Greek Episode 3.08 Fight the Power

It just one sad miniature golf mixer to push the ZBZs to the breaking point. Their social status sucks! Laura says she might deactivate. On the spot, President Ashleigh announces there's an Omega Chi mixer coming up. Huh? She figures Casey can make that happen, now that she and Evan are good again. Sure enough, he agrees.

Meanwhile, Evan and Calvin are talking about their secrets: One's broke, and one's gay. Their OX bros may not react well to change, so how to break the news? At that very moment, Evan's Iron Man Audi gets repo'd in broad daylight. Lots of people see, and presto -- no more secret.

Which means Evan has less weight to throw around when he announces the ZBZ mixer at a house meeting. Calvin's for it, but other guys are not.

Troublemaker Trip demands a vote, and the mixer's off.

Up in their room, Calvin asks Grant why he sided with Trip. Turns out it's a KT thing; Grant doesn't like them or the girls they hang with. But there's another, bigger thing: Grant doesn't want to come out anymore. He likes how things are, and he doesn't want to be gossip fodder like Evan. Calvin's silent but you can almost see the room ice over.

When Evan goes to break the mixer to the ZBZs, he ends up telling Casey about his trust fund and how being broke has weakened his president power. But she's blown away by his bravery and proud od him for defying his parents.

Ashleigh figures if they can get top-ranked Gamma Psi to join them for a "four-pack" mixer with OX and maybe Lambda Sig, they can have a semi-formal with champagne and a live band! But Gamma Psi declines, with a sweet note and a big box of frowny-face cupcakes. So Ash and Case go ask in person, and Ash ends up agreeing to pay the rival house's electric bill till the end of the year (on the DL). The Founders Day bakroll was supposed to pay for next year's rush, but Ash is using it to buy prestige. Casey's not happy... but she's not president.

At the super-luxe, last-minute party, while Casey and Evan chat about extravagance and presidential responsibility, Ash and Gamma Psi prez Natalie are chatting too. Ash is seriously sucking up, but at exactly 10:30, Natalie says her house is leaving. And she loudly thanks Ash for paying their electric bill. Everyone hears, humiliation ensues, and a bunch of OXs walk too. Trip stops to give Evan lip again, and this time Evan just decks him.

Once everyone's gone, a houseful of angry ZBZs give Ash a hard time, until Casey steps up and takes full blame... for the party she never even though was a good idea.

Rusty burts into Cappie's room, only to surprise Lana, who's topless. He's more embarrassed than she is. A little later, wearing clothes, she invites him to join her and Cappie for a lunch "threesome." Not really, but she thinks he's adorable. Now it's Cappie turn to be weirded out. But she's just messing with him too.

At Dobler's that night, Lana encourages "Rowdy Rusty" to down an Irish Car Bomb. He can barely swallow it, but he's high on the fizzy moment. Then Lana wants to dine and dash because the waiter's ignoring them. she books, Rusty happily follows, and Cappie finds himself in the strange position of being the resposible one. He pays the tab.

The next morning, the threesome is watching TV. Cap says it's time for class, but Lana wants them to stay and watch more TV. Rusty cheerfully declares that Lana's the "lady version" of Cappie. And we see an uncomfortable dawn in Cappie's eyes.

When he blows her off to meet Dale for book club, Rusty can't believe Cap's flaking on amazing Lana. So he decides to go talk to her. She says Cappie dumped her, but Rusty wants her to give him another chance.

So he and Dale track Cappie down at the local strip club, but Cap's not happy when Lana joins them a few minutes later. Away from Lana, Cappie tells Rusty he was just trying to end things the easy way. Lana's no fool; she knew it all along. Later, Rusty shames Cap into breaking up like a man. Cap never tells Lana what's really up. He just lets her believe what she wants to about him.

It's the morning after the disaster party. Casey and Ashleigh are recovering from staying up till 4 answering pledges' question. But, they figure, things can't be all bad. Gamma Psi wouldn't be targeting them for humiliation if ZBZ weren't still in the game. So they jump out of bed and vow to "start playing!"