Episode Report Card Cate: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Monkey Business (1)
By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.15.2002
Upstairs at Eric's, he's trying desperately to escape Annie's clutches. He tries every excuse he can think of, but she's still horny as hell. When he asks what's gotten into her, she informs him that went off her HRT therapy. What does that stand for, anyway: Hormone Replacement Therapy…Therapy? Now RevCam's really scared -- and probably a bit turned off. When he sees that all his lame excuses are too subtle for Annie, he finally tells her flat-out that he is not in the mood because he is "distracted." He's distracted by inner questions like this: "Do our children have normal relationships with other people?" Annie has to know that for RevCam to ask a question so inane means he no longer has even a nodding acquaintance with reality. When she tells him he worries too much, I hope she's just using that as a ruse to calm him down long enough for her to phone for an ambulance from the psychiatric ward.Oops, I guess Annie can't use the phone right now anyway, because down in the CamKitchen, Kevin is struggling to keep it away from Lucy before she can call his boss with her dumb-ass questions and pretty effectively ruin his career forever. He uses a little diversionary tactic of his own to distract her, overpowering her with a kiss. Swoon! It's just like in all the very best Harlequin Romance novels from the early '80s! The heroine really wants the hero, but she's too silly to know her own mind, so she needs to be subdued by some uninvited kissing. That's exactly the sort of message this show needs to be sending out to impressionable young girls, and we should all applaud Brenda for doing so. Anyone? Anyone? You know, I'm not hearing any applause.
After Lucy storms off yet again, Robbie walks into the kitchen and asks Kevin, "How's it going?" Kevin morosely starts to tell his tale of woe, but Robbie cuts him off to say, "I didn't really want to know. I was just saying, 'How's it going?'" Brenda, please don't give Robbie any storylines this year. Just have him walk around the house saying things like that to various Camdens. It would make the show bearable -- possibly even good.
Alas, it is not to be, since Robbie runs into Rachel Blanchard, whose character turns out to be named Roxanne. And of course, Robbie knew her in the seventh grade. Golly, what are the odds. Although considering there are only four recognized states in the CamVerse, perhaps the odds aren't altogether astronomical. Roxanne and Robbie exchange puerile flirtatious banter for a bit before Robbie confesses, "You know, I think I spent the entire seventh grade thinking about making out with you." Okay, Robbie, that was probably appropriate when you were twelve, but these days, don't you wish that the making out could take place on a CamCouch while the entire family looks on? A tantalizing prospect, I know. Go on -- broaden your horizons.