Episode Report Card Demian: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shannen sings!
By Demian | Season 3 | Episode 24 | Aired on 01.19.1997
The canoodling is interrupted by Club Rendez-vous’s emcee calling the band back to the stage for their next set. As they hurry past Chloë, she rises from her seat to scuttle unnoticed upstairs. The band swings into their version of a ballad down on the stage, said ballad involving Shannen whining through her nose about needing "to fill that hole." As I was forced to turn my head from the television to vomit forcefully into the wastebasket due to that lyric, I missed what Chloë did upstairs, but I’m pretty sure she nicked Shannen’s short story. By the time I’d wiped clean the watery bile that had dribbled out through my nose, the scene had changed to Shannen’s "Advanced English" course. Shannen’s a little late, and scampers into a vacant seat as the professor drones on about the "five-page short story" that is a prerequisite for the class. It should surprise no one to discover that Shannen’s story is missing from her backpack. Oh, no! What will she do? Whatever. The prof natters on about the "great short-story writers" the students will study, including someone named "Anna Eece Nin" and another guy named "John Sheever," among many others. Sly Chloë meanwhile has noticed Shannen’s distress and slithers to her aid. "I’m dead," Shannen pouts. "Resurrected," Sly Chloë slimes as she passes the purportedly-purloined manuscript to Shannen. "You left it at the club," Chloë lies. "Good thing you had your name on the title page." Shannen beams, proclaiming Chloë to be her "guardian angel." Chloë 'tweren't-nothings in response and smiles shyly. Cut to the quad outside, post-class. Shannen again thanks Chloë for coming to her rescue, and asks if there is anything she can do to repay her. Chloë wants a bid from Shannen’s sorority. Shannen was thinking more along the lines of some complimentary note-taking, but Chloë’s already deep into her "I wanna be a Greek gal" pitch. Chloë knows that "at first glance, [she’s] not your average Delta goddess," but she’s already working those colored tights, so I’m thinking she’ll fit in just fine. Chloë’s also a "double-major in math and science" and no, that’s not sketchy and vague at all. Perhaps sealing the deal, she’s on the yearbook staff as well, and is thus in a position to ensure the Glamorous Goddesses of House Delta will be prominently featured in the campus annual. "Okay, already. I’m sold," Shannen insists. Chloë has one more trick up her sleeve, however. She presents Shannen with an essay she wrote, no doubt entitled "The Numerous Ways I, An Unpopular And Dorky Geek Girl, Will Kiss Your Collective Ass Should You Graciously Deign To Allow Me To Do So." When Shannen adds, apparently, two and two equal anything but four, for she does not see through this shameless and transparent ploy of Sly Chloë’s. Good thing she has her singing career to fall back on. Not. Shannen smiles, accepts the essay, and tells Chloë she’ll do what she can.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25Next