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
I'm not sure who thought it would be a good idea to give Lucy such a prominent plot this week, but I sincerely hope that person was fired. I can barely bring myself to watch as Lucy keeps finding new and not-so-creative things to whine about. I could describe it for you, but I doubt you care. And if you do care, you really shouldn't. Suffice it to say, Lucy will have to come back to the courthouse tomorrow. Do you think she'll bitch and complain some more? Yeah, the suspense is killing me too.
Simon is mopping the floor of an empty hallway in his school, and he's doing a piss-poor job of it. Now what's David Gallagher going to do if his singing career doesn't take off? Simon looks up at the clock and sees that it's five-thirty. I think the sad music is trying to tell us we should feel sorry for him because Asslee never came to work at four o'clock, like she was supposed to. Why the music would think that's a bad thing is beyond me.
Next, Simon does one of the dumbest things he could possibly do -- he goes to the T-1000 for advice. Kevin proves how sympathetic he can be by telling Simon, "If I was [sic] Cecilia's father, there's no way you'd get a break. I wouldn't let you go anywhere near my daughter." The Simon I like sometimes would roll his eyes and end the conversation right there, but this Simon just sits there and takes it. The T-1000 says something cryptic about how Simon needs to worry less about Cecilia and more about what he himself has said to Asslee. Simon says, "You know, I bet that's it." He gets up and leaves, leaving stupider viewers to bite their nails frantically in suspense as they wonder what Simon could possibly have meant by that remark.
RevCam apologizes to Annie for "what happened earlier." I don't remember him doing anything he should apologize for, but that's never stopped Annie from wanting apologies anyway. When Eric tells her that Dr. Gibson wants her to come to one of RevCam's therapy sessions, Annie reacts with horror, demanding, "What did you tell him about me?" Relax, Annie -- if RevCam had told him what you're really like, you'd have someone from Child Protective Services breaking down your door right now. Still, Annie will not rest until RevCam tells her what he's said about her, even though, as he points out, "that defeats the whole purpose of therapy, doesn't it?"
Annie goes into the CamKitchen, where Ruthie asks her if therapy is "always this emotional." Annie looks at her sternly and says, "You know how I feel about eavesdropping." Actually, we can't be entirely sure. I don't think Annie's ever come out with an official statement on it, but if her actions are anything to judge by, she's obviously a big fan of it. Ruthie suggests that Annie accompany Eric to see the shrink -- not because the doctor suggested it as something that would help Eric, but so that Annie can keep an eye on her husband and make sure he doesn't make any decisions she doesn't like. That fills me with a disgust too profound for words.