Episode Report Card Gustave: A- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Guess Who's Coming To Breakfast?
By Gustave | Season 1 | Episode 8 | Aired on January 14, 2002
Enter Theo. Mrs. Huxtable greets him and asks him where L'il Lisa Bonet is. Theo informs Mrs. H and Palmer that L'il Lisa is picking up some friends at the airport. How convenient this errand is for the producers, who now don't have to pay L'il Lisa for an appearance in this week, since it will take her at least an episode…I mean, "an hour"…to pick up her friends at LAX. So the remaining Palmers start going over the game plan for the day. Palmer stresses the need to put Theo's "accident" behind him, and that everyone will be okay if they all come clean. Theo gets in Palmer's face, accuses him of living in a "fairy tale," and gives him some line about how juries love to convict black men who kill white people. I can see why Theo is worried. I mean, remember a few years ago when those Colombian drug lords broke into that black Heisman Trophy winner's home and killed his wife, and an all-white jury sent him to jail despite no evidence of his presence at the crime scene? Hi, Theo? Um, while it's true that black men are often given the short end of the stick when it comes to our justice system (to say the least), you are the son of a senator and not some poor black man depending on a public defender to keep you from getting the chair. I think your father knows a few lawyers and can afford to pay them. Furthermore, I can't imagine a jury coming down too hard on anyone, white or black, who killed his sister's rapist, as opposed to, say, killing someone over a botched crack deal. Palmer reminds him that the Maureen Kingsley story is going to come out anyway, whether or not he stands behind his father. "I'm not running from anything," says Theo. "I just don't want to spend my last episode with you." What a little shit! "Let's get this over with," says Palmer. Lady MacPalmer assumes a rigid expression on her face, and they exit.
FauxMartin is making his way over to security at the power plant. An efficient-looking blonde woman with a Rachel haircut and a Crayola-blue suit approaches him and asks him if he's Martin Belkin. When he affirms this, she introduces herself to him as Jessica Abrams, a Palmer campaign worker, and offers to help him with his automatic weapons…I mean, "camera equipment." He insists on carrying it himself. Poor Man's Monica Potter (or Photogenic Mary Matalin, take your pick) assures him that the senator will be arriving shortly, and tells him she's a fan of his work. He goes through security. Old bald White Head Secret Service Agent Guy inspects FauxMartin's cameras and finds nothing suspicious. And I'd just like to add here that if Head Secret Service Guy were really Head Secret Service guy in charge of Palmer's Secret Service detail, then what is he doing at the reception desk searching bags? If Head Secret Service Guy ran security for an airport, would he be the guy who told you to empty your pockets of any change before you went through the metal detector? If Head Secret Service Guy were the principal of a high school, would he be wearing a hairnet and serving up pizza bagels in the cafeteria? If Head Secret Service Guy were the head of the ADA, would you call him at home if you lost your retainer? If Head Secret Service Guy were a celebrity chef at a four-star restaurant, would he be the guy who came over to your table to tell you that your Discover Card had been declined? I. Don't. Think. So. Nevertheless, Head Secret Service Guy gets Belkin clearance and lets him enter.