Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Liar, Liar
By Cate | Season 4 | Episode 20 | Aired on 05.07.2000
Aw, man, I'm just getting sadder and sadder as the episode continues. John is in some hospital lounge watching television. The evil politician comes on and says, "I have a dream." John turns off the TV and starts screaming, "You do not have a dream!" He shouts this again and again and gesticulates frantically, while the actor who plays him looks a little embarrassed by it all. Quite frankly, I'm embarrassed for him also. Since John is a friend of Dopey's, it looks Elizabeth is out to get him, too. She calls in a security guard, who leads John away.
RevCam pays a visit to Dopey's swingin' bachelor pad, where he complains to Dopey about the other kids. We learn that the reason Dopey moved out of the CamPound was to feel like a man. A man's responsibilities include entertaining women. This is all terribly dull, except for when Matt claims that he and Shana are broken up. I stopped paying attention to that particular saga a while back, but I did notice that Chickenhead was no longer in the opening credits. I try to imagine what kind of made-for-TV movie she'd be best in, but I find it hard to think of her in anything more than a bit part. I almost miss Dopey's great line about nobody wanting "to read about a squeaky-clean family." RevCam disagrees. Eh, what does he know? John arrives and tells them he has been fired because his boss thinks he and Matt are on drugs. You know, actually, RevCam's had quite a few good lines this week. Here, he says, "Why would anyone think Matt is on drugs?" Ha! Remember how Mary was talking about RevCam's connections? Well, I guess it extends to Matt's boss, because she spoke to Annie about Matt's "problems" rather than to Matt directly. That way she wouldn't have to make a notation on his record. Hey, screw the other nobody-orderlies! As long as Matt Camden is okay, all is right with the world. To his credit, Dopey wants people to butt out of his business. Then he has to go and wreck it all by claiming that he's so good at his job that Elizabeth keeps following him around and "worshipping" him. Oh, wait, maybe she's actually out to get him. Dopey can't decide. And I can't care.
The next day Dopey is talking to his boss in her office. Sharon repeats Elizabeth's accusations, though she doesn't mention Elizabeth's name. Matt refutes the allegations, and his natural charm not only makes Sharon believe him but convinces her to re-hire John. Dopey's on a big-time goody-two-shoes kick, because he tells Sharon he doesn't even want to know why another orderly was badmouthing him. Like anyone would say that for real -- unless they want to get points for appearing noble. Sharon mentions a notation in Dopey's employment record about him climbing a tree to talk to a patient. The Dopester just smiles beatifically at this. Mercifully, he does not provide an explanation of what is assuredly a dull and self-righteous story. After Dopey leaves, Sharon calls up the elderly patient from before, Mrs. Bronstein. Apparently Sharon has been gossiping about her employees with Mrs. Bronstein. Oh, yeah, that's ethical. Her conclusion? "Matt Camden is a nice young man." Ugh, pass the Dramamine.