Episode Report Card Demian: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In the Arms of the Phoebeast
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.24.2002
Coronation Central. The Sole orders his two Mongoloid bodyguards to leave him alone. They respectfully squiggle out. Lord. The Sole is wearing a black cassock over his turtleneck, and the muumuu effect is none too flattering. As Monkey Boy winks in behind him, The Sole conjures a broadsword into his right hand. Brief sword-and-staff play ensues, during which The Sole manages to mutter, "I knew you'd come for me." The Sole beats the Monkey Boy to the floor and places the blade at his throat. "If you wanted my powers," he breathes, "all you had to do is ask." DUN! Also, um, COMMERCIAL!
Casa Del Sole. Monkey Boy hunches over The Grimoire while The Sole stares out the window. Eventually, The Sole turns around, ordering Monkey Boy to hurry things up. Monkey Boy sneers that he's going as fast as he can. Apparently, he's using The Grimoire to transfer TAFKATS from Cole's body into his own. "For God's sake, turn on a light," Grandma tells him. "You'll ruin your eyes." Monkey Boy ignores her. "Fine," she says, turning back to All That Heaven Allows on Turner Classic Movies. "Don't come crying to me when you're BLIND." The Sole pauses to ensure the Monkey Boy agrees with the primary condition of the transaction. Once the transfer is complete, The Sole never wants to hear from Monkey Boy again. Monkey Boy assents, and squats to arrange some votives in a circle on the floor. As he does so, he idly wonders why The Sole is so eager to rid himself of his powers. The Sole admits that he lost someone he loves, and this is the only way to get her back. Monkey Boy wiggles his eyebrows in disbelief. "Love?" he asks condescendingly. The Sole's abdicating the throne of Hell for love? Yeah, yeah. We get it, Apeman. Get on with the ritual already.
Monkey Boy drags a dagger first across The Sole's forearm, then across his own. Grandma shudders in disgust at how unsanitary it all is. Blood from the open wounds drips onto The Grimoire, where it commingles and sends up tiny tendrils of smoke from a page entitled "Malus Into Exitus Omne." Aurgh. More crap Latin. Craptin, if you will. Monkey Boy chants the page title, and the boys levitate off the floor, glowing from within with a pallid light. Monkey Boy shoots out a hand, and The Sole's body jerks forward. TAFKATS, in shadowy Cole form, begins to emerge from Cole's body, moving towards Monkey Boy's outstretched hand. D'Eartha rays in with Phoebe and joins my grandmother in giggling at the lousy special effects. D'Eartha recovers her composure long enough to grip Phoebe's arm and whisper, "Save him! For your son." The prospect of a squalling brat clinches the deal for Phoebe, who flings open her palm to unleash a torrent of flame in Monkey Boy's direction. Monkey Boy vanishes in a cloud of fire, TAFKATS whips back into Cole's body, and The Sole drops to the carpet. Phoebe rushes to his side. Grandma offers D'Eartha a pickle. D'Eartha graciously accepts it with a smile.