History Recap / TheMonkeesS1E13OneManShy

* SpinTheBottle: The first time it's one girl spinning the bottle with the Monkees, and the bottle keeps pointing to Davy. At the end, Peter is having a much better time in a game where he's the spinner with several girls. They probably should have set it up that way from the start.

After the party, Micky, Davy and Mike take turns narrating to the viewers that Peter has completely outgrown his shyness around women since his flirtation with Valerie. The romance apparently didn’t last, but the confidence boost she gave him did.\\\

Back at the pad, Peter’s practically fluttering around her portrait. Mike suggests he would be better off talking to the girl herself if he likes her so much. Peter says he can’t talk to girls. Micky drags Peter into a Cyrano routine at Valerie’s house, with all three shouting declarations of love from the bushes and Peter miming gestures down below. Valerie hears a commotion but couldn’t make out the words or see who it is. The gardener next to Peter thinks he’s talking to him and punches Peter in the jaw.\\\

At a café, Rodney is loudly flirting with Valerie and bossing around the hired help, much to her boredom. Davy as the waiter brings a bottle of champagne with a hammered-down, extra-tight cork. Rodney insists that only a man of breeding such as himself could open it properly. After a mighty struggle using everything including his teeth, Rodney pops the cork so forcefully it topples a skyscraper.\\\

Moving on to an art show, Rodney is demonstrating his rarefied taste to impress Valerie. Her favorite piece is too mundane for him, but he marvels at an abstract pipe sculpture and offers to buy it from the artist on the spot. Mike accepts the money, then tells Rodney it’s really just plumbing for the fountain (complete with a spritz to Rodney’s face). Valerie heads for home as he begs her to see he was unfairly pranked. A street vendor chimes in to ask if his child might like a pretty doll. He declines, and Micky accuses him of not liking children. Caught between Micky’s and Valerie’s glares, Rodney gives in and agrees to have a look. Micky makes the doll soak him with water and scream in his ear. Just then Rodney starts to recognize Micky, who grabs his booth and runs.\\\

Rodney takes Valerie home and shows her that three of the Monkees were behind his disgraceful day. She hides a smile as he swears revenge.\\\

Peter gives his best shot at refined small talk. Valerie’s patient with his awkward discussion of Hamlet, but his friends think they’d better boost his credentials before Peter gets too flustered. Within moments, Peter’s “stockbroker” bursts in to see him. Next, the English “tailor” barges in to take measurements for a new suit right there at the party. Valerie’s very amused but not fooled for a second. She says she expects a yacht captain next. Mike shows up in a nautical outfit right on cue, followed by Rodney in an opera cape. Rodney dramatically exposes the four of them as frauds and orders them to play like they were hired to do in the first place.\\\

* CrazyJealousGuy: Rodney is a mild example. It looks as though he likes Valerie because she fits his idea of the kind of wife he should have, not because he feels a personal connection.

Peter has his first serious crush on a friendly rich girl. Two problems: Peter’s not sure how to ask her out, and her snobbish ex-boyfriend doesn’t want him to try.

* CrazyJealousGuy: Rodney is a mild example. It looks as though he likes Valerie because she fits his idea of a perfect girl, not because he feels a personal connection.

* SpinTheBottle: The first time it's one girl spinning the bottle with the four guys, and the bottle keeps pointing to Davy. At the end, Peter is having a great time in a game where he's the spinner with several girls. (They probably should have set it up that way from the start.)

* SpinTheBottle: The first time it's one girl spinning the bottle with the four guys, and the bottle keeps pointing to Davy. At the end, Peter is having a great time in a game with several girls. (They probably should have set it up that way from the start.)

* SpinTheBottle: The first time it's one girl spinning the bottle with the four guys, and the bottle keeps pointing to Davy. At the end, Peter is having a great time in a game with several girls. (They probably should have done it that way from the start.)

Later, Valerie and Rodney stop by the Monkees’ place unexpectedly. Mike props up a mirror against her portrait to hide it, but Rodney figures it out. Peter confesses to Valerie that he took it. She realizes why from the look in his eyes. She forgives the theft and asks him to return it at the party. Rodney follows her out the door with an arrogant sneer. The boys decide to take him down a peg, Monkee-style.\\\

At the pad, Peter has no confidence he can pull this off. Although his basic manners and personality are genuinely nice, he doesn’t think he can fit in at an upper-class party or behave like the kind of boyfriend Valerie would like. The group brings in a friend of theirs to play Spin the Bottle, but every time she spins, it keeps pointing to Davy. Even when he leaves, the bottle shoots through the air and stabs into the door.\\\

They switch to playing therapist, but maybe Freud isn’t the right role model. The guys decide to tag along at the party to coach him on the fly instead.\\\

Back at the pad, Peter’s still fluttering around her portrait. Mike suggests he would be better off talking to the girl herself if he likes her so much. Peter says he can’t talk to girls. Micky drags Peter into a Cyrano routine at Valerie’s house, with all three shouting declarations of love from the bushes and Peter miming gestures down below. Valerie hears a commotion but couldn’t make out the words or see who it is. The gardener next to Peter thinks he’s talking to him and punches Peter in the jaw.\\\

* CrazyJealousGuy: Rodney is a mild example. It looks as though he likes Valerie because she fits his idea of perfection more than a personal connection.

At the pad, Peter has no confidence he can pull this off. Although his basic manners and personality are genuinely nice, he doesn’t think he can fit in at an upper-class party or behave like the kind of boyfriend she would like. The group brings in a friend of theirs to play Spin the Bottle, but every time she spins, it keeps pointing to Davy. Even when he leaves, the bottle shoots through the air and stabs into the door.\\\

* CrazyJealousGuy: Rodney is a mild example. It looks as though he likes Valerie because she fits his idea of perfection rather than a personal interest in her.

* Uptown Girl: Valerie.

* HongKongDub: The Cyrano scene. Peter gives up trying to lip synch Micky’s wild declarations of love and just flaps his mouth like a fish, especially when Davy and Mike join in.

At Valerie’s home, she’s embarrassed of Rodney's hospitality, despite his’s protests that he wanted her to see the Monkees weren’t in their class. She tells Rodney she doesn’t care. His petty vindictiveness was more unworthy of their class, and humiliated both himself and her. She phones Peter on the spot to invite him to the party as her date.\\\

At Valerie’s home, she’s embarrassed for them, despite Rodney’s protests that he wanted her to see the Monkees weren’t in their class. She tells Rodney she doesn’t care. His petty vindictiveness was more unworthy of their class, and humiliated both himself and her. She phones Peter on the spot to invite him to the party as her date.\\\

The next day, the Monkees come to Rodney’s estate for a “friendly” game session so he can show them up at rich-boy sports he’s sure Peter can’t play. Davy takes up Rodney’s challenge of skeet shooting. Rodney expertly shoots a clay pigeon in the air behind his back using a mirror. Davy, struggling with the gun’s weight, also shoots the clay pigeon to pieces – on the ground, along with the target thrower. Next, Rodney challenges Peter to archery. Mike takes his place. Rodney’s excellent, of course, but Mike’s usual self-assurance fails him. Micky’s next at badminton and winds up with a mouthful of birdie. Valerie storms away, mortified at Rodney’s condescension.\\\