"Highway to the Discomfort Zone"

Welcome to Greek-vivor! Every week, we review the week's Greek episode and, in a Survivor-style system, award points to the Greek students best making their way through the college outback. The section ahead contains spoilers for this week's episode.

I have to admit this is my favorite Greek episode so far this season. The writer's employed masterful use of their Top Gun analogy (evidenced by the title "Highway to the Discomfort Zone"). The episode obviously revolved around finding your wingman. Rebecca gained Cappie as her wingman, while Rusty had to earn the trust of his pledges and Dale got his friendship with Calvin off on a healthier path. But enough talk let's look at the points!









-Masterful use of pouty lip to score wingman. +1
-Calls Casey "Goose" in Top Gun analogy. Can we expect a grizzly Casey Cartwright death in future episodes? +1
-Shops at Forever 21. Cool store. I don't shop there of course, but the clothes look pretty cool. +1
-New guy a step up from Brown University doush. Dating foreign from Hotmanistan +3
-...who wears fannie packs -1

Net Change:+5
Sum: 105







-Becomes a purity pledge member: "So you get together every week, talk about your feelings and don't have sex with women? I'm in." +2
-Bestows gay scare on Dale. +1
-Promises length conversation on subject of Communist flag. Next topic: "Hallelujah" chorus for morning alarm. +1



Net Change:+4
Sum: 107







-Get's date with Rebecca. Could consist of skinny dippying with pirhana, but otherwise a good time. +1
-Sees through the "Let's Go Public" plea from Rebecca. Puts spy skills to good use. +1
-Christmas lights still up at KTT. This isn't a trailer park, Cap. Get one of those pledges up on a ladder. -1
-Bestows ice-breaker for conversation: YouTube video where cat sucks man nipples. +2


Net Change: +3
Sum: 115







-Plea for non-enemy treaty given cold reception by Rebecca. -2
-Automatically assumes Cappie is asking her out and turns him down. Casey's never been accused of modesty. -4
-Badly managed freakout when Cappie drops news about Rebecca. -4
-Bestows excuse: "I have to watch 'To Catch a Predator.'" It is new, you have to admit. +1
-To Rusty: "Let's just skip to the tender moment." Writers beginning to catch onto their own formulaic attempts for warm-and-fuzzies. -1
-Calls Rusty "drama queen." You're on ABC Family. There's supposed to be drama. -1
-Reminds Rusty of his lack of High School popularity. Casey has also never been accused of tact. -1
-Suggests Rusty make a homemade gift for his fraternity brothers. -1
-Squirts Rebecca in the face with water hose. +1
-Scores date night with cute vet. +5
-...but uses him to get back at Cappie -5
-...and he's 16. Casey may soon appear on an episode of "To Catch a Predator" -5
-Threatens Rebecca with paign of death should she take advantage of Cappie. +3
Net Change: -15
Sum: 80








-Knits. Possible increase of hand-eye coordination which is important for football...er..basketball...er...baseball...well, I suppose it will come in handy for video games. +1
-Invites Calvin into the "warm embrace of hetrosexuality." Provides stunning sales job for hetrosexuality which includes prevention from eternal damnation, lifelong happiness and the chance to stop sniffing rotten banana peels. He should do door-to-door. +1
-Unintentially drops as many insults as you can on a human being. Evan should be taking lessons from you. -5
-Has three pop-up blockers. You can't be to safe these days. +1
-Tries to remove "gay" from his room. -2
-Likes Tim McGraw. +1
-Accepts Calvin's lifestyle. +4



Net Change: 0
Sum: 98







-Doesn't want to be "pruned" by Casey. I don't blame you, that's like playing knuckles with Edward Scissorhands. -1
-Gets squirted in face by water hose. -1
-ID gets turned down. Even Jonah Sweet Sixteen had a fake ID Rebecca. -1



Net Change: -3
Sum: 103







-First official consumer of the KTT Swingaling +5
-Crashes out -4
-Bravely tests KTT beer slime. +1

Net Change: +2
Sum: 104







-Rushes out of Pledge Cage to join pledge handbreak. Kind of pathetic. -1
-Suggests KTT video game. +1
-Missed pledge outing due to Jen K crisis. -1
-Put between helping pledges and loyalty to Cappie. -3
-Helped by Grandbig guru who lives inside Mt. Vesuvius +1
-Get's compliment on well-installed atmospheric stabalizer. +1
-Creates Kappa Tau Tetris overnight. +3
-Shot down by other pledges. -2
-Works with pledges to create Kappa Tau slime brewery. +3
-Scores IHOP pancake run with the other pledges. +1
-Creppy "Nice Taillights" comment to Casey. Will more than likely require years on the couch. -5
-Finally, achieves "tender moment." Assures Casey that he will be there for her. +3


Net Change: +1
Sum: 84

Wow, Casey really plummeted this episode, but what can you expect if you sleep with a minor? Calvin and Ashleigh have risen up the standings and within striking distance of first, while Rusty stalled his descent, perhaps in awe of Casey's Britney Spears style decay. No showings of Evan or Frannie this week. (I debated giving Evan a point just for not coming on set). But next week look for Lizzie to be added, and perhaps we'll even get to see some of the characters we missed this week. See you next week!

Standings:

Cappie (115)+3
Calvin (107)+4
Ashleigh (105)+5
Beaver (104)+2
Rebecca (103)-3
Dale (98)0
Frannie (96) N/A
Evan (90) N/A
Rusty(84)+4
Casey (80)-15

Thanks for reading! See you next week!