what may or may not be hard reality

So Claudia Joy was young, exhausted, and hit some guy with her car because she was irresponsible? What an anti-climax that was. Couldn't it at least have been something that she actually knowingly *did*?? 'Bigoted guy was trying to rape my "roommate" straight, so I whacked him over the head with a frying pan to save her'??? 'This other chick was hittin' on my girlfriend, and I got in her face and pushed her in front of a car - I swear I don't remember seeing it coming, but I was so upset...' ??? A Deep Dark Secret shouldn't be simply being stupid...

And on the Claudia Joy/Denise front, they're apparently friends again... I *loved* that silly little scene in the bedroom in 1x08 when they're giggling! And all my disappointment in the Deep Dark Secret aside, I adored that Denise was of course the one next to her on the couch, holding her hand when it got tough... awww...

However, 1x08 needs a bit of ranting, too, Amanda is 18 years old, old enough to be going off to college in a few months, old enough to strike up a friendship with her neighbor who is her mother's age, and her mother's friend, but she's isn't old enough to play house by herself for one week while her family's out of town, she needs to stay with someone?? Or have someone stay with her?? Come on... the girl is 18, do you think she's gonna starve to death, or throw huge-ass parties, or what???