Episode Report Card Michael Neal: A | 8 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Oprah Effect
By Michael Neal | Season 3 | Episode 2 | Aired on 11.06.2008
Jack tests Kenneth by trapping him in an elevator with a group of people and a gun. He tricks Kenneth into believing that in order to survive, one of the other people on board has to die for the sake of oxygen. Kenneth tries to shoot himself instead. The gun is unloaded. Jack gives up: "Kenneth Parcel, you are one Latina fantastica." He offers his admiration of Kenneth's forthrightness but when Kenneth gets home from work there is a brand new flat screen television waiting in his living room, courtesy of ole Jack attack. Behind the television is an illegal cable wire just waiting to be plugged in. The next day Kenneth tells Jack "he's glad he's not a white man," the implication being that Kenneth watched a whole lot of Lost on G4 last night.Lemon regales the women at the office with tales about OPRAH, like how she smells like rosewater and warm laundry. Jenna asks "did she touch you?" and Lemon extends her hand. Jenna kneels before it like an Elf being knighted in a Tolkien musical. Lemon gathers Jenna and Tracy in Jack's office when she gets back and they wait for OPRAH. OPRAH arrives, only it's not OPRAH. It's a twelve-year-old middle school student named Pam. PAM! She is black but she's also a tween and definitely not the queen of television. She's also funny and for all the Oprah -- excuse me -- OPRAH hoopla it's her who steals the show. Suffice it to say those pills Lemon was popping played a few tricks on her mind. She flashes back to the plane ride and remembers Oprah saying questionable things like "My boyfriend's in ninth grade." Still, despite her not being OPRAH Pam does surprisingly well in mediating Tracy and Jenna's conflict. They both hold up their "emotion drawings" for a critique. Jack shows up but forgives Lemon the screw up. "In-flight medication is how I met M. Night Shyamalan until it turned out to be," and he nudges in the direction of Jonathan. Jenna and Tracy announce they've worked out their differences and Pam makes a grand exit. "Good job Lemon," says Jack. "Good job Pam. Really." "Be a white man, take credit," is his retort. In so many ways Baldwin is the rock of this show. You better be wrong about him Goldenfiddle.
Joke-quake!!!
Valid point
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