Episode Report Card Erin: B+ | 114 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Papa, Can You Hear Me?
By Erin | Season 3 | Episode 8 | Aired on 2003.11.23
Dix just calmly walks out, and there's a moment of silence while Head wipes the imaginary blood from his freshly tagged nose. He goes behind Dix's desk and looks at Sean and Vaughn. He's all, yeah, um, so, you guys are totally gonna be questioned as well, okay? So don't make any long-term plans, right? And I'm the boss around here! Vaughn just looks at Head like he's sprouted antennae and wings and a hardback shell and is thisclose to entering the nearest roach motel. "Let's not make this any harder than it has to be," says Head, trying out what seems to be a smile. It just makes him look like he has to fart. Vaughn just goes, "It's too late for that," and turns around, snapping at his wife, "I need to talk to you, right now," as he passes by. Heh. She is SO gonna get a smackdown.
The Elephants storm out of the office and locate the nearest private corner to have their first full-on fight. Luckily for us, their idea of "private corner" constitutes "right in the middle of the damn Oops Center and right in front of a really well-lit wall of glass." Are you really interested in the exact transcription of this scene? Because I'm not. Killjoy's all, before you even start, I totally thought I was doing what was right! Vaughn's all, oh, spare me, you jealous little tart! Syd's in custody because of you. Killjoy's all, but Sydney murdered Lazarathankgodit'sfriday! Vaughn's all, shut up! Just shut the fuck up! Don't act like this is your first day on the job! My hotter-than-hell ex-girlfriend is in HEAD'S custody, not the NSC'S and you KNOW IT!
It keeps going on and on and back and forth and basically, Vaughn's right, but so is she, and he's being kind of a dick about it, and she's being incredibly naïve, and Killjoy kind of wraps it up by saying something about how not only is Vaughn underestimating her ability to do her job, but he's also questioning her humanity. Then she comes to the glaring realization that her husband helped Syd get out of the country. Vaughn doesn't answer and just sort of looks through her as if she's made of gauze and there's a really big piece of black forest cake on a table behind her.