MAKE IT OR BREAK IT “Hungary Heart” Review

Make It or Break It (ABC Family) - Hungary Heart Season 2 Episode 15

MAKE IT OR BREAK IT ” Hungary Heart” Season 2 Episode 15 - Watching the “entire” world gymnastics competition play out made for a slow episode of MAKE IT OR BREAK IT. While uneventful, “Hungary Heart” has several big revelations that should make future episodes more exciting. Revelation 1: Sasha comes out of hiding. Revelation 2: The Rock has a lot of work to do. Revelation 3: Kaylie’s problems are not caused by gymnastics. Revelation 4: Emily is what?! Keep reading.

That’s Coach Conrad to you!

Off to Hungary to prove that The Rock girls are worthy of the world team, plus a side trip to Romania to beg Sasha to return as coach. Great to see Neil Jackson as Sasha again. He always gives an understated performance, which is often in contrast to the hormonal teenage outbursts of the girls and the high-strung protectiveness of the parents.

Found working as a bartender and accused of being a quitter, Sasha shows up to coach the girls and gives Payson, Emily, and Lauren a boost in confidence, asking them to re-dedicate themselves to gymnastics and winning. Too little, too late; the U.S. places second. Darby challenges Sasha’s coaching abilities, but he squashes her taunting comments. Is Sasha back?

Kelly Parker joins The Rock in Budapest at the NGO’s request. The NGO questions Kaylie’s (and the others’) preparedness. Kelly replaces Emily in competition. Boo (but understandable)!

Ivanka on the Romanian team is severe in looks and demeanor!

Kaylie admits to her therapist that she has a problem but doesn’t want to die. Good for her. She starts a journal, trying to answer why she stopped eating. Conclusion? Gymnastics is dangerous; and distractions have consequences. Her problems are due to who she is, not what she has or hasn’t achieved. “I’m Kaylie, just Kaylie. Whoever I am, I deserve to be happy.” I really liked how the Kaylie/anorexia story line was handled tonight. While obviously an abridged version of the road to recovery, I think the show does a good job tonight of showing the thought process that Kaylie goes through to realize the root of her problems with anorexia.

Emily and Damon break up. How many times does that make? What is the real reason that Emily keeps pushing Damon away? Like Kaylie, it probably isn’t really about gymnastics. Damon decides he has to let go (again).

The overhead shot of the Chairman of the Hungarian National Committee waiting for Emily was a bit over the top. That whole scene was rather too dramatic for my taste.

Disturbing, indeed! Emily is pregnant!! That was sudden. I knew it was coming, but didn’t think that the pregnancy would be revealed this way.

Were you taken by surprise? What did you think about episode 15 “Hungary Heart” of Make It or Break It? Comment below.

By Cordelia | April 25, 2011 | 5 Comments

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aka114

I’m beginning to tire of Emily’s being made the show’s scapegoat for poor decision making. I, for one, would like for the writers to ease up on her a bit…let her share, truly share, in the joys of victory before immediately snatching that joy the second it is deservedly won. She has indeed made bad choices, as have they all, but seems to be the only one to suffer to such a dramatic extent. Kaylie is now shown as healing, Payson’s back on top, and Lauren has yet to feel the sting of a single mean-spirited, manipulative, self-involved, selfish thing she’s done. She hasn’t even suffered setbacks! The embattled Emily is left to show what happens when one makes a mistake.Making Emily the center of all this negative drama sadly reinforces some of the less than flattering stereotypes of the girl from the so-called wrong side of town. My goodness, the writers have already saddled her with all the negative stereotypical images imaginable, right down to the slutty looking mom whom even the normally gracious Kim calls “exposed”. Instead of being encouraged to admire Emily’s mother for where she has helped lead her daughter, we’re reminded repeatedly that Chloe’s “…done the best she can”, as if being let in on the real joke while giving a wink & nudge to the notion that Emily can ever really be more than the some of her perceived parts. Such outrageously condescending attitudes have begun to devolve into something quite tiresome, frustrating & rather bigoted. I have enjoyed much about the show, but am getting rather tired of being shown every single week just how wretched & hopeless Emily is.

Truthfully, I could see a pregnancy coming, but am shocked that it’s not Lauren. But then, having Lauren get pregnant is out-of-character for someone from her station in life, right? I’m sick of this new twist already. Can’t we please let Emily have at least a little less stress & a little more joy? And it is way past time for Miss Lauren’s needed reckoning.

I’m loving this show less & less.

ali

they had to make emily pregnant cuz the actress that plays her is pregnant. they could either kick her off the show or create the pregnant storyline. i don’t like it either but better than no emily rite?
ali

they had to make emily pregnant cuz the actress that plays her is pregnant. they could either kick her off the show or create the pregnant storyline. i don’t like it either but better than no emily rite?

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@Aka, I think the only reason that they made Emily pregnant is because Chelsea Hobbs is pregnant in real life. I think that was a dumb way to reveal it though. Are they really doing pregnancy tests at gymnastics meets while they’re testing for illegal substances?