate, Tina, is pretty intense. She's loud, assertive and hates the Greek system. The date turns into "Greek Inquisition" but all is not lost when Emma agrees to go out with Rusty again.

It also seems that ZBZ is also ready to move on from Jen K (or at least the drama she caused), especially after some girls were invited another frat's formal. Now that they are no longer social pariahs, the ZBZs are ready to rebuild their bond with Omega Chi (their counterparts in terms of social status and attractiveness). Frannie convinces Ashleigh who convinces Casey to go talk to Omega Chi about mixing. Casey goes to the Omega Chi house to talk to Dino (the Omega Chi president? When did Evan stop being pres?), but Evan's harsh tone (totally unnecessary by the way) told Casey everything she needed to know.

Cappie is sick and Rebecca wants nothing to do with him...until she learns what an angel Casey used to be. But, not even sexy nurse outfits and intense jealousy of Casey can help Rebecca deal with germ-infested Cappie. After trying to fulfill Cappie's long list of demands Rebecca has enough and finally hires a professional.

Tina becomes the new super member of U-SAG and Rusty becomes the new super stalker. Mixes, a new white board, questionnaires it's all too much! Emma is turned off/creeped out by Rusty's actions. Emma isn't the only one turned off; Tina completely intimidates Dale to the point of hiding under the bed to avoid seeing her.

Ashleigh has a chat with Calvin and soon enough Omega Chi votes to mix with ZBZ. Turns out most (and by most I mean all) of the opposition was coming from Evan. The house is psyched about mixing, but Casey is a little hesitant about interacting with Evan. Her worst fears come true when she and Evan are both on party patrol and manage to let their own feelings escalate into an argument over stamps which blew up into an argument about their relationship (and by blow up I mean they shouted loud enough for everyone to stare awkwardly at them).

The next day, Frannie goes to Evan and offers to help him, but then rejects him when he tries to kiss her, so I don't exactly get what her intensions were. Who knows ever know with Frannie, though? Apparently kissing Frannie gives Evan the inspiration to decide he wants Casey back. Casey also woke up inspired and tells Evan she's finally ready to move on (not at all what I was expecting, but way to assert your independence). Casey is also ready to move forward with Frannie and informs her she is off probation and that she can move back into the ZBZ house.

Rebecca goes to see Cappie and finds him healthy once again. Rebecca reminds Cappie that isn't Casey and is relieved to learn Cappie is OK with that...and that Casey's secret was to knock Cappie out with cough syrup when he was sick and then sneak away for a few hours while he slept.

Rusty apologizes to Emma for being such a creeper, or "jumping the gun" as he says. Tina also admits to Rusty that she can be awkward while getting to know people and tends to jump into things. The two reach an understanding and some kind of weird, potential romance vibe lingers (oh it lingered, don't pretend you didn't notice).

So Casey is on her own, thoughts? ZBZ is back at the top of the Greek social pyramid, do you think it will last? What exactly is Frannie up to? Who’s excited to meet the parents next week?

If you’re like me, every time you watch Greek questions linger in the back of your mind: How did someone like Casey ever fall for someone like Cappie? What were the upper classmen like as freshman? Was Frannie always so mean? Well, tonight all of your questions are answered.

As the all-Greek ball approaches, Evan, Ashleigh, Casey and Cappie can’t help but recall their freshman experiences—despite their aims to forget. It turns out Evan and Cappie were best buddies from summer camp. Sporting a vintage shirt and a creepy, Spencer-like blonde beard (that’s a Hills reference for you non-MTVers) Evan was determined to shed his “rich boy” image and join the coolest party frat on campus, Kappa Tau. (You read that correctly. Don’t worry, I had to replay that scene too to make sure I wasn’t crazy.) Cappie ends up being a superstar pledge whereas Evan is a “bing.” Not only did Cappie outshine Evan at KT, he stole the cute girl Evan met at a party, Casey Cartwright (so that’s how they met). He can’t get the girl, he can barely get into the frat—turns out Evan was kind of awkward freshman year.

Frannie has been hanging around the ZBZ house doing laundry and trying her best to be nice to Casey, making Casey think back to her freshman rush experience. Call me a sucker for a sentimental sisterhood speech, but Frannie seemed genuine in caring for Casey then (and now, aw man now who will be the ZBZ mean girl?) Despite Frannie’s best efforts, Casey is still giving her Big Sis the cold shoulder

On a side note: Calvin seems to be getting a long well back at Omega Chi, he’s even cracking gay date jokes.

