Episode Report Card Cate: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Pathetic
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.13.2002
Mary goes upstairs and tries to convince her sisters to come down and meet Ben. She alternately begs them to come down and asks them why they won't. Ruthie says she doesn't care, and that Lucy is too jealous. Mary looks over at Lucy, who's fondling her engagement ring again. She lectures her about letting go of the past, as if she hadn't been moping over Wilson a few hours ago. Besides, I think I'd eat broken glass before I'd take any advice from Mary. When Lucy asks her about Wilson's engagement ring, Mary looks guilty, which makes Lucy suspect that her sister still has her own ring. Mary stomps off, and Lucy asks Ruthie if she knows where the ring is. Ruthie sums up my attitude perfectly when she says, "Don't know, don't care."
Down in the dining room, Dopey and Robbie are having a friendly heart-to-heart with Ben, who's going on and on about Mary and Wilson. This scene's gimmick is that Dopey and Robbie aren't saying anything; they just shrug or nod in unison to everything Ben says. I know that sounds annoying as hell, but because it makes the guys look goofy beyond belief, it's actually kind of amusing. Finally Dopey pipes up to say that the Camden women are "fickle." He goes on to share some of the family dating history with Ben, who stares at him and Robbie as though they're freaks. This lovely scene is interrupted by Lucy, who rattles off a greeting and then beats a hasty retreat. The guys discuss her engagement ring for a bit, and then Dopey asks Ben about his "women." Ben says he dated the same woman all the way through high school and college, but when she moved to London, they drifted apart. Then he met the lovely and talented Mary. She chooses this moment to grace them all with an appearance. She's wearing some hideous mauve lipstick that really doesn't go with her burgundy/rust-colored top. The guys tackily wish Ben luck in his pursuit of his prize, while the prize stands there looking stupid.
RevCam wants to know why Simon is not being punished, but Annie thinks he's already been punished enough, since he has to live with getting a ticket, and with the knowledge that he banged up Dopey's car. She has even more wisdom to share, as she informs RevCam that Dopey's problems with Robbie hearken back to his jealousy over the fact that he thinks Robbie has been trying to usurp his place in the family. She even says that Dopey moved back home in an attempt to "reclaim" his "territory." Of course, as I remember it, John kicked Dopey out of the Swingin' Bachelor Pad because Priscilla moved in, and he had nowhere else to go, but if Annie wants to practice her armchair psychology on RevCam, I'm not gonna stop her. That would be because I'm still scared of her. Luckily for us, the doorbell puts an end to her psychologizing.