A League of Their Own
Save this article to read it later.
Find this story in your accountsSaved for Latersection.
Well, what do we have here?
It looks like things may be turning around for ol Max Chapman.
Although, is pointing that out kind of like saying the wordstreakin the middle of a streak?
Have I just ruined it for our girl?
Heres hoping not, because things are really looking up.
She spent the night hanging out with a hottie who called herself Es.
Now, Bertie wont let this stand he asks all the other party stragglers for more intel.
Yep, shes basically living Maxs dream.
Real pitchers let their arms do the talking, Esther tells her.
So Max takes a baseball and throws it across the room.
Loud enough for you?
So, yeah, heated both ways!
Its easily the richest friendship on the show.
She cant bear the thought of watching Max walk through life like somethings missing.
The sentiment spurs Max to take the first step toward coming out to Clance.
Max finally makes it onto a baseball team.
A real, professional baseball team.
When she takes over for Esther, she smokes the Screws.
Can you really blame her?
Things are looking much less, um, peachy over with the Peaches (you know what?
Be thankful it took me seven recaps to use that pun, okay?).
Her face is cut up and bruised, and she can barely walk on her one leg.
She is being traded to the South Bend Blue Sox (their opponents for the league title).
The entire team (minus Shirley, who is spiraling) is devastated to lose Jo.
She finally feels like shes the star here, not Greta, and she is not giving that up.
She gets to play ball, and shes really good at it shes not running.
This scene couldve really been a gut-punch!
Truly the worst timing.
But listen: Its hard to feel anything but empathy for Charlie.
Carson hides in the bathroom at one point, which is, you know, a choice.
They take a breath and remember how to get into their old, comfortable banter.
Theyve been best friends since they were 6, after all.
He confesses something, too.
You should be playing baseball.
Its just one more week.
Carson is being asked to make a lot of speeches these days!
Today was chaos, but tomorrow theyll focus on winning this championship.
Lets unravel those Sox, Maybelle adds.
The Peaches are in it to win it now.
Well, most of them.
Carson finds Shirley up in their room, livid after discovering a good-bye letter Greta had left for her.
She knows all about their relationship now.
As if Carson needed another fire to put out.
Lu and Jess find Esti sitting at the train station in an attempt to run away.
Shes lonely and miserable.
She feels like a ghost.
She agrees to come back, but only if they teach her how to drive.
Its a quick scene but does so much work.
If theres a season two, we really need more details on Jess.
Its why she has been living it up so hard its her only chance!
For now, Shirley is ignoring that advice.
Shes in a position to help a Black woman get her shot?
Shes going to help her however she can.
Its a standout moment of the episode.
Maybelle tearfully saying my Josephine as Jo walks out of the house breaks my tiny little heart!
!
