Episode Report Card Daniel: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love conquers all
By Daniel | Season 8 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.11.2004
No, wait. Not yet, he doesn't. First the two of them have to studiously continue to their new marks, in this case a bench, and sit down. "Marry Chandler?" says Kevin, and Peter admits that it wasn't a done deal or anything, but Chandler talked to Peter about it. "I said yes," he says. But now everything's ruined. Kevin says things are more complicated, not necessarily ruined. He asks what Peter's mom's making him do: "Just see your dad? Just talk to him?" "One or the other," says Peter, whatever that means. I guess if he elects to see his father, he's not required to talk to him. Kevin suggests it's a good chance to tell his father how angry he is, and points out that Peter recently helped "facilitate a meeting between an alcoholic father and his son," like, WHO TALKS LIKE THIS? Tonight's dialogue, ripped straight from the program summaries in TV Guide. "That was a Very Special Episode," concedes Peter, but says the father and son in that case were likable, whereas Peter's dad? Not so much. Kevin says Peter can get through this, and if he can't do it on his own, RevCam will go with him. Or Annie. Or both of them! Peter asks if Kevin will go with him. Kevin says he will, but wonders why Peter wants him to. Because, explains Peter, he'll have to be on his best behaviour if Mr. and Mrs. RevCam go, but with Kevin there he'll be able to say whatever he wants. "You're a cop. You know the dark side of life," says Peter, I SWEAR TO GOD HE SAID THAT. I SWEAR TO GOD HE JUST SAID, "YOU KNOW THE DARK SIDE OF LIFE." GOOD CHRIST. Kevin wants to know if Chandler knows about this. Peter seems kind of pleased that Chandler and his mom are fighting about it right this very second.
So I guess Paris now knows about Chandler's marriage plans, since he's saying he wouldn't have said anything to Peter if he'd known Paris was having coffee with her ex-husband "with a dream of getting back together with him," like, how much of a child is Chandler anyway? She says getting back together with Vic would be a nightmare, not a dream. Then she asks the very question that I want answered: namely, if Chandler was considering marriage, why wouldn't he have talked to Paris first, and not her kid? Chandler says, "Would it have made any difference?" Paris, instead of slapping him, just stares.
Back in the Treehouse, Lucy's grilling Kevin over what he and Peter talked about, and Peter's all, "If he wanted you to know, he would have talked to you." Lucy pretends to accept this, then offers him a cookie. Now that's more like it, little woman! He says he will indeed have a cookie, as well as a big glass of milk. The jaunty music kicks in as Lucy says they have cookies but no milk, and she volunteers to go get some. Kevin seems strangely frightened as he tells her, "It's cold out! I'll go!" Lucy insists, since she owes him (so she says), and bops downstairs.