Episode Report Card Aaron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Death Leppard
By Aaron | Season 1 | Episode 13 | Aired on 08.18.2001
Over at Our Lady Of The Inflamed Plot Point, Nate is meeting Brenda in her hospital room. He’s up and about with only a Band-Aid on the forehead, but she’s still in bed with a huge white bandage around her head. She does, however, seem to be awake and lucid, as she greets Nate by saying, "I’m sorry I almost killed you." Then she reinforces that sentiment by bitching about her insurance premiums. Nate, however, is not to be dissuaded, as he sits beside her and confesses that he actually prayed for her to be okay. And he never prays. "You are one incredibly difficult and sometimes irritating woman," he says, and so far I’m with him. "And I cannot imagine my life without you." Whoops, you lost me there, Nate. Especially since I’ve been imagining my life without all these freaks ever since I started work on this last recap. In fact, that’s the real reason it’s taking so long. Nate begs her not to die and leave him alone, and even says that he’s willing to get married, if that’s what it takes. "Okay, maybe I overreacted a little," replies Brenda. They giggle, and embrace, and then we fade to white.
Church of the Poisoned Mind. David, Walter, and the rest of the deacons are arguing about Father Jack, who has apparently admitted to performing a lesbian "commitment ceremony." Walter wants him gone, and the lady whose name I don’t know wants him to stay, and it’s all argue argue, blabber blabber, gay-bash gay-bash. When Walter mentions "The Lambeth Conference," Alan Ball hops out from behind the camera and starts being all, "Look at me! Aren’t I clever! I’m ripping on Episcopalians! Without actually saying the word 'Episcopalian'! It’s okay to mock sex, death, incest, and homosexuality, but you sure don’t want to name names and offend those religious groups. No, sirree! Anyway, you guys can just put all the hate mail outside with the rest of the garbage." The meeting goes on for an interminable length of time, until Walter finally calls for a vote on removing Father Jack. With the faint outlines of a spine beginning to appear on his back, David decides to stand up and fight. Not only does he refuse to fire Father Jack, but he also implies that Walter himself is gay before coming out to the rest of the deacons. The Nice Nameless Lady is all happy for him, but Walter just keeps on ranting. Meanwhile, Darth Gayder looks on disapprovingly from outside. Incidentally, am I the only one who was disappointed that Darth didn’t come inside to tell Walter that his lack of faith disturbed him? Now that would have been cool.