Episode Report Card Demian: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Passion Of The Chris, Part I
By Demian | Season 6 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.15.2004
Cut to Bizarro P3, otherwise known as Bada PPPing, for yes, it is a strip club. And unlike the last strip club we saw on this show, Bada PPPing actually looks like one, for though the various pole dancers are attired in a broadcast-appropriate manner, none of them are wearing granny panties. The camera tracks through dozens of extras before landing on Phoebe and Raige, who have just arrived on the main floor. They spot Bizarro Doormat receiving a lap dance -- yes, a lap dance, at seven-thirty on a Sunday evening, like, fry in Hell, Kern -- and muscle their way over to confront him, or something. I totally don't care, because the Doormat's presence in this episode is almost entirely unnecessary, and this scene is pointless as far as the plot is concerned, mainly because Bizarro Doormat is of no assistance in locating Big Gay Chris and the Dolt. In fact, this scene's sole purpose seems to be establishing the fact that Bizarro Sheridan is a pole dancer, like, in what way does that mirror our world? Aside from the vast amounts of sexism inherent in the decision to portray a Doormat-threatening female in such a manner, of course. Anyway, after playing rough with Bizarro Doormat for a bit and getting nothing out of him, the gals retreat for a strategy session. Phoebe realizes that the Dolt would have sought out the most powerful force of good he could find in this world. Which means? A demon, of course, in the Bizarro Underworld. Which demon?
Why, Bizarro Barbas, naturally, appearing here as the white-garbed "Demon Of Hope" in his lush, underground garden. They've slung Billy Drago into a Nehru jacket. Neither this, nor his unchanged performance style of gargling on any piece of scenery available, gives me much hope at all. Our boys quickly learn that Bizarro Barbas hasn't the power necessary to return them to their own world, and aside from the obnoxious overacting from Drago, that's about it for this scene until Phoebe and Raige orb in, delighted to have found their guys. Our Boys assure the alarmed Bizarro Barbas that the new arrivals are their Phoebe and Raige, not his. "Trust us," Big Gay Chris emphasizes, "they're not evil." "No," comes the predictable reply from the suddenly appearing Bizarro Feebs, "but we are." A moment for Bizarro nicknames for these two, because typing "Bizarro" all the time is making me weary. In honor of the hairstyle, Bizarro Phoebe shall be "Phauxhawk." In honor of absolutely nothing, really, Bizarro Raige shall be Baige, for she's rather bland. Phauxhawk and Baige's entrance results in a moment of supposedly tense silence in Bizarro Barbas's lush garden retreat, until the screen flares white and we head back to…