Episode Report Card Cate: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In The Blink Of An Eye
By Cate | Season 1 | Episode 3 | Aired on 09.29.1996
The CamRents engage in a totally sexless make-out session in their bedroom, which RevCam cuts short because he's thinking about Dopey. Not in that way. Well, I certainly hope not, anyway. Annie apologizes for being happy because she had such a great time with her parents.
Uh-oh -- it's Simon and Ruthie, together again. And I just accidentally hit fast-forward -- again! -- just long enough to bypass this scene. That's twice tonight! Can you believe it?
RevCam is ranting about the Dopester's uncanny ability to make the wrong choice whenever possible. Word, Eric. Annie notices that his guitar is out, and Eric says that he just couldn't help himself. Annie lets him know that she considers the "bad choice" phenomenon to be something that runs in the family. Word, Annie.
Outside, Jeff is chucking rocks at Mary's window. Could they be moon rocks? When Mary opens the window, Jeff shouts up that he'd like to talk to her for a minute. In an unexpected fit of generosity, RevCam walks out onto his balcony and tells Mary she can talk to Jeff for five minutes. He also asks her to tell Lucy that Jimmy Plywood will call her tomorrow. Displaying astonishing dumb-assity -- even for Lucy -- the younger girl asks Mary's opinion on when she will be old enough to kiss. Mary answers, "I'll let you know," in a way that is completely charming. Or is it utterly fucking grating? Yeah, um, it's the second one, actually.
Outside, Jeff and Mary sit on a bench and talk. He apologizes for being a prick earlier, and she admits that she used the idea of staying home with Lucy as an excuse because she knew the CamRents would never let her go to the party with him, and she was afraid to tell him so. Just as they start to make out, Lucy chirpily calls out, "Time's up!" Hee hee -- wasn't that cute?
The GramRents are slow-dancing while Grandma tells Grandpa how happy she is that Annie brought them to Glenoak. Boy, she must be awfully excited about those water parks. They reminisce about the time they had to pick up Annie from summer camp because she was homesick. Grandma mentions a "silly song [they] taught her to make her feel better." That's all well and good until Grandpa actually starts singing it. It would be hard to find a song that I hate more than this one. It's that one that starts off:
Hello mudda
Hello fadda
Here I am at Camp Granada
Hey, don't shoot the messenger! I didn't write that piece of crap. Fortunately, they stop singing after a few bars, and Grandma says that she is "such a lucky woman." She has Grandpa and Annie and the Camden family. I'll stop mocking now, since this scene could be a lot more maudlin. Dopey walks into the room and, in a rare moment of perception, realizes he is intruding, so he leaves.