Last Man Standing: Episode 10

Writer: Marieke Hardy
Director: Daniel Nettheim

Plot Synopsis: Bruno is beginning to feel like Goose to Camerons Iceman. He’s really not enjoying spending his nights as a wingman, especially where he isn’t doing very well with the ladies. Later when chatting to Camerons former wingman Mark, he reluctantly agrees to attend Marks ‘Mens Group’ where men discuss issues relating to being a man. During drinks following the Mens Group, Bruno suspects that he’s inadvertently accepted a date with a gay man.

Bruno-less, Cameron drags an unwell Adam out to serve as his wingman. It turns out Adam isn’t needed as Cameron still manages to pick up a woman at the bar for a one night stand. The next morning Cameron wakes up to a note from the woman, Jaessa, thanking him for a nice night. Cameron politely leaves a note in return as he leaves, only to find the door is locked. After spending the entire day in her apartment surrounded by her things, Cameron falls wildly in love with her.

Adam feeling unwell, takes a walk and bumps into the ex-girlfriend Louisa. An opportunity to look after him leads to her kissing him. Louisa, stirred by feelings once more for Adam, tells her boyfriend. He promptly kicks her out. Standing at Adams doorstep, she asks if he will take her in. Adam politely closes the door in her face.

All of the characters are surrounded by the past: Camerons surrounded by the past of his one night stand, Adams got his ex-girlfriend smothering him while he’s sick on his couch, Zoe is surrounded by the memories of her failed marriage when confronted by the prospect of meeting Ollie’s family, and Bruno’s friendship with a new mate is founded almost entirely on the disatisfaction he’s had with his relationship with Cameron.

Thoughts: Its a great little episode. Bruno’s storyline is a total write-off, but Adam and Cameron both deliver quite well.

I think its easy to fall for someone based on the things they own and the material items they surround themselves with. You fall in love with the world you’ve constructed around them rather than the person themselves. This is exactly what Cameron has done in this episode, surrounded for the entire day by the world of Janessa.

Adam, meanwhile, gets to live the dream of turning down the romantic intention of a person who had dumped him. Adam, however, finds little joy in doing this. Clearly this fictional character is a better man than I will ever be.

Recurring Peta Sergeant starts her 4 episode arc as Janessa, the object of Camerons affections. This is the show that I fell in love with an actress who can only politely be referred to as smoking hot. We also get another appearance by Mark (Stephen Phillips), who is a lot of fun in the few scenes we have with him. And the lovely Sue Jones appears once more as Adams mother.