When Jasmine starts spending more time with Logan over drum lessons, she discovers she still has feelings for him even though she is dating Owen. (imdb.com)

One of the things I appreciate about I Didn’t Do It is that we know exactly how our characters will act in certain scenarios.  One of the challenges of I Didn’t Do It is diversifying the storylines so that not every episode features all four of our main characters in every scene.  That can lead to storyline isolation, and thats what happens in this episode.

First, we have Jasmine asking Logan to teach her how to play the drums.  Even though she is with Owen, her motivation here is clear.  She still has a crush on Logan.  Lindsay calls her on it and she has trouble admitting it publicly.  However, at the end of the episode, Jasmine imagines Logan asking her to be his girlfriend.  This certainly isn’t a subtle storyline.

Second, we have Lindsay and Delia collaborating on a puppet show.  No surprise here that Lindsay critiques Delia’s script (there’s a lack of conflict) but during the puppet show, that conflict erupts.  Lindsay admits that she has always been jealous of Delia’s creativity and thought by adding Scottie Squirrel into the puppet show would add conflict.  There’s the Delia instant forgiveness at the end and all are happy.

The third story involves Betty asking Garrett to train a new employee named Shelly (played by Allisyn Ashley Arm from Sonny with a Chance/So Random).  Shelly sees Garrett pay for a customer’s smoothie and rats him out to Betty.  Garrett and Betty have a relatively sweet conversation – you’re the awkward son I never had – and Betty tells Garrett he needs to fire Shelly.  Shelly tells Garrett that she’s jealous of his power, seniority and five minute break.  I never really understood why Shelly would be jealous of Garrett, but maybe if we had seen her before, or she had actually seen Garrett with power and seniority …

The interplay between Logan and Jasmine is sweet and worth our time.  The usual “Lindsay takes over” storyline is getting tiring.  Lindsay needs a new focus.  In the end, I’m thinking “I Shouldn’t Watch It.”