Episode Report Card Cate: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Ay Carumba
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.18.2001
But that's not all. The girls will also get to see an example of one of the worst marriages in history. It looks like RevCam's been giving some thought to Lucy's false apologies and decided that her way is the way to go. He apologizes to Annie, using phrases like "hoisting myself on my own petard." How old is Brenda Hampton, anyway? About a hundred and twelve? Has anyone actually used the word "petard" unironically in the past century? And why does RevCam roll the "r" in "petard" so he sounds Scottish? For that matter, why the hell is apologizing to the woman who kicked his under-eighteen children out of his house? What is wrong with him? Eric offers to take Annie and Mary out to dinner. Once the words are out of his mouth, he seems to realize what a foolish thing he's done, and he quickly offers to baby-sit instead, so that Annie and Mary can dine alone and "catch up on everything in each other's lives." After rewarding Eric's subservience by calling him "the best husband on the face of the earth," Annie tells him he will be having dinner with her alone instead. RevCam keeps his face absolutely devoid of expression while saying, "Dinner alone? I feel like crying." I prefer to think of it as a shout-out to all us more cynical viewers.
Robbie walks into the hallway, wearing a jacket made out of the shiniest leather I have ever seen. It's so bright that RevCam has to blink from the glare. After hearing that the CamRents like Joy a lot, Robbie leaves. RevCam says, "I hope her family likes him for, oh, so many reasons." Annie realizes he's referring to Lucy and Mary and their insane jealousy. Right, and that's turning out to be such a great subplot.
In the Treehouse, the remaining "survivors" are deciding to pool their allowances to buy a bucket of chicken. I can't believe Dopey still gets an allowance. Isn't he in his twenties by now? And why isn't he using the pay from his job to get an apartment, instead of living in this hellhole with his siblings? Maybe Annie has beaten his self-esteem down so far that he can't even see any other options. The fact that Ruthie's theft of his and Simon's wallets convinces them not to vote her out of the Treehouse does not say much for them. At least Simon has a shred of self respect left. He is sounding a little frantic, though, as he says, "I have to get out. I have to get out to survive! And once I do, unlike you and Mary, that's it for me. I'm never coming back." Dopey is skeptical, but I really hope he makes it out okay. Godspeed, Simon!