Episode Report Card Aaron: C | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Death: The High Cost of Living
By Aaron | Season 1 | Episode 2 | Aired on 06.09.2001
So I gave her a dare
To show she did care
She said, "Drop your socks," but I was already there
'Cause my toe she's licking
My heel she's tickling
The earth was kicking
And the viewers were sickened, and you --
CHORUS:
Sucked feet all night long
Yeah you sucked feet all night long
Driveway of Stiffs. Nate is scrubbing the back of the van, cursing Mr. Suarez and his death doody. Okay, that one was even worse than "House of Stiffs," wasn't it? Keith comes up behind him and reminds Nate that they met at DeadDad's viewing. "Oh yeah, David's racquetball partner," remembers Nate. He tells Keith that David went out with Jennifer, his ex-fiancée, and then asks, "Hey, is David any good?" Long pause. Uncomfortable Keith. Then Nate clarifies, "At racquetball? Because we used to play in high school, and he was pathetic." Keith smiles a bit, and answers, "Uh yeah. In fact, I think you'd be surprised at how good he's gotten." Well, I guess that answers the "why are these two together?" question. Keith thanks Nate for the info, and then departs.
Inside, Mom comes down the steps to find Mrs. Baitey stripping the jewelry from Worm's body, which is still in the coffin. Mrs. Baitey cries and says she needs to sell the jewelry for money. Then she spouts a few lines that remind us that The Late Nate left his family a lot better off than Worm left his. You know, just in case we hadn't already figured out this week's deeper meaning. By the end of the opening credits.
Cut to a restaurant, where David and Jennifer are chatting. He repeats that The Late Nate loved her, but then confesses that he's drunk. "Then I can ask," she says. "Are you happy?" "I'm still me," he replies, which is actually a pretty good line. She tells him that Dad knew he was gay, and worried that David "spent so much time making other people happy that [he] never thought about [himself]." Then she asks whether he has anyone new in his life. He nods, but then says, "You didn't know my father. You didn't know him at all. No one did." I'm still not sure whether there's a deep, dark secret to be revealed here, but the kids certainly all seem to hate Late Nate. "Let's get a room at the Haverford Inn and fuck our brains out. How about it?" David asks. Jennifer looks disgusted.
And since Jennifer was apparently unwilling to provide the booty call David seems to need every time he gets depressed, we now see him arriving at Keith's place all liquored up. When Keith opens the door, David spouts some line about having to pick up a body in Long Beach. Then he lays his head against Keith's chest and mumbles, "I'm a little drunk." You think? He continues, "You might have to undress me." Keith agrees, but then pushes David upright and says, "Right after you stop lying to me." Keith then slams the door in David's face. David barely even stops to think about this before turning and calmly walking away.