Episode Report Card Sara M: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT There's A First Time For Everything
By Sara M | Season 9 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.06.2005
Matt asks his dad about Ruthie's date, and if the CamRents like him and his family. RevCam says they do. Matt asks if Ruthie has been doing well in school and helping around the house. RevCam says she has. Hey, remember when, IN THIS EXACT SAME SCENE, Ruthie and RevCam said basically the same thing? RevCam says there's no way to stop Ruthie from dating. RevCam is just a little too sad about his daughter dating other men. ["RevCam also seems to have undergone a mind-wipe of some kind. Peter? Hello?" -- Sars]
Ruthie does a drive-by reveal of her latest dating news at Lucy and Kevin's room. Kevin asks Lucy if he should have "the talk" with Ruthie. Actually, he doesn't ask so much as tell. Insistently. Lucy laughs and asks what makes Kevin qualified to do this. Screw qualified; how is this even appropriate? Kevin says he's qualified because he almost got a girl pregnant in high school. Wouldn't this make him LESS qualified? And anyway, Kevin points out that the CamRents obviously suck at giving sex talks, what with Simon having pre-marital sex and all. Lucy tells Kevin to stop overreacting, and that no one needs to give a talk. Kevin says that whoever talks to Ruthie should hold "the baby," who has a name, even though it's stupid. I do have to agree with Kevin on one point, that being that the CamRents aren't very good at the sex talk, as well as being a perfect example of why waiting for marriage to have sex would be a bad idea. After a while, you'll be so eager to have sex that you'll marry anything that so much as grimaces in your direction. Kevin says that Savannah is never going to date. Ever. Savannah tries to fake her own death so she can escape to a better family.
Martin and Mac enter the Treehouse. Mac asks Martin for suggestions on good places to go this Friday night to find hot chicks. Martin says he's actually going to be busy chaperoning Ruthie's date on Friday. Mac says he wants to go too, because then he'll look like a "sensitive older brother type" that chicks dig. Martin says Mac accompanying them wouldn't be a good idea because Ruthie wouldn't be comfortable having Mac there, since she used to have a crush on him. Martin, I think your soldier daddy would be very ashamed of you for going back on your word to RevCam to never tell Mac about this. Mac asks if Ruthie still has a crush on him. Martin tells him not to think about it. Mac does his best Owen Wilson impression as he thinks about it.