More flashbacks show us that Cappie got sucked into frat life (even though Evan had to drag him to rush) and never had much time to hang out with Casey—I guess it was bros and cheesoritos before hos even back then. Evan walked Casey home from a Cappie karaoke night and we saw the sparks flying then and there. The disappointment continued for Casey the night of the ball when Cappie was too busy pre-partying to pick her up. Frannie, we learn, marched over to the KT house and yelled at Cappie (and made Egyptian Joe cry in the process). Though Cappie got his act together, Evan had already saved Casey’s night and the two were dancing awfully close for friends, if you catch my drift. Cappie got angry, the two boys fought and we all know what happened after that. I guess if you’re going to steal your best friend’s girlfriend, you’ve got to do it in style by ruining a formal event. (Go big or go home, right?)

Cappie learns from his past mistakes and shows up at ZBZ looking sharp to pick up Rebecca. After learning about what Frannie did Casey has a Hallmark moment and invites Frannie to come to the ball with her and Ashleigh. By the way, how much laundry does this girl have? She’s been folding her clothes the entire episode.

So all of these touching moments, blasts from the past and bad facial hair all lead up to the worst ending ever. Casey and Evan both reach for the same champagne glass, Evan lets go, stares at Casey and then walks away without saying anything. Cappie looks over at Casey, acknowledging her presence and that’s about it. What a freaking let down.

The only thing that made up for that horrible anti-climactic ending was the preview for next week’s episode: The Casey-Evan confrontation! True, the preview was all of 30 seconds, but from what I saw Casey made a good point: Evan never gave her the second chance she gave him…and he wants her back? OMG!

Despite a disappointing ending, this episode was full of some of the funniest lines and moments I’ve seen all season:

-Cappie calls the ball “Prom Part II.” Rusty’s disappointed answer: “Well, I didn’t have a prom part I”
-Dale’s USAG ball: a night of sin-free fun, complete with line dancing and subtle proselytizing
-Dale recalls ending a friendship over Catholicism “Mass? You’re dead to me!”
-Beaver’s hair freshman year
-Frannie yells at Egyptian Joe about not hiding out in college to dodge the draft and a minimum-wage job. He (literally) cries, “I got nowhere else to go!”
-Rusty’s freakish research/stalker skills astonish Cappie “I’m start, this is what I do”

This episode had too much going on for you all not to say something. Who loved this flashback? Who was happy to see Casey come around to Frannie? Who hated the ending as much as I did? Who would have gone to Dale’s USAG ball? Who wants to see more Egyptian Joe?

Since Calvin went back to Omega Chi, things were slightly awkward between him and Rusty. So if not joining Rusty’s frat put a slight strain on the friendship, imagine what an all out prank war between Omega Chi and Kappa Tau would do. From stealing and “retouching” the Omega Chi frat photo to a water gun fight (keep in mind these guns were loaded with fish oil and hot sauce) in KT house, these boys were not messing around. Cappie took things most seriously, taking on the role of a general complete with a ridiculous Southern accent.

Super perky Lizzi decides to reward the girls for good behavior with a mixer (yay) with Psi Phi Pi, one of the nerdiest frats on campus (boo). Ashleigh meets with Jason, Psi Phi's social chair to do some damage control, but instead of canceling the mixer Ashleigh ends up falling for him (huh?).

The ZBZs are sick of super perky Lizzi, so Casey asks when their chapter can operate on their own and what it will take to get super perky Lizzi to leave (apparently more than a chart). Super perky Lizzi says there is just one thing left for the girls to do: reinstate Frannie. After all, forgiveness is the ultimate act of sisterhood. Casey, however, isn’t feeling the love and doesn’t like the idea of welcoming Frannie back "I want Jessica Simpson to stop putting out CDs but you can't always get what you want," she so wisely reminds us. Frannie's apologetic act may convince super perky Lizzi, but Casey isn't buying it. Casey reminds Frannie that she abandoned the chapter and was a horrible friend (oh yeah, Fran people don’t tend to forget when you sabotage their chance at glory—or in the case the title of Sweetheart—and also cause a break-up, but nice try). Despite what a witch Frannie was, the sisters are willing to deal with it if it means saying goodbye to super perky Lizzi.

