Episode Report Card Cate: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Help
By Cate | Season 5 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.08.2000
Ah, it's another touching scene between RevCam and SuperMom. You know, this scene is so boring, I don't know if I can get through it. We'll just get this over with quickly, okay? Annie's feeling guilty about going back to school. She wonders if the Colonel disapproves, and if he thinks she's neglecting the kids. That's silly! I think she spent at least eight seconds with the twins in last week's episode, didn't she? That's eight seconds more than the Colonel's spent with them. And, um, she's only taking one course. That's right, folks, one course. It's cool when RevCam points out how much Annie has done for others and tells her that she needs to do something for herself. The scene is still very boring, though.
RevCam runs into Lucy in the hallway and congratulates her on her Homecoming Queen nomination. Simon walks up and tries to bring down the room by telling them that his friend Jim (from the toilet-papering incident last week) is not allowed to play with him anymore. No, it can't be! First Ed Begley and now Jim too? I guess Jim has fallen into the Great Black Hole of Guest Stars We Can't Afford This Week. Jeez, I didn't realize money was that tight. I've got a couple rolls of pennies lying around that I'd be willing to put toward getting better guest stars. Simon whines about how lonely he is and then mopes off down the hall to his room.
Lucy follows him and asks him to help with her Homecoming Queen campaign so that he can meet people. He thinks she's just asking because she feels sorry for him. Lucy admits that's true, but claims that they can help each other. I think if she really wants to help Simon, she should lend him her tweezers and some eyebrow bleach. Simon agrees to help with the Homecoming Queen campaign, but nothing is ever said about the tweezers or the bleach.
The irritating demon urchin Ruthie is chatting up the Colonel in the kitchen. She complains about her homeroom teacher and about the fact that the CamRents are not moving quickly enough to extricate her from the class. So Ruthie has gone "way over their heads." She points upward to indicate God. If you think that's cute, you're a much nicer person than I am. Ruthie is envious of Mary for not being in school, and she points out the "billions" of jobs Mary's had this summer. The Colonel realizes he can manipulate his granddaughter into revealing all her older sister's secrets, so he and Ruthie settle down for a good gossip. It's a rather unappealing sight.