Episode Report Card Deborah: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hole In Your Soul
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.30.2004
They all start walking as Joan comments on how cool this is. They quickly run into Luke, and Friedman, who says, "But soft! A new arrival in our happy realm. May I be thy guide, fair maiden?" I hope someone teaches Judith the phrase she'll need most at this school: "Shut it, Friedman." Adam instinctively puts a hand on Friedman's shoulder, kind of, "Settle down, doofus." But Judith's a sport and she plays along and lets him take her hand. Grace comes up complaining that she didn't know they had to do the questions in the back of the chapter. Adam shrugs as he goes into class, "Ms. Lischak wrote the assignment on the board." Grace glares after him: "Thanks, Dad." Judith says, "Grace, right?" Grace to Joan: "Do we know her?" Joan, elated: "This is Judith!" After a beat, because it's pretty obvious the name means nothing to Grace, she adds, "From camp! She goes here now." Judith waves as Grace regards her dully. Grace turns into the classroom muttering, "So now I have to get to know another person now." Hee! I feel you. Wait until you meet "Joanith." Judith looks slightly offput by Grace's attitude, but not much. As Luke and Friedman enter the classroom, Friedman "She's My Kind of Girl" Owlander says, "It was subtle, but she vibed me, right?" Settle down, doofus.
Skylight Books. Joan's shelving books when some guy in a sweater vest, with a goodly amount of hair, micromanages his way over to her. Who's this clown? He pulls a book off the shelf and complains that Alice in Quantumland doesn't belong in the children's book section: "Which should be obvious, unless of course you don't even have a game show's knowledge of basic scientific terminology." Joan, her patience finally worn a little thin, snaps, "Hey, I take AP Physics!" He replies, "Oh, which explains the outsourcing of jobs to India." Watch it, buddy. My Bangalori in-laws need work, too. Joan asks the $64,000 question, which is, "When is Sammy coming back?" And I gather the correct answer to that is, "Whenever Kevin Hill tanks, I guess." But he answers, "I am Sammy." Um… Joan comments, "Which is weird, isn't it? Best friends, both 'Sammy,' both…you know how you are. It's like there should be some mothership someplace." Sammy 2.0 explains, "Mm-hmm. The prior Sammy will return when his wife regains her sanity. So I'd get used to me if I were you." He walks off. Hmph. I give them props for not trying to pass off a new actor in the old role, because that never works. No, never. But this is almost the same thing. I much prefer Sammy 1.0. He was sarcastic, where this one comes off smarmy. I have just one thing to say: Sammy 2.0, I recapped Sammy 1.0. I knew Sammy 1.0. Sammy 1.0 was a friend of mine. Sammy 2.0, you're no Sammy 1.0.