Shelayna is taking the decorations to the reception hall, and only has a few hours since it's the day of the rehearsal. She's sans makeup and still looks really cute, and I'm now my mom, wondering why she bothers to spackle her face up each day. I bet she could take hours off of her morning routine. All but one person supposed to help her didn't show, so she starts barking orders at everyone who is there, including Mom, Bart, and her friend Leticia. Once the montage of loading the trailer is over, she's in her Mustang, fighting horrible cell service and dropped calls on her way to the venue and pissed out of her mind. This is starting to sell the bridezilla side of her, but I can't say it's pushed my judgment over the edge, because when it comes to cell-phone road rage, I'm a big old pot to her kettle.
The reception hall apparently isn't in the actual castle where the ceremony will be held, and it resembles a community center auditorium with folding tables and some rope lights strung up. While she's directing where things should go, the shot is brilliantly framed (I know, I can't believe I just said that about this show either) to show Bart balancing a folding chair on his chin like a circus performer. She finally yells at him, though I don't think she actually saw the chair antics. I strongly suspect that their viewing of this episode involved her hitting him some more when she realized what he'd been doing. There's an arty "Where is Bart?" montage, and I start to wonder why she doesn't just get him one of those little harness leashes. It would make life much easier for her. By the time she's done in the hall, though, she's done a really nice job with white covers on all of the chairs and black-and-white tablecloths with poinsettia centerpieces. It looks completely different from when they arrived earlier. And with that Shelayna and Bart are done for the week, with promises of tantrums and furniture-kicking to come.













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