I get the sense that Mal has bought into the new role as boyfriend a little more than Shelly has bought into her new role as girlfriend.
Mal has gone from being a snivelly little shark to a simpering boy pal awfully quick. It’s almost as if he wanted that life and was waiting for it to show up.
I wonder how many of us fall into that sphere- creating our own little self-fulfilling prophesies and then being impressed that the universe finally obliged.
Shelly, on the other hand, is just doing the same dang thing she was doing at Sportsmart- jockeying for power under everyone’s radar. And she’s also hanging with Mal. That’s probably what she always felt the universe would provide.
Shelly: “Peter’s liver, and a nice Chianti.”
Mal: “Sounds good. Your place, or my brother’s?”
a tad heavy on the snark, but yeah, kinda nailed it
dun dun dun daaaaaaaaah
Didn’t Shelly lay in to somebody she thought was threatening Mal at the Outdoorfest a while ago?
By that time, I’d assumed she’d *fully* bought into her new role as girlfriend.
I almost feel sorry for poor Peter Enis. Here he is, thinking he’s going to be the new king of sports stores. He’s completely unaware that the female minion he has added to his army has teamed up with his only other minion to take everything out from under him.
Mal is lucky that Shelly is giving him something to do, and Peter should be thankful that he can at least stay on as a figurehead.