I have no idea what the show was trying to say with this one. Lola dares to be both confident and sexy as well as fat, but it turns out that she's just as sad as anybody else. Kimber is sexy and thin, but doesn't enjoy the pleasures in life and spends most of the episode counting calories and indulging in bulimia. So what's the message here? That you're unhappy in both extremes? Christian enjoys sex with Lola, but insists that he's not a 'chubby-chaser'. Lola is diagnosed with cancer. A punishment for being sexually vicarious? Huh? I enjoyed Danica Sheridan's performance, but the story was tonally bouncing off the walls. From fat suit sitcom sex to crushing cancer drama. Shivers.Similarly, I didn't understand the purpose of the Barbie and Ken subplot. There seemed to be a question of whether or not sex makes a relationship, but it was so shadily plotted that the idea got lost midway through. And while a scene like the black-and-white retro pastiche could have worked, the literal dialogue about blow jobs felt insanely awkward.
Tossed in the middle of all this absurdity is that great moment where Kimber stumbles into self-awareness, confronting Christian with the fact that they both hate each other, and are only together because they mutually hate each other the most. It's a scene that adds a lot of depth to their relationship, and helps cover up some of the logic gaps in Christian pursuing her so much this year. And Kelly Carlson gave what I think was her finest Nip/Tuck acting in that scene.
There were some interesting ideas being handled here, but in general Lola Wlodkowski is a total misfire, with humor that didn't hit its intended target and a tone that veers from trashy comedy to flat drama. C-
Credits
Guest stars Danica Sheridan (Lola Wlodkowski); Jessica Collins (Tracy Pierce); Mark Deklin (Skip Pierce); Faline England (Delivery Girl)
Writers Lyn Greene, Richard Levine Director Eric Stoltz
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