Episode Report Card Cate: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Choices
By Cate | Season 1 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.13.1997
Simon and Ruthie debate whether to keep the money they found. Trust me, it's just as dull as it sounds.
Lucy simpers over to Tom and asks for his help in studying for her confirmation classes. Unless I'm mistaken, the classes haven't even started yet, but trust Lucy to want to begin studying anyway. Tom wisely tells her that choosing a religion is very important and that he investigated a whole bunch of them before he was confirmed. Lucy says, "I never really thought about having a choice in the matter." Well, guess what, Lucy. You don't. With RevCam for a father? Come on. You don't.
In the CamKitchen, SuperMom is preparing dinner while RevCam snacks from the salad bowl absentmindedly, so that we can see he's thinking deep thoughts. Of course he's thinking about Tom's alleged secret. Annie says, "All I know is that he's charming, good-looking and a very charismatic speaker." She diplomatically refrains from adding, "And way better at satisfying my sexual needs than you, Mr. Charisma." She does, however, stroke RevCam's ego by claiming he's better-looking than Tom, and then gives him a chaste, closed-mouthed kiss. Tom walks in and interrupts to ask if he can help with dinner. Annie starts discussing vegetarian cooking with him, displaying way more enthusiasm than she did while kissing her husband. Tom's idea for a vegetarian cream sauce comprised solely of vegetable stock and cornstarch sounds vile to me.
As RevCam leaves the kitchen, Simon and Ruthie bounce up to him and ask that he take them to the mall. RevCam demurs, claiming, "I'm not really a mall guy." For some reason, the editors cut out the part where he added, "Unless there's stalking involved. Because if there's stalking involved, I'll be there with bells on." Dopey pipes up with his suggestion that Mary and Camille take the brats to the mall, and RevCam agrees that this is an excellent idea. As Dopey and Mary walk out the front door, she chucks her basketball at his head. You know, a head injury sure would explain a lot of his behaviour in later seasons.
In the kitchen, Tom starts to share his very deep and important secret with Annie, but stops himself just in time. Thanks, Tom, for realizing that none of us are interested in you. After Annie carries her horrid-looking vegetarian lasagna out of the kitchen -- I'm hoping she's carrying it to the curb -- Tom whips out a pill bottle and swallows something from it. You can add all the dramatic music you want to this scene, but I still won't care what's wrong with Tom.