Episode Report Card Cate: D+ | 1 USERS: F YOU GRADE IT It's The RevCam 'n' Robbie Show
By Cate | Season 5 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.21.2001
A shirtless Robbie comes downstairs and informs Dopey that "the shower's free." Damn, if that isn't one of the funniest things anyone's ever said on this show. Matt just walked in the door. Why would Robbie think he wants to hit the shower right away? The phone rings, and Dopey hands it over to Robbie. We don't see her again in this scene, but of course it's Mary on the phone. Robbie tells her he's so happy that Matt is moving back home where, of course, he'll be availing himself of the shower. Just as Robbie adds, "It's like one big, happy family -- I love this place," Simon walks over to the refrigerator in the background. He's shirtless. Robbie may think it feels like a big, happy family, but I'm reminded more of that controversial Calvin Klein ad from a few years back, the one with the gay-porn look to it, where the raspy-voiced guy off-camera talks about ripping off some teen boy's shirt. But a show as wholesome as 7th Heaven couldn't possibly be drawing on that. Could they? Maybe it's just an homage to Jessica Biel's Gear photos.
Be sure to tune in next week for the big one-hundredth-episode bash. Don't let the fact that Mary's coming back dissuade you. Five bucks says it will end with a long montage of old clips in slo-mo, set to some of the crappiest music ever written.