Episode Report Card Aaron: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT American Pie
By Aaron | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.30.2001
Sidney bolts out of the bedroom, and yet another chase scene scampers after her. Hallway. Stairs. Attic. Roof. Sidney falls off and lands on a boat. Apparently, it's one of those newfangled Nerf boats they're showing at all the Expos, because she hops right up and runs off, stopping only to check out Rose, who's still folded, spindled, and mutilated in the garage door. Inside, Randy is all alone (of course) and watching a far finer film than I (Halloween (of course)). He watches Jamie Lee Curtis backing away from the camera and feels compelled to yell, "Look behind you!" about a hundred times. Hey, we all go a little mad sometimes, right? Now, if he'd left it at that, Williamson would have made a nice, subtle reference to one of the all-time horror movie clichés. Instead, he has Munch come up behind Randy so we can see Randy ignoring his own advice. Just as he's about to strike, Munch hears something and turns away. I'm not sure exactly what's going on with the continuity here, but apparently what Munch heard was Sidney, who's now running through a cornfield that may or may not be hundreds of miles away. I guess it isn't, because she rounds the corner and runs up to the TV van. She climbs inside, and she and Kenny watch The Tiny Camera Of The Lame Joke That's Finally Arrived; as they watch Munch coming up behind Randy, we see Munch coming up behind the van, and Williamson scores a meta-cinematic hat trick by having the audience warning Sid, who's warning Jamie Kennedy, who's warning Jamie Lee Curtis (with bonus style points for the double Jamie). Clever or crap? Hard to tell, but maybe Kevin should give this "look behind you" thing a try, because it looks like the demise of his career could be back there, and objects may be closer than they appear. Anyway, Kenny opens the door, and Munch slits his throat. Sid crawls out the back of the van, and the chase begins anew. Meanwhile, Gale and 10-10-2Dewey have made their way back to the action. He goes in to search the now-deserted house, and plays the scene like Schwarzenegger on speed. Or maybe it's just an Arquette on acid. Either way, it's nasty. Outside, Gale goes to her van, and is forced to endure the mandatory horror-movie discovering-you're-standing-in-a-pool-of-blood shot. She climbs in the van and tries to drive away. Before she can get it started, Randy appears at the window, and she decks him in what may be the funniest shot in the whole movie. She flips on the wipers, and the windshield fills with blood, causing me to flash back to high-school driver's ed. As she peels away, Kenny's body slides down onto the windshield, and she has to spin the wheel to dislodge him. Then she spins it again to swerve away from Sid, and ends up smacking right into a tree.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19Next