Episode Report Card Gwen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Who Nose
By Gwen | Season 4 | Episode 10 | Aired on 11.28.1999
We see a close-up of a tower of Play-Doh noses. On top there's a little flag that says "A Camden Knows." Ruthie's art teacher sticks a blue ribbon on the whole thing and congratulates her. They discuss Ruthie's family's inability to recognize her talent, blah blah. Ruthie hauls her sculpture away and shows how cracked and dried the green nose is.
Evening, RevCam's home office. Matt bursts in and thanks his dad for "excluding [Matt] from [his] own life." They blab for a bit and then RevCam actually makes a good point. He says that if Dopey loved Shana, he wouldn't selfishly try to keep her from taking such a great opportunity. Hey -- I didn't say it was an original good point, did I? Matt doesn't know if he can let Shana go without throwing a few more tantrums.
Mary tromps into her bedroom, all pissed off. Lucy asks what's wrong and Mary says that the CamRents had Robbie transferred to another community service location. Huh? Who are these people -- the MAFIA? Why didn't they just have MARY transferred? I guess that would have ruined their complex morning routes or something. Lucy stands up for their parents, saying that they're older and wiser and blah blah. Mary says she'll just talk to Ruthie next time she wants loyalty. Lucy expresses precociously mature concern, and Mary says that she and the CamRents never want to see Mary happy again. Lucy sarcastically agrees and they silently plunk down on their beds.
Simon is working his shift in the twins' room. Annie walks in and he tells her that he finally found some cool guys to hang out with, indicating the twins. Aw. (Ew. I meant that "aw" non-sarcastically. I must be ovulating or something.) StuporMom apologizes for trying to brainwash Simon into befriending the junkies. Simon apologizes for not tattling about the huffing sooner. He wonders why anyone would find huffing fun. Annie doesn't know. RevCam walks in and gives the details on his latest Concerned Busybody Hotline call. Pete copped to his huffing and that of his friends, and the school principal is going to meet with the huffers and their parents. Also, Pete told his friends that it was his decision to rat them out, so no one will think it was Simon. Simon doesn't care if they do. "Good for you," RevCam tells him. Pete suffered no serious damage blah blah blah. That's one plotline neatly stashed away. Then Mary walks in and asks to speak to her parents. In the hallway, RevCam admits that he transferred Robbie and explains that he thinks Mary's community service shouldn't be any fun. Blah blah, Robbie can still call Mary, and later he can come over so everyone can give him the third degree and get to know him better. Mary says she's grateful. The CamRents are surprised. Mary does a monologue about having a groovy sister to help her see how much their parents care about them and blah blah freaking blah. Ruthie walks past and stops long enough for RevCam and StuporMom to double-take on her ugly sculpture and its blue ribbon. The kids exit and RevCam says, "First prize? Well, we were wrong about that piece of -- art." Oh, hardy har. Way to slag your kid's piece-of-shit art, you jerkwads.