Episode Report Card Cate: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Relationships
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.21.2001
Annie is trying to leave to speak to Christy's parents, but RevCam won't let her go until he pries the story out of her. Annie explains that when Christy asked her whether two people who fight should break up, Annie thought the girl had been talking about herself and a boyfriend. That really doesn't explain why her advice was so lame, though. RevCam makes the mistake of expressing doubt about her ability to handle the situation. Frankly, I doubt her ability to handle the situation also, but I'm not telling her that to her face. As RevCam says, "I hesitate to bring this up, because we've been fighting about everything lately --" Annie walks out the door and slams it in his face. Go, Annie! And what was Eric's big, profound thought? Even though Annie is gone, he shares it with us anyway: "Maybe Christy's mommy is nutty too." It's a good thing Annie was gone, or she might have turned RevCam into a soprano.
Dopey comes in, and RevCam pries into his love life. Matt explains that Cheryl is unhappy with their relationship, and that he now thinks he should break up with her. RevCam uses his usual incoherent, rambling style to caution Dopey both against breaking up with Cheryl and/or marrying her. At least that's what I think he's saying.
Over in "New York," Mary answers the front door to find that hunky firefighter dude on her doorstep. He's still trying to get her to go down to the pool hall with the rest of their classmates. He says he's just trying to treat her like one of the guys, adding, "You could be a little nicer, considering I went to the trouble to track down your address and drive over here." Oh, great, now he wants her to compliment his stalking technique. He obviously doesn't know who he's dealing with, since Mary comes from a family of experts. She says she's not sure she wants to be one of the guys; she also would like to know why he didn't just phone her. He thinks that "begging would be a little more effective in person." Mary rewards this stupid sentiment with a smile, just as the phone rings. It's the odious Wilson, calling to cancel his dinner date with Mary. While he's telling her this, he shuffles around a bunch of papers to make it appear that he is working very hard in his unspecified, very important job. When Mary tells him they can have dinner another night, he hangs up on her. But first he says goodbye. Nah, he doesn't. I was just teasing.
Hunky Firefighter Dude reiterates his invitation, stressing that he is asking her platonically. He adds some rude comment about how not every guy Mary meets is going to want to go out with her. After such a charming invitation, you'd think Mary would be chomping at the bit to join him, but she says she has to stay home and study. The idea that she had originally been planning to ask for Wilson's help makes me roll with laughter. The hunky classmate offer to help her study.