Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT All The Right Moves
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.21.2003
After the credits, we get back to Liberty Hell's Kitchen. Emma and Joey lean against a pool table and check out the new bartender's ass, bantering about their own personal sexual fantasies (Emma wants to do him in the alley, against the wall. Joey wants him on the pool table). It's incredibly delicate and heartwarming. Emma is surprised that Little Joey Potter even thinks about sex. Joey rolls her eyes. "Don't let the prim exterior fool you," she says. "Underneath, I'm…less prim." Emma takes this opportunity to ask Joey what the deal was with Oliver. Joey brushes off the Oliver issue, calling their relationship "a barely significant thing," and tells Emma that it's "way over." Emma shrugs into her jacket and wonders if, in that case, Joey would mind clearing out Oliver's locker. Emma would do it herself, she says, but she's late for band practice. Joey agrees, albeit hesitantly. Emma is relieved, and tells Joey to throw all of Oliver's crap in the trash. "If he had anything of worth, he would have come back for it," Emma says. Joey makes a face, because, you know, that line has Poignant Double Meaning for her. "This is pretty dull," my Mulder action figure tells me. "Doesn't anyone ever get abducted by aliens on this show? No? How about switching bodies? Does anyone ever switch bodies? Hello? Anyone?"
Over at Boiler Room, Inc., Bobby Briggs is talking to his trainees about pushing this one particular stock to all their clients. Apparently, this particular drug company has a new product that's about to be approved by the FDA, and when the drug gets the thumbs-up, the company's stock ought to go through the roof. Bobby Briggs reminds everyone that this drug company -- let's call it NotEnron -- is one of their clients, and it's in everyone's best interest to keep them happy. That doesn't really seem ethical to me, but what do I know about that sort of thing? Anyhoo, Bobby Briggs blathers on a bit more, then dismisses everyone but Pacey. He tells Pacey that the CEO of NotEnron is having a big bash, and has asked Bobby Briggs to bring his best and brightest new trainee with him. And Bobby Briggs is torn, because Pacey is definitely the best seller at Boiler Room, Inc., but he's also a total nutjob, what with all the fisticuffs and the blowing off of work and the bratty behavior and whatnot. "Can you be a team player?" he asks. In response, Pacey yammers on and on and on about how much he wants to be a success at Boiler Room, Inc., and yadda yadda yadda, blah blah ever-loving blah. Has he always been this wordy? Because I don't remember wanting to stab myself repeatedly during Pacey's scenes in the past. Anyway, after twenty minutes of yapping, Pacey finally gets to the point and promises Bobby Briggs that he's totally committed to Boiler Room, Inc., and willing to be a complete team player. Oh, Pacey. You are so naïve. Bobby Briggs is going to destroy you. Why do you think he hasn't fired you yet?