1.08.2010

'Beautiful People', such as Alex Lanipekun.

How spectacular was the third episode ('How I Got My Water Feature') of this year's Beautiful People? Very. It's the heyday of makeover shows and Simon really wants a water feature. His dad cobbles together a shoddy bamboo spout in minutes which hardly lives up to Ground Force standards. Simon's only option is to invest in one himself. Unfortunately there's the small problem of money, so he and Kylie sneak off to find a Saturday job to fund his latest dream project. Meanwhile, the ladies of the neighborhood are abuzz over a new fitness instructor, Tiger, who happens to look exactly like.....Alex Lanipekun. Yes, a glorious O-M-G moment. Granted, this Tiger isn't someone you want around your 16 year old daughter, as Simon's parents soon discover. But even though he's no Ben Kaplan (Lanipekun's more respectable character from Spooks), he does make an afternoon car wash insanely tantalizing. Throw in some spandex and it all amounts to a delicious slice of television. (The picture's probably from Spooks.)

Here is a taste, only the end bit and none of the, ahem, car wash, so be sure to check out the entire episode. The man's a charmer.