Episode Report Card Niki: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Unity of Effect
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.30.2001
The juvenile delinquents invade Rick's place, laughing hysterically again. Carla tosses her jacket on the floor, and Grace complains as she picks up after her. Grace suddenly seems to register where she is -- The Boyfriend's house. She stares, mystified, and takes it all in. Wannabe grunts (laughs, whatever) from the top of the stairs and beckons Grace to follow her.
Lily, meanwhile, races to grab the ringing phone on her desk. It's Rick, apologizing. Lily draws a blank. He reminds her about dinner and offers to reschedule for the following night: dinner at his place, "offspring included." "That did it," she answers, by way of forgiving him.
Wannabe throws open the door to Jessie's room, and Grace follows her inside. Wannabe flops on the bed like a pro and begins pawing at Jessie's stuffed animals. I have no idea why Grace is following Wannabe into this room; I'm waiting for her to protest over the obvious invasion of Jessie's privacy, but oddly, she doesn't. "Don't you wish this was your room?" Wannabe asks, clutching a unicorn. "No," Grace says defensively, "Why?" Wannabe says, "It's just a really...innocent room." Well, it was until you rubbed your skanky ass all over the bed. Wannabe loses interest in the unicorn and moves on to snooping in Jessie's bedside table. "Carla, we shouldn't invade her privacy," Grace finally protests, albeit weakly and while spraying some of Jessie's perfume. Eli finally comes on the scene and tells them to go to his room. He grabs Wannabe by the hand and starts leading her away. She turns to Grace and says mockingly, "Eli thinks we're in looooove." Oh, shut up, ass. He echoes my sentiments, but he's kidding, as is demonstrated by the dose of tickles he lays on Wannabe. Grace looks suitably mortified. Wannabe tosses Eli onto the bed and says with faux anger, "No means no!" Oh ha ha. Rape jokes are really funny, aren't they? Sweet fancy Moses, I hate this character. If that was the writers' intention -- congratulations! Mission accomplished and then some. Eli offers Grace a drink, which she immediately accepts (I could use one myself -- make it a double) then immediately declines, probably because she's too self-conscious about the whole thing. Wannabe spots a training bra hanging from a peg on the back of Jessie's door and pulls it out for everyone to see. "Look! It's like miniature!" she says, with false wonder, somehow overlooking the fact that she's not exactly sporting a full rack herself. Then her ADD really kicks in, and she loses interest in the tiny bra, flings it at Eli, and spots a pot of glitter on Jessie's dresser. She excitedly offers to "do Eli's cheeks." I hope she's referring to his face, but one can never be sure with this skeeze. Uncomfortable, Eli asks if they can "leave this room, please?" "Hey, your little sister's sexy -- deal with it," Wannabe tosses out. Grace is stupefied. "You really think Jessie is sexy?" she asks. Wannabe indicates a photo on the dresser and tells Grace to check out "that face, that body." Can I just interject and point out how twisted it is (and I'm sure this is a point the writers are intentionally making) that a pubescent girl with an eating disorder is considered a model of sexiness, rather than poor health? Oh, and Wannabe's an idiot. That is all. Eli and Wannabe stand in the doorway, giggling and feeding each other (they really are nauseating), and Grace hangs back, taking a closer look at Jessie's picture. She glances from it to their little mating display and pipes up that she'd like a drink after all. No one cares.
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