That Which We Destroy

Harry and Debbie meet Sean - the son of Tracy and Harry, who is a military man who served in Iraq. Tabitha worries that it will be more difficult for her to hide her age when she has a 25-year-old grandson. Harry asks the family how they feel about the appearance of his eldest son, but each member hides his real emotions. Ozzy again tries to win Naomi's attention, but she refuses him again, completely forgetting that she intended to be sincere with him - now her attention is focused on Annie and Ethan, who have ceased to hide their relationship. Kelly is trying to convince Annie and Naomi that there is nothing more valuable than female friendship. After that, she decides to return to her previous friendship with Brenda and invites her friend to dinner. Annie gloats over the loneliness of Naomi, who is trying to make friends with a group of older popular girls. To appease them, Naomi carries out their errands. Harry invites Sean to the Lacrosse training. Ethan does not like the changes in Annie, however, like the girl herself. Naomi receives a new assignment - to get a table in Ozzy's father's restaurant.

Debbie is of the opinion that she should not interfere in the relationship between Harry and Sean, but Tabitha thinks differently - she persuades Debbie not to stay away, and Debbie goes to dinner with Harry, Sean and Tracy. Naomi brings her friends to Ozzy's restaurant, who decides to play on the nerves of the girl, pretending that he forgot about the girl’s request. Dixon is worried that Harry has forgotten about him, devoting all his attention to Sean. At this moment, Dixon draws closer to cheerleader Kristina, who invites the young man to spend some time together. Tracy makes plans for a vacation with Sean. Debbie invites Sean to stay at Tabitha's house, for which Harry is very grateful to his wife. Annie asks Silver if she has changed a lot since she arrived in Beverly Hills.

During dinner, Brenda tells Kelly that she sees no reason to be friendly. During the Lacrosse game, Adrianna becomes sick and nauseous, and Ozzy says that Naomi owes him a favor with the restaurant - now Naomi must kiss the school mascot, whose mask is Annie, who thus decides to prove that she is still the same girl, who never aspired to be like the inhabitants of Beverly Hills. Kelly calls from the hospital and says that Brenda broke her arm. Arriving to visit her friend, Kelly discovers that Brenda deliberately tried to destroy their friendship, as Brenda slept with Ryan after the fashion show. After an unsuccessful performance during the game, Dixon quarrels with his father - later he admits that it is difficult for him after the appearance of Sean in their lives. Silver begins to be jealous of Dixon to Christina. Once at the Wilson house, Sean makes a mysterious phone call.

• Episode tagline: “Old Friends. New Enemies Change Is Coming. ".

• The title of the episode is a quote from Lady Macbeth from the Shakespearean play Macbeth : “We achieved absolutely nothing, When our triumph was sad: Miley - to perish, than ruining others, Live in vague happiness and torment yourself” ( Eng. Naught's had, all's spent , Where our desire is got without content: 'Tis safer to be that which we destroy, Than, by destruction, dwell in doubtful joy. ) - translation by Mikhail Lozinsky .

• For this episode, the show was nominated for the 2009 People ’s Choice Award in the Favorite New TV Drama category.

• Jessica Strope (who played one of Silver's main characters) and Lauren London (who played Christina's cheerleader) had previously starred together in the movie “ This Christmas ”.

• Although the names of Michael Stager and Ryan Eggold are shown in the credits, the actors themselves do not appear in this episode.

• When Tabitha tells Debbie about a chihuahua , she calls the dog "unclean" ("mongrel" also translates to "mixed"). When they say "purebred dog" we mean crossed breeds, and Chihuahua is a naturally occurring breed of dog.

The list of songs that sounded in the episode is published on the official website of the series ^[1] :

• “Just Dance” performed by Lady Gaga (Scene: beginning of the episode, Naomi and Annie meet Sean).

• “I'll Be Your Breeze” by Andrew Belle (Scene: Annie and Ethan Talk About Naomi).

• "All Is Gone 2" performed by Shane Drasin and Kurt Farquhar (Scene: Lacrosse training).

• "Lovie" performed by Boys Boys Boys (Scene: Naomi encounters Annie).

• “Save The Lies” performed by Gabriella Chilmi (Scene: Naomi asks Ozzy for a favor).

• "Kaledidoscope Machine" performed by Katie Costello (Scene: Tabitha gives Debbie advice).

• "Young One" performed by Mackabella (Scene: Naomi talking to Ozzy).

• "Angel Lady" performed by Aaron Jerome feat. Andreya (Scene: Debbie, Harry and Tracy are having dinner with Sean).

• "Drum Cadence" performed by Bert Ferntheil (Scene: Debbie and Sean come to the game; the song is repeated when Ethan talks to Adrianna and Silver, as well as at the end of the game).

• "Man Up" performed by the Blue Van (Scene: Lacrosse game).

• “I Will Follow You Into The Dark” performed by the Death Cab For Cutie (Scene: end of episode, Wilsons return home; Sean makes a mysterious phone call).

2.92 million viewers watched the episode on US premiere day ^[2]

• Official site
• " Destroyed " (English) on the Internet Movie Database
• Destroyed on the site TV.Com