"Swingtown"
Cabin Fever (2008)

Director:

Jamie Babbit

Writer:

Joy Gregory (written by)

TV Series:

"Swingtown" (2008)

Original Air Date:

26 June 2008 (Season 1, Episode 4)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Neighbor | Pilot | Suburbia | Marriage | Illinois

Cast

Molly Parker	...	Susan Miller
Jack Davenport	...	Bruce Miller
Grant Show	...	Tom Decker
Lana Parrilla	...	Trina Decker
Josh Hopkins	...	Roger Thompson
Miriam Shor	...	Janet Thompson
Shanna Collins	...	Laurie Miller
Aaron Christian Howles	...	B.J. Miller
Brittany Robertson	...	Samantha Saxton (as Britt Robertson)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nick Benson	...	Rick Thompson (as Nicholas J. Benson)
Michael Rady	...	Doug Stephens
Kyle Searles	...	Logan Rhode
Rachel Winfree	...	Fisherman's Wife

Cabin Fever was another pleasantly good episode of "Swingtown"

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

This was another pretty good episode of "Swingtown" with the three couples of Bruce and Susan, Roger and Janet, Tom and Trina making it a threesome (not in THAT way!) with Janet and Trina having some kind of truce especially after everyone eats Janet's brownies-that Trina laced-after Susan spilled the beans about that. On the teens side, Laurie invites her teacher for dinner. He arrives late after the food was eaten but stays to watch Double Indemnity with her. After he tells her nothing can come of that kiss, Laurie tells him that he's only her instructor for the next two weeks. As the teacher leaves, he's seen by Laurie's former boyfriend who looks jealous. And Ricky, B.J., and Samantha spend some time at her mom's pool with them all listening to some bootleg KISS from Holland. As Ricky gets drunk, B.J. and Samantha talk about how the neighborhood becomes "freak central". Oh, and when the women sleep in one room with the men in the other, Trina admits to some loneliness concerning Tom's upcoming flights to Tokyo...Nice to see Janet get a little loose in this episode and Trina not push her "buttons" so much. Once again, I'm glad not to see the Laurie-Teach relationship pushed much further, at least not for now. And can I say, seeing Grant Show-who I've been familiar with since "Melrose Place"-with that '70s mustache is such a hoot to watch especially when he asks Janet when she's serving lemonade, "Hey good lookin', what's cookin'?" In summation, "Swingtown" is one of the more pleasant surprises on television this summer. Can't wait for the next episode...