'Secret Diary of a Call Girl': Party Favors

Thus Hannah took her frustration someplace else — to novelist Jay Lorre, who ''changed her life'' and whom you may have recognized as Scottish actor Jamie Sives, from Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself and one very good episode of Doctor Who. Sure, once he came onto the scene, the party seemed to devolve into, as a friend of mine said, ''just a lot of playing hide-and-seek at some phony-baloney Eyes Wide Shut sports-car-commercial setting.'' But I found Jamie and Billie totally watchable, and quite good flirts. The situation also allowed us to learn a lot more about Hannah: mainly that she is terribly unprofessional, selfish, and unable to disconnect her work from her personal desires. That other rule about keeping her private life and job separate? Totally kaput the minute she chose Jay over Aleksandar, handing the latter the ''gotta go, I have personal problems'' excuse. All I can say is thank God good old Sis went into labor and gave Hannah a real justification for leaving when Alex raises hell to her boss. Don't get me wrong, I'm not down on Hannah at all: I loved the way she could happily hop into bed with a good book after an event-filled night (and seeing Billie's perfect naked bum didn't hurt). I also thought it cute how she was so chummy with the waiter and managed to crack an Ibsen joke. She's just no hooker with a heart of gold is all.

I can't wait for next week when she starts double-dipping on clients. In the meantime, thanks to you guys, I have a whole load of British shows to catch up on — and a broken region-free DVD player, which I'm going to throw out the window. (Non-Brit-TV fans may want to skip to the next paragraph now). TV Watcher Daniel, 8 Out of 10 Cats was awesome. Thank you! I found it on YouTube (yay!). I also recently discovered Big Fat Quiz of the Year, while googling Russell Brand. And Smack the Pony, with Sarah Alexander. TV Watcher Ben, I've been meaning to check out This Life for years. I love you for putting it back on my radar. Remember the American remake? Yuck! I'm sorry to say (while we're on the subject of Andrew Lincoln shows), I've never seen all of Teachers either. Feel free to rail on me. I deserve it, 'cause he's excellent. Lastly, to TV Watcher nk, I think Robson Green is fabulous too! I have no clue why he's not more famous in the States. This is for you. For my part, I wanted to share this show with Stephen Fry called Absolute Power that I caught this Saturday on PBS (no making fun). It was hilarious.

So what did you guys think of this episode? Still turned off by the fuzzy cinematography or digging it in the low-light party atmosphere? Ticked off at Hannah, or still with Billie hook, line, and sinker? (If the latter, here she is talking about the show on Parky.) Getting a vibe between her and Ben, or think I'm totally imagining it?