Episode Report Card Sara M: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Father, Why Bother?
By Sara M | Season 9 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.17.2004
Kevin and Lucy exit the doctor's office, and they have different opinions about the new doctor. Kevin doesn't like her. Lucy does. Ben asks if she's a woman, and then if she's single. Kevin and Lucy pretty much ignore this, and Lucy says that she likes having a female doctor, especially one who's had kids herself. Said doctor emerges and hands Kevin a reading list, since she doesn't think he's been doing very much reading. Kevin gets all pissy (and I hate to admit, but rightfully so) and says that he has been reading, and then Ben asks the doctor if she has a "cockney" accent, like The Beatles (who did not have cockney accents. Cockney is London streets. The Beatles were from Liverpool, which is significantly north of that). The doctor huffily says she has a "British" accent, then calls Ben "ignorant." My dad says that no one would claim to have a "British" accent and she should have said "English," so I guess everyone's ignorant. Wouldn't be the first time on this show. Or the last. Lucy compliments Doctor Englishface and says she feels really comfortable around her. "Me too," says Ben, then asking if she has any reading recommendations for him. "Perhaps Dickens," Doctor Englishface snots, retreating to her office. Ben asks what a "dickens" is. In your case, Ben, it's what you tend to think with instead of your brain. Kevin says he wants a doctor for their baby who likes both of them, but that the decision is ultimately Lucy's. "Fatherhood's turned you into a girl," says Ben. Heh. I still like Ben.
Ruthie is sitting on the stairs, waiting for Mac and Martin to come home. When they do, she pathetically jumps up to meet them. Martin says Ruthie looks "funny." Mac says she looks "good." Ruthie asks them if they want to get pizza. Martin says they have practice, but Mac says perhaps later.
RevCam kicks Charlie out of the house, telling him to go get the diapers he told his family he was getting. Charlie asks the Rev to tell him something minister-ish, like that God will forgive him for dumping his baby on the steps of the nearest adoption agency, even if it's an animal adoption agency. RevCam says he'll help Charlie any way he can, and he's going to find someone to talk to him. He tells Charlie to come back later. Charlie says he's not capable of being a father, and even if he is, he doesn't want to be one. He leaves, looking defeated. "Around six?" RevCam calls out after him. Yes, RevCam, let the kid who's so desperate to be rid of his kid that he's about thisclose to either killing it or throwing it in a dumpster, or both, return to the baby. That'll end well.
RevCam's getting dressed and yelling at SamVid for jumping on his bed. The Trio of 'Tard agree that being dressed is better than being in pajamas all day. RevCam says they'll be spending the rest of the day cleaning the picnic table, as well as whatever else needs to be cleaned up in the backyard. "We already cleaned up the poop," says Sam. Um…do I want to know what they're talking about? Or how Sam "cleaned" the mystery poop up, which is probably the same way he "cleans" out the inside of his kindergarten class's paste jar (a few generous laps of his tongue)? RevCam says that he actually cleaned the poop, and if the twins ever give Happy another bag of cookies, it'll be their turn to clean it. The twins make frowny faces. Actually, Vid makes a frowny face. Sam stares blankly.