Episode Report Card Cate: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hot Pants
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.10.2002
Back at the CamPound, everyone's just going through the motions at the twins' obligatory birthday party. What's especially weird is that after the kids blow out the candles on their cake, Annie doesn't even serve the cake. She just tells everyone to leave because she has a date. She makes it clear who her date is by treating RevCam to another "passionate" kiss right in front of everybody. It's pretty funny that everyone else looks about as revolted as I do by this. Mary expresses surprise that Joy is still going out with Robbie. I guess her Stop Sex! campaign is about as effective as any other abstinence program. Robbie triumphantly tells her that her antics have brought him and Joy even closer together. Mary looks distraught, but she doesn't have the opportunity to meddle any more, since Lucy grabs her arm and says they're going out.
After everyone else has made their escape, Simon begs his parents to allow Maria to come over and help him babysit, even though he's grounded. Anxious to get to their date, the CamRents agree, although they warn him to keep things "parentally guided" with her. Does that mean he's supposed to mash his closed mouth clumsily against Maria's? No, actually, it means "no making out," which is a little confusing, considering all the snogging the CamRents have been doing today.
Simon leaves happily with the twins, and Dopey comes in to let his parents know he's going out. Annie joyfully inquires if he has a date. Hey, what would Valentine's Day be without a date, right? Dopey claims to have "a date with destiny." How lucky for destiny. After Dopey leaves, the CamRents speculate on his love life (or lack thereof). RevCam is still wearing his dorky party hat. Maybe Annie told him to keep it on because she's aroused by the idea of bedding a clown. Hey, as RevCam says, "It's Valentine's Day. Anything's possible." Before Annie can leave to change for their date, RevCam tells her to meet him in the backyard. Why? Because he's got "a little surprise" for her, too. As he says this, he pulls his party hat up and lets it slam back down on his head in a way that seems vaguely sexual, though I couldn't tell you how exactly, since I'd rather eat broken glass than contemplate it further. Annie looks up at him flirtatiously, which furthers my suspicion that she finds his party hat attractive. To each her own, I suppose.
As Dopey walks out the back door, Ruthie accosts him, wanting to "talk." Selfish Dopey doesn't have time for her; he has to find Cheryl. Hey, that's what family values are all about, you know? RevCam is willing to talk to Ruthie, though he asks her to help him set up for his date with Annie while they're doing it. This makes Ruthie freak out and go on a diatribe about Valentine's Day and how much she hates it. She storms off, telling RevCam, "Don't follow me." Anxious to get to his date, RevCam takes her at her word.