Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT It's Not Always About You
By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.26.2003
Hey, speaking of revulsion, here's Lucy, and she's talking to the T-1000 on the back porch of the CamPound. Well, actually, she's whining some more. Yeah, color me surprised. When she's done with the description of her crappy day, Kevin doesn't comment; he merely suggests that they leave for their dinner date. On the one hand, I can sympathize with him not giving a crap about Lucy's stupid problems. God knows I don't. But I don't claim to love her or want to spend the rest of my life with her. The least -- the very least -- that Kevin could do is feign a little interest and sympathy. What a dipshit. And as always, Lucy is pathetic for staying with him. When Kevin asks why she wants to be excused from jury duty, Lucy says, "For the obvious reasons: I'm really busy, and it's an inconvenience." The "busy" part doesn't exactly ring true, since Lucy obviously has plenty of time to stalk Roxanne and bitch about Roxanne and fight with Roxanne. And it's not like she's ever worked a day in her life. Plus, everyone knows Crawford Clown College is a total joke. Kevin is not impressed with her excuses either, although in his case it's because he takes the judicial system really, really seriously. Like, really seriously. He gives Lucy a hilariously stilted lecture on the importance of everyone doing "their part." I'm sorry, but nobody in the real world actually talks like the government pamphlet the writer stole Kevin's speech from. And the whole sermon is so condescending that you'd think it was being given to a ten-year-old. Of course, ten-year-olds are about eight years too young to serve on juries anyway. I think we're supposed to believe that Kevin is getting all worked up about this issue -- especially since he cancels his dinner date with Lucy and leaves. But since George Stults really is a terrible, terrible actor, it's hard to feel the magic.
At the high school, Asslee gives Simon the brush-off again. Simon seems to care. That makes one of us.
Roxanne and Chandler are swapping spit outside the entrance to the Glenoak Police Department. I think that extended make-out sessions at one's place of business just smack of professionalism, don't you? ["Hee. 'Smack.' Good one." -- Sars] RevBong waves goofily at Roxanne before getting into his late-model BMW. I had no idea the assistant ministerial racket was so lucrative. As RevBong drives away, Kevin makes vaguely offensive remarks to Roxanne, implying that she just spent the night with Chandler. Roxanne explains that she and Chandler just got together for breakfast, and that's all. She claims that she now understands that "there's more to relationships than sex." Wow. And she learned all this since yesterday? That must have been some breakfast. Oh, what's that? You say her transformation is completely unrealistic? I agree, but this way, at least we didn't have to suffer through the scene where Roxanne and Chandler and his Furrowed Brow Of Bad Acting discussed the matter. You know, I'll bet they filmed just such a scene, but someone from the network killed it because it was too bad even for this show.
Lucy is back at the courthouse. This may come as something of a surprise to you, but she's bitching rudely about how she doesn't want to be there. When Ms. Beane says she'll be playing a video about jury duty, I perk up somewhat, because even watching a bad educational film would be better than listening to Lucy. Alas, we don't actually get to see the video, though we are treated to some more of Lucy's whining. Yippee! I'm wondering what the rest of the potential jurors are thinking at this point. They must be absolutely terrified that they'll have to serve on a jury with Lucy. Could you imagine being sequestered with her for weeks on end?