Episode Report Card Demian: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Farewell, My Liver
By Demian | Season 7 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.13.2004
Straight Estates. Raige and Li'l Bulging Brody, still in their '40s duds, breathily flirt with one another as a flashing neon sign outside the window periodically floods the room with red light. Raige finally cuts to the chase with "Shut up and kiss me," and she pulls Kerr Smith in for a clinch. As the sound editors ratchet the lip mikes up to eleven and loud smacking noises hit the soundtrack, the camera tastefully pans away, which everyone knows is Hays-Code-Era shorthand for "And now, the fucking begins." Before we finally fade to black, "The End" inexplicably scrolls across the screen. The hell? Did they just completely blow apart the show's internal logic by tossing up a sign for the audience's dubious "benefit" alone? A sign neither generated by nor visible to any of the show's characters? Or are we meant to believe that Raige and Brody are still somehow being affected by the novel's magic, so that when they reach an appropriate ending to their part of the narrative, a supernatural sign wipes itself across Brody's apartment wall? The fuck? Christ, but I hate this godforsaken show.
The promo for next week's episode reveals absolutely nothing about the story's content, but it is titled, "There's Something About [The Dolt]." So, you know, get that vomit bucket ready. Enjoy!