Episode Report Card Sara M: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Another Episode About Dead Soldiers
By Sara M | Season 9 | Episode 7 | Aired on 10.24.2004
Ben's hanging out at the police station, looking through Kevin's paperwork, and how is he even allowed back there? Capt. Michaels walks up and rightly asks if whatever Ben has to say to Kevin can't wait until Kevin gets home, to which Ben replies that he doesn't want to have the conversation in front of Lucy, even though he just told her what he was going to talk to Kevin about. Of course, Capt. Michaels thinks Ben is talking about Kevin cheating on Lucy, so he says he doesn't want to talk to Ben in front of the entire station, and pulls him back about ten feet to a much more private location which is still in the middle of the station and surrounded by officers. Capt. Michaels says the fact that Kevin is cheating on Lucy makes him question Kevin's entire character, and that he's known Lucy since she was a baby so he'd be pissed if Kevin hurt her feelings. It's sort of a conflict of interest, Kevin's boss being bestest friends with Kevin's father-in-law, isn't it? Good thing Capt. Michaels is so professional about it. He tells Ben that he made Kevin work tonight so that Kevin couldn't be with Martha, but he wants Kevin to stop cheating and to tell Lucy the truth. Ben's like "whatever."
Nighttime at the CamPound. RevCam's making dinner since Catherine Hicks hasn't done more than three scenes an episode since, like, Season Five. Martin comes in, and RevCam says he wants to talk to him. Martin says he's had enough lectures for one day, but when RevCam's around, you can never have enough lectures. Nor will your opinions actually count. RevCam begins: "I don't want to give you the 'my house, my rules' speech, but if you're living in my house, you have to live by my rules." Martin's all, "Then maybe I won't live in your stupid house anymore," which just flummoxes RevCam. Ha! RevCam says Martin's dad would never let Martin live by himself, but it turns out that Martin knows more about his father's intentions than the guy who's only met his father once, and he reveals that he and his father talked about Martin becoming emancipated once and decided not to go through with it, but maybe it's the right thing to do now. RevCam tries to piss on Martin's parade by asking if Martin has the income necessary to become emancipated, and is again flummoxed when Martin says he does: his mother's life insurance money. Didn't RevCam, like, notice that Martin was buying new SUVs? He's too shocked to say anything, so he just starts to cry. Martin still has plenty to say, though, like about how he's ten months away from being a legal adult, and not too much is going to change between then and now, so he's really just as much of a responsible adult now than he will be when he turns eighteen. He says that he shouldn't have to rely on his family to make decisions for him since they aren't around, and he shouldn't rely on the Camdens since they aren't his family. Martin storms off, leaving RevCam with his tears.
Martin runs into his room and starts packing his things. Ruthie comes in and asks Martin if he's moving in with his substitute teacher girlfriend she heard about at school. Martin says the sub is just a friend, and he's not moving in with her. Ruthie says RevCam won't stand for this. Martin finishes packing, and he may not be the best in terms of eyebrow grooming, but boy, is that kid a fast packer. I thought I was pretty good when I packed everything for my move across the country in less than two hours, but Martin has me beat by one hour and fifty-eight minutes.