Episode Report Card Demian: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In the Arms of the Phoebeast
By Demian | Season 4 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.24.2002
Phoebe immediately notices the broken window and asks what gives. The Sole ums and mumbles and mutters and ahs and lies that it was an accident. Phoebe nervously cops to the whole flamethrowing incident down in Hell, and adds that the entire experience made her feel evil. Grandma, who's flipped over to Barney Miller reruns on Nick at Nite because that Hal Linden is a real looker, pauses in her knitting to remind them both that D'Eartha promised the Spawn of Sole would turn Phoebe to the dark side once The Sole knocked her up. When Feebs and The Sole ignore her, Grandma pops open another Piels and idly tsks to herself that Wojciehowicz really should look into buying some antiperspirant. Meanwhile, The Sole pulls Phoebe in for a comforting hug. Phoebe's mind immediately blazes its way into a premonition. The Sole, "slicing" off the Mongoloid's "head." The Sole and D'Eartha, smirking at the throne of