Fed up with pranks Rusty waltzes straight into the Omega Chi house and proposes a peace treaty. Omega Chi isn’t so willing to give peace a chance and duct tape Rusty to the side of a building (a simple “No, thank you” would have sufficed). Rusty is mad at the Omega Chi's but more hurt that Calvin let it happen and didn't seem to feel to sorry about it the next day. Rather than sit around and cry (which I totally thought he would), Rusty channels his anger into coming up with the ultimate revenge prank: turning the Omega Chi house into an animal house. No not like the fun and hilarious movie, I mean putting barnyard animals all over the Omega Chi house. Great prank, but my question is how did the KTs get the animals in the first place? And how did they get the animals inside without making any noise? It’s probably better not to know.

While having coffee with Ashleigh and her new man, Casey figures out why her best friend is so attracted to Jason: he's essentially “Travis in a dork suit.” He's rude, arrogant, disrespectful, and upon realizing this Ashleigh has had enough. She marches into the boys bathroom in a huff, tells Jason off, gets the mixer cancelled and manages to insult his manhood (or lack thereof)—nothing like multitasking!

Casey struggles with her personal feelings towards Frannie and what the chapter wants. Before she rejects Frannie, super perky Lizzi suggests Casey re-read the ZBZ handbook. Frannie is reinstated in one of the dullest ceremonies I’ve ever seen and just as she arrives with all of her luggage the next day, Casey reminds Frannie of rule 57Q in the handbook which states that the president can put any recently reinstated member on probation and that members on probation can't live in the house. Looks like Frannie will have to prove she genuinely wants to be a sister again.

After all the pranks and shenanigans Rusty wonders if he and Calvin can remain friends. Cappie compares the friendship to Cromagnum man and tells Rusty things will work out if he and Calvin are willing to put in the effort to adapt and evolve as friends.

The episode ends on a happy note: super perky Lizzi is gone and ZBZ couldn’t be happier.

Who loved the pranks? Who was disappointed with the lack of Rebecca and/or Dale? And what about Rusty and Calvin, will they stay friends?

Tonight was all about boys. From Rusty bonding with some to Casey looking for a new one to Calvin’s attraction to them, dudes were all up in this episode.

After the KT pledges pranked Omega Chi, the brothers feel they’re ready for their pledge project and pump them up with a visit from a very special alum. Most of the pledge class is down with teamwork, only Rusty isn’t exactly part of the team. In fact he’s been missing out on trips to the Mall of America, nicknames and all sorts of time with the other pledges. “It’s like we’re a boy band and I’m the fat one” he complains to Casey who looks at him sincerely and says, “It’s pronounced Fatone.” ‘N Sync humor always helps a distressing situation.

Casey extends an olive branch to Rebecca who is ready to openly date Cappie. Cappie is ready for a future with Rebecca but wants to talk to Casey about it first (Props on the respectful move, Cappie). Not surprising at all, Casey doesn’t take the news so well. But, nothing helps get your mind off of an ex like playing with puppies…or the hottie who works at the animal shelter. In an attempt to make Cappie jealous/quickly move on, Casey brings Jonah to the date dash. However, things don’t quite work out the way Casey plans: she gets drunk and sleeps with the apparently 16-year-old hottie from the animal shelter (Oh, don’t judge me! He was cute and I bet the actor isn’t actually 16!). Statutory rape, pint of ice cream we all do what we have to do to get over an ex.

Dale is convinced he can cure Calvin of his homosexuality. I don’t know how effective combining prayer, underwear catalogs and a smelly banana peel is but Dale refuses to give up hope. Calvin turns the tables and makes Dale think he might be gay. But just before Dale tosses out his beloved Tim McGraw CD, Calvin reminds him that he can’t turn Dale gay the same way Dale can’t turn him straight.

When the swing-a-ling (The project the pledges don’t put much effort into) doesn’t work out Rusty gets some advice from Cappie’s big brother and creates at a Kappa Tau video game. When the other pledges are annoyed at the lack of teamwork, Rusty talks to them about being a part of the group. In classic fashion the boys work together and come up with a top-notch project—sort of. The brewery produces sludge but the pledges did come together and even invited Rusty along for a pancake run (how sweet).

How do you feel about Cappie and Rebecca? Who wants to see more of Dale? And next week’s trailer—who’s pumped for a frat war?

The girls of ZBZ are getting fed up with super perky Lizzi’s strict rules and are in major need of some fun. Lizzi squeals at the idea of a Great Gatsby themed, educational, alcohol-free party but Casey has other plans. With Cappie’s help the Kappa Tau basement is secretly transformed into a Prohibition era speakeasy, the location of the “real” party.

Planning a party based on a classic novel can be very distracting, like say distracting Calvin from Omega Chi? That’s right, Calvin just might switch sides and be the newest Kappa Tau pledge. Evan, however, isn’t too happy at the thought of losing Calvin as a pledge and takes his frustration out on Rusty (Chill out Ev, no need to snap. Rusty was just defending his sister’s honor). Before you get your hopes up, the let down and unsure look on Calvin’s face when Cappie had nothing to say about leadership and alumni connections pretty much gave away his feelings. Also, Evan turns out not to be such a jerk when he kicks homophobic Trent out of Omega Chi. To Rusty’s disappointment Calvin didn’t go the way of KT and went back to Omega Chi.

It seems the only two people consumed by something other than the party are Cappie and Rebecca, though if I were having secret sex with a hot guy, I’d be slightly distracted from party planning too. Rebecca insists they continue hooking up and nothing more but Cappie’s seems to have something else in mind.

The secret basement party is a hit. Ashleigh sings the blues (who knew she could sing like that?) and the kids hit the booze! Super perky Lizzi is too excited by the punch and the dancing lessons to notice basement foot traffic, but her surprise guest Dean Bowman isn’t. Oh yeah, did I forget to mention super perky Lizzi invited the dean to the party? Casey freaks out at the thought of getting caught and rallies the rush troops to distract their unknowingly invited guest.

But not even ZBZ’s stellar conversation skills can get them out of this pickle! Desperate times call for desperate measures…in the form of a literacy club? Cappie distracts the dean and the police by stealing a golf cart, giving the gang downstairs just enough time set up an impromptu reading club with Beaver at the center. Oh, what a night!

Side note: Nice Plain White T’s cameo and the top line of the night was Calvin’s aggressive comeback to Trent’s insults “I don’t even like cosmos, bitch!”

What did you think of the party? And what about that crazy trailer for next week?

Welcome back to campus, folks! Last we left our friends at Cypress Rhodes Rusty’s now ex-girlfriend wrote a scandalous article bashing the Greek system, Casey became the new president of ZBZ, Evan and Casey had a fight and Ashleigh accidentally outed Calvin to his frat. Needless to say everyone’s semester is off to a rocky start…except for maybe Cappie and Rebecca whose fling seems to be continuing in some of the craziest places on campus (I wish I had the nerve to show up to my library in the same sassy number Miss Logan had on).

No one in the Greek community is thrilled with the new rules the university is imposing and with ZBZ at the center of Greek controversy on campus, Casey is eager to restore faith in her sorority and herself. Her grand solution? A philanthropy carnival (Really Casey, really? You’re sorority’s prime status is long past in jeopardy and the entire university administration is this close to kicking frats and sororities off campus and the best you come up with is a carnival?) which despite being kind of a lame idea is well received.

Evan is determined to get Calvin to come back to Omega Chi, but doesn’t seem quite as desperate to get back together with Casey. Casey, however, doesn’t have time to worry about her ex when super perky Lizzi from ZBZ nationals is watching over her every move.

Ashleigh and Calvin quickly patch things up unlike Rusty who is still hung up on his ex-girlfriend Jen. But Cappie quickly reminds him that its “bros and cheesoritos before hos.” His pep talk (if you could call it that) didn’t do much for Rusty who bailed on his brothers to go talk to Jen and come carnival time The Kappa Taus were left with a snowless yeti.

The boys quickly recovered which is more than I can say about the ZBZs and their kissing booth—which failed miserably in comparison to the skanky Tri Pis. Cappie and company saved the day by lining up for some smooches, a plan that goes sour when Cappie and Casey’s kiss upsets both Evan and Rebecca. To make matters worse, Evan informs Casey that she will be stripped of her title as Omega Chi Sweetheart and that the Omega Chi-ZBZ bond is officially broken—oh yeah and he wants his letters back! Nothing says welcome back to school like public rejection and humiliation, huh Cas?

Things have certainly changed at CRU and there are bound to be more surprises this season…and I can’t wait to keep y’all posted on each and every one of them!