Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Pregnant cause
By Daniel | Season 9 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.03.2004
Really, is saying that this is Hilary Duff's "best film yet" really that much of an endorsement?
Over at Glenoak Hospital, Annie is by Leanne's bedside, telling her to breathe, like maybe they don't have nurses at this damn hospital. And here we go with the sob story about how this is nothing like Leanne dreamed having a baby would be (like, no shit), since her fantasy involved getting married (of course) and her mom being there to guide her through the pregnancy and blah blah blah, and Annie grimaces her way through it as Leanne says she hasn't seen her dad in years, and her mom threw her out when she found out Leanne was pregnant and told her she could come back home and get help for college if she gave up the baby. "I'm happy to be here with you, Leanne! I'll help you through this!" says Annie. And maybe Leanne has a sibling Simon could run over, and help bring that family closer together too! "It's better not to have dreams," says Leanne, "because --" Oh, look at that. The fast-forward button on my remote seems to be stuck. Pity. Anyway, Leanne decides that she's not giving up her baby (surprise!) and orders Annie to call RevCam (who she's suddenly calling "Eric").
Meanwhile, back at RevCam's office, Lucy's kept up the hard work by falling asleep on the couch. And this couple strolls in, sees the pregnant Lucy and of course assume this is Leanne, and wake her up, so they can gush at the prospect of adopting her baby. Naturally, Lucy is somehow unable to inform them that they've got the wrong teen mother, and then apparently just decides to GO WITH IT, and answer their questions, and at this point I almost put my foot through the television. "Any mental illness in the family?" asks the guy, and Lucy lies and says, "Right now there's none that I know of." Any drug or alcohol abuse, asks the dad, earning an indignant no from Lucy. He asks if she and the father happen to know what their IQs are. "No, but we both consider ourselves to be intelligent people," says Lucy, and I really can't believe how fast and loose she's playing with the truth here. The woman asks if she and the father have any special "skill sets" or any other natural abilities, like math or music or science (side note: can someone please explain to me when and why people started saying "skill set" instead of "skills"? Thanks so much). Since "being an annoying busybody" doesn't qualify as a natural talent, Lucy doesn't have an answer, but then starts asking questions of her own. "What if you knew that my baby had no special skills at all, was of average intelligence, and would grow up to be an average person who was kind and hard-working?" "Average intelligence"? In a Camden? Lucy might as well wonder what if her baby is born with seven fingers on each hand. The couple is at a loss, until the man says, "That would be something we'd have to think about." So Lucy kicks them out of the office and adds a "shame on you" for good measure.