Episode Report Card Cate: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Lost
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.25.2001
RevCam peers into the twins' room, where SuperMom is playing with the children and pretending to like them. Eric wants to know if Annie has agreed to Lucy and Mary's harebrained husband-finding scheme. With the biggest smile I've ever seen, Cruella says, "No, but I do think it would be kind of fun to choose someone for them, don't you think?" Why the hell is she smiling so much? Is it one of those smiles that masks a deep-rooted psychosis? Or maybe the WB is just turned off by all the hate mail they've no doubt received about Annie's abusiveness, and now they're telling the director to make Catherine Hicks smile all the time so the audience will like her better. RevCam tells her he doesn't think the scheme is a very good one, but you can tell he's trying to avoid setting off her temper. He says that the girls' quest to find boyfriends is motivated by jealousy: "They want what Robbie has, and they want it before they enter into the holiday dating season, so that they don't have to spend the holidays watching Robbie and Joy." Excuse me? Did he say "holiday dating season"? What the fuck is that? Is it some quaint custom from the same era when women were more amenable to their parents choosing mates for them? Fortunately, Robbie interrupts this bizarre conversation, saying, "Can I have a word with…" He trails off, then points to RevCam. Careful, Robbie -- you don't want to piss off the beast. You'd better lock your door tonight, or you may wake up to find Cruella staring down at you and holding an axe.
Robbie starts asking for advice about Joy, when a clattering noise is heard. RevCam looks around the corner to see both Lucy and Mary eavesdropping from the stairs to their bedroom. They just smile cheerfully, without even a token display of remorse at being caught, as if spying were a perfectly normal thing to be doing. ["Consider the source there." -- Sars] RevCam leads Robbie to his office, where Robbie carefully checks for snoopers before closing the door. He wants to talk to Eric about the fact that Joy is so insistent on his spending time with her today. I love how this show is always turning such trivial things into huge issues. Or maybe Robbie is just incapable of making even the smallest decisions? Does he consult with RevCam on what shirt to wear in the morning, too? RevCam asks a bunch of questions, including whether today might be Joy's birthday. Robbie hasn't a clue, though this does lead him to talk about his feelings of insecurity over the fact that Joy is rich. RevCam says, "Son, you're in the family, and I'm gonna treat you like I would one of my own." I assume he means he'll never raise a finger to help him unless Annie says it's okay. It also means he will discourage Robbie from dating the Camden girls by pushing him to go see Joy. He concludes that with: "Love is a wonderful thing, so go for it." Hey, you better listen to him, Robbie. After all, he's an "expert on love." Eric pumps up Robbie's ego for a long time while Robbie just nods vacantly at him, until Eric finally pushes him out the door.