Episode Report Card Deborah: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Six Feet Under
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.09.2004
Another dream. This time Judith's standing at the edge of the high board in a knee-length, pale yellow or vanilla-coloured sleeveless dress. She says, "It's easy, JoJo. Don't let the fear hold you back." Joan's down on the deck in her plaid pyjamas. Joan replies, "Maybe if you'd been a little more afraid, you'd still be alive." Judith shakes her head: "Mm. No, see…I think what my problem was…I was running from what I was afraid of." She glances back at Joan: "Don't do that. Just surrender and…" She laughs a little. Then Judith glances back at Joan, raising her eyebrows playfully, and launches into an incredible slo-mo dive, doing a complicated twist in the air before positioning herself for the dive down. But before she hits the water, she explodes into a burst of golden white sparkly light, which disperses the way a dandelion does in a strong wind once it's turned to fluff. Joan stands there -- still, stunned, breathing heavily at what she's seen, and then barely breathing at all. She wakes up with tears in her eyes and running down her cheeks. That was quite beautiful, but I would have enjoyed it more if there hadn't already been so many CGI moments this season. They're almost predictable now instead of special.
Pool. Frink comments again on how well-outfitted Arcadia High is. Everyone emerges from the locker rooms. Glynis is wearing a relatively normal black bathing suit and no bathing cap. Keady orders ten minutes of stretching: "Find a partner." Glynis quickly grabs Captain Washboard. I really cannot tell anymore if they're writing her weirdly confident and confidently weird, which would be a cool thing, or if the writers just can't decide how they want Glynis to be from episode to episode. I suspect the latter. Keady suddenly notices something amiss: "Mr. Girardi, what are you doing up there?" Luke's on the high board, looking nervous and determined. There's some minor tittering from the other members of the team. Luke keeps staring at the water, with occasional glances toward the people in the area. For no apparent reason, Grace and Joan suddenly come through the girls' locker room, both in street clothes. Joan's looking especially beatnik-y in a black turtleneck. They watch Luke. Keady tells him to get off the board right now, and blows her whistle to show she means business. So Luke gets off the board: with a little sound of panic, he pushes himself forward into a clumsy dive -- but at least it's not a belly flop. He comes up hooting and hollering: "Woo-hoo!" Grace and Joan kvell. Luke keeps pumping his fist and hooting. Grace glances at Joan, who's got her hands crossed over her heart and is looking all schmoopy, and she runs over to Luke. I understand that apparently there was a scene where she makes their relationship even more public, I presume by kissing him poolside, but it got cut. I'm just really glad they didn't have him do some perfect dive -- that would have just been ridiculously clichéd.