Episode Report Card Deborah: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "Can You See Them / See Right Through Them"
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.27.2005
Joan and Grace walk through the halls as Joan complains about being a celebrity now, and responds to greetings from strangers. Grace: "Adored by drooling morons everywhere." Joan: "Oh, and barf watch: I have to get my picture taken for the school newspaper with [The Duff]." A small kid walks past Joan and says, "I want your action figure." Hey! It's That PeePeeDance Kid! At least I think it is. I have no idea where to dig that tape up right now. Grace mutters, "You so know he'd undress it." Joan: "Don't worry: the insta-fame's only gonna last for about another fourteen minutes." As she walks down the hall, practically every single person is looking at her, greeting her, noticing her, or smiling at her. Not at all believable. Some chirpy cheerleader types come bombing at her and Grace bails: "That's it. Now you're a Beatle. I'm out of here." Joan tries to grab her arm but Grace barks, "Girardi, I'm not your posse!"
Just then Adam, in toque and some really flashy silver-framed sunglasses, comes running down the hall toward her, excited. Joan tells him she doesn't want to talk about it. Adam: "No, come on, my girlfriend is the Wonder Woman of Arcadia High." She asks, "What, are you wearing those shades to avoid detection?" Adam's all jazzed because he's moved up from getting coffee to working on an account with his boss. So he went out and blew some money on expensive sunglasses? Adam gets to work on the campaign from concept to layout. Joan thinks that's "Enormously huge, like Marlon Brando, but before he died." He asks her to guess what the account is for. She says she hopes it's for the sunglasses: "Unless you're channelling Bono." Which I sure hope isn't the case, because Adam's one of the last people I'd want to have to slap upside the head. Adam preaches his boss's gospel of living with your product and making it part of you. Joan: "I hope you don't get an adult diapers account." Suddenly The Duff comes up behind them and seems real happy to see Joan. Joan introduces her to Adam and asks, "Where's Tweedledum and Tweedledee?" The Duff replies, "Off somewhere trying to pretend like they care." She says Brian's waiting to take their picture, and asks if she looks okay. Joan: "Oh, yeah. It's just the school paper. Kids don't really read it. Let's get this over with." Adam says he'll call Joan after work, and then there's an awkward little moment where he'd have kissed her except The Duff is right there making it weird, so Adam just takes off, telling The Duff, "I'm glad you're still…alive." She calls out after him, "Cool shades!" Joan tells her, "They're for work. He's a spy." The Duff titters: "That's funny."