Episode Report Card Joe R: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Brick Dance
By Joe R | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 08.26.2007
Andy has taken Shane on an errand to the army recruiter's office, where he's displaying his mangled and munched-upon foot as evidence that he can't well serve. Army Guy, however, sees it differently and says this is a time of war. Shane is quick to pipe up that it's not an actual war, in the sense that war has not been declared. Army Guy's like, "Good enough to put your uncle in a uniform, kid." Andy tries to beg off with additional excuses -- he'll fail the drug test; he's gay -- but it's no good. Army Guy says Andy will end up sitting at a desk anyway: "We want to win this war." (Shane: "Not a war!") Andy looks like he's going to cry and says this is all bullshit. "Welcome to the army," says his recruiter-cum-captor.
Nancy's in Doug's office looking for some financial advice now that all the MILF weed is gone. Doug's not wearing any pants, which you'd think wouldn't inspire a whole lot of confidence in him as an accountant, but it's Doug, and he's kind of emotionally pantsless all the time anyway, so... Anyway, Doug says Dana threw him out once she found out he was fucking Celia, and Nancy's particularly grossed out at that revelation. After some discussion about Judah's dubious stock portfolio, Doug tells Nancy that she's broke. Again. Nancy's season-long freakout begins to accelerate and she asks whether she can sell her home to raise more money, but Doug tells her the Agrestic housing market is for shit -- they're getting shown up by neighboring "Majestic," hee. Regardless, selling the house would mean some cash in hand, so she wants to do it. Doug asks where she'll live. "I can only deal with one thing at a time," Nancy says. "If I deal with one thing at a time, I'm less inclined to shoot myself in the head." Doug strongly advises against that course of action, as her life insurance policy has run out. Nancy tells him to get it back for her -- her kids may end up needing it soon.
Across town, Conrad and Heylia are scoping out warehouse space for their new grow venture. Heylia's smoking -- cigarettes -- which she hasn't done in years, which would be enough indication that she's conflicted, put off, and most of all just really sad that she's been backed into changing up her business like this, if Tonye Patano weren't already acting the hell out of this scene. Conrad says this is the perfect spot to get his grow on. "Fucking shame it's all gonna be for U-Turn," he adds. Heylia says to let her worry about U-Turn. Well, it was nice knowing U-Turn. ...Wait, no it wasn't.