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By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.02.2003
Oh, no -- Betty's house has burned down. Well, except for the door. It's positively a marvel of physics how it's standing there, totally unsupported. A firefighter comes over and tells Ben, Betty, and Kevin that the fire started with a lit cigarette. How does he know these people have any connection to the house? They could have just wandered by. I'm also a little curious as to how the firefighters could have determined the cause of the blaze this quickly -- especially since the whole house is burnt to shit. That's a little fast for an entire house to burn down too, isn't it? Although I must point out that the whole lot doesn't seem to be much bigger than my living room. Betty just blithely says, "Hmm, I guess I didn't put out that cigarette before we left." Hee! She adds, so quietly that only I can hear her, "Damn. That's the last time I buy flammable ashtrays from the dollar store." But it might not have even been her cigarette. Maybe a prowler really did stop by and, after listening to Betty's messages, left a burning cigarette lying around.
When Ben complains about all his clothes being burned, Betty tells him to quit "whining." She adds, "I'm just glad nobody got hurt." See -- I don't hear the model citizens Ben or Kevin expressing any concern for possible victims. When Kevin points out that her house is gone, she replies, "Oh, it's not my house. I was house-sitting, so…" She shrugs and laughs. You know, I couldn't find a single fan site devoted to Alison Ward, the woman who plays Betty. That is just criminal. The T-1000 tells Betty that Ben can no longer date her. Unfortunately, Ben agrees. Betty leaves, but not before spitting out, "Wimp," at Ben and blowing some more smoke in Kevin's face. Hey, Betty? Call me! This breakup means Ben has to find a new place to stay. He suggests the firehouse, but Kevin insists that he stay with him in the Treehouse of Terror. I guess Geoff Stults has some time left on his contract, and this was the best they could do to justify having him stay on CamPound property for the next few eps.
Back at the CamPound, Annie is lying in wait for Simon so that she can accuse him again of smoking. The twins correct her, though, saying that they didn't see Simon smoking. At least, that's what the closed captioning tells us. I'm not sure I would have figured it out otherwise.
Ah, it's time for Sid and Lucy's date. They're at Eddie's Pool Hall and Discount Rehearsal Dinner Emporium, and things are not going well. Instead of talking to him, Lucy's just staring at the door, hoping her stupid, abusive cyborg boyfriend will get jealous and come looking for her. Sid proves what a nice guy he is by acting gracious toward her anyway. He suggests that they continue their date and have "a platonic good time." Lucy agrees only when he points out that the later she gets home, the "crazier" it will make the T-1000. You mean it's physically possible for Kevin to be crazier? Lucy asks Sid to tell her about himself. It looks like they're already done with their dinner, and she's just now getting around to asking him that? Sid is one long-suffering guy, especially when he tells Lucy about his former substance abuse and she looks like she's just caught a whiff of something extremely unpleasant. Great minister she'll make. When Sid is done telling her that he helps other addicts at his rehab center, he asks what she does, and the dumb-ass replies, "Well, um, I go to school, and I go to the mall sometimes." Hey, what about the stalking, huh? Sid even remains courteous when Lucy tells him, "We have nothing in common." Not even once does he call her a vacuous, boring loser. He's a better person than I.