Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | 173 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Never Was There A Tale Of More Woe!
By Demian | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on 2003.10.19
Somewhere…else, an ancient Asian gentleman garbed in a Franciscan cassock grinds something with a mortar and pestle while grunting, "All sold out, I'm afraid." "Good for me," he adds with an affable shrug. "Bad for you." The actor's name is Mako, which is ironic given the fact that he's missing all of his front teeth. We soon learn he's addressing Big Gay Chris, who asks, "How long will it take you to make more?" By the way, Part Check: It's packed its bags and moved from the center of his scalp back towards the left, but not quite as far over as it was when he first appeared. Everything's sort of swept back from his forehead anyway in this scene, so it's a bit obscured. In any event, as Mako explains the difficulty involved in creating more of the potion Big Chris wants, the shot cuts to a wide-angle, and we find ourselves in some sort of underground apothecary. Appropriate, I suppose, given the play they raped for tonight's A-plot. Expository babbling follows, during which we learn that the particular potion Big Chris seeks somehow hides secrets. As Friar Mako whinges about the unreliability of demonic suppliers and whatnot, a rocky wall nearby bulges out to disgorge the silvery CGI outline of a human figure. It's very TLC's "Waterfalls," much like the Shocker Demon from seasons past. Big Chris, focused on Friar Mako's gross mouth, takes no notice of the new presence. "Swampland," Friar Mako reveals, "is where you'll find the Kotochul egg your potion requires." Way to be specific there, Gappy Yokum. Which damn swampland? Whatever. Big Chris apparently knows what he means, and snippily groans, "Fine. I'll get you your damn egg. Just make sure you're ready." Friar Mako smiles serenely by way of reply. As Chris backs away from the table, the silvery CGI outline vanishes into the outcropping of rock. Chris darts his eyes around suspiciously, then orbs upwards out of the cave. Friar Mako watches him go, then turns to glance at the silvery CGI outline as it reappears and fills out into Technicolor Dolt form. Ew. Shut up, Dolt. The Dolt glares as Friar Mako sticks his tongue out through the disgusting hole where his incisors should be.