Episode Report Card Deborah: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Six Feet Under
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.09.2004
Beth (wearing pink) and Kevin (wearing blue) are on their date. It's a busy pub-like place. Beth sighs and asks if Kevin wants to finish hers. Kevin declines: "If I eat any more grease, I'll be flammable." They both take a sip of beer. Since when is Kevin legal to drink? Is the age limit the same in all the states? Last we heard, he was twenty. Unless maybe his birthday is in November, too -- like Luke's, and apparently Joan's, and Adam's mother's. Also, it's the month Judith died, and the month Adam's mother killed herself, and the month of Kevin's accident. Joan of Arcadia writers: There are other months. Some of them are even perfectly lovely months. Not all of them suck icy rocks, like February. What's with everything happening in November? ["And February, and May? …Oh, right. (Hee.) Your point still stands, though." -- Sars] Kevin asks her how school's going. She says it's great: "I mean, as great as studying economic structure using linear algebra can be." Frink is hurt: "Linear algebra's not that bad." Kevin smiles and says, "I'm really glad you wanted to come eat…bad food with me." Beth: "Me, too." They burst into nervous laughter. Kevin confesses, "You know, I stared at the phone for, like, an hour before I called you." Frink: "'Then I picked it up with my erection.'"
Beth smiles like she's happy to be there, but maybe not as happy as Kevin is. He takes her hand, but she gently withdraws it after a moment, and says, "Uh, Kevin…" He decides to grab the bull by the horns: "Is it…uh…" He gestures to his wheelchair. Beth: "Of course not. How could you even go there?" Frink: "How could he not?" Kevin shrugs and says it's the one big thing that's changed since they were together: "I mean, I'd -- I'd understand…" Beth: "Kevin, it's been two years. I can't just pick up like it was yesterday." Two years, hmm? Well, I guess that's what we're going with. Given how central Kevin's accident is to this show, I wish Barbara Hall had pinned down a date from the start and tattooed it on all the writers' hands. Also: you cheated on her and basically blew her off when she confronted you about it. The accident doesn't give you a pass on that. And we also know you haven't exactly changed your ways, either, though Beth doesn't know that. Kevin apologizes, saying she's right, and that maybe he thought this was a date. Beth shrugs: "Maybe I thought it was a date, too. I just need time." Frink doesn't find Kimberly McCullough convincing in this role. I tell him he's not alone, thinking of comments in the forums, but I personally think her role is a little underwritten. I wish we could get more of a sense of why they were into each other. I mean, she's nice, and she's pretty, and maybe that's enough for Kevin, but usually there's a little more than that going on between couples on this show. ["She looks a little too old for Kevin. She's pretty and everything; I just don't buy her as a college student." -- Could Sars interrupt Deborah any more today? Let's find out!]