Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Day Out Of Days
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.14.2003
Liberty Hell's Kitchen. Joey's leaving the bar for the evening. On her way out, she spies Harley back at the pool table. She stomps over there and reminds Harley that they just played this scene out "two days ago." She drags the poor kid out by the ear.
World O' Fish. Endless shots of fish. So much filler. So many fish. It appears that Pacey is ditching work to hang out with Emma yet again. I find their entire interaction to be -- let's see, what was it? Mind-numbingly dull? That'll do. Basically, Emma is trying to talk Stockbroker Pacey into transforming himself back into Old, Hawaiian Shirt-Wearing Pacey. And, for the record, I'm totally in favor of that particular switcheroo. I love Old Pacey. I miss Old Pacey. But I wish that The Road Back To Old Pacey wasn't so bloody boring. Anyway, after much caterwauling in her fake accent, Emma challenges Pacey to blow off work yet again and meet her tomorrow at one o'clock, in his Hawaiian shirt.
Help Me Rhonda Helpline. Have I mentioned that I preferred this storyline when Brenda Walsh was living it? Anyway, Blandy listens as Jen works her first real call. Who promptly hangs up on her. Blandy assures Jen that someone probably walked in on the caller and freaked her out, because Jen was doing fine. Jen yammers that she must have done something wrong. Mid-yammer, the phone rings. Blandy tells her to answer it, but Jen freaks that she's going to fuck up. Finally, Blandy picks up the phone and takes over, telling the caller -- for it is the person who hung up on Jen -- that Jen's no longer available. Jen looks miserable. Blandly tells the caller that Jen is "a little high-strung" Jen looks stung, but Jen? You are enormously high-strung. But at least your hair finally looks pretty. Jen watches closely as Blandy finishes the call with panache. "What?" he asks her. She shakes her head. "Nothing," she says, but inside, she's screaming, "I love you and your easy facility with the troubled youth of Boston!"
Elsewhere in the nitty-gritty city, Joey drags Harley all the way to Oliver's apartment, explaining that the boy hasn't called her back. "And when a girl leaves a slew of messages for a boy she thought was her boyfriend --" she grouses. Harley interrupts to yelp that Joey must have slept with Oliver. "What did you say?" Joey asks, as if Harley had just called her a lying, whoring slaghole. "You slept with him. You know, had sex," Harley says. The soundtrack twangs comically, as Joey recovers and says that she forgot what a woman of the world Harley is. "You're probably not even a virgin," Joey teases. "Probably lost it years ago, to a trucker named Bubba." Hey, Continuity! Come on in, take a -- hey, come back here! "I don't get it," Harley tells her. "You're not supposed to," Joey tells her. Someone leaves the building, and the girls sneak inside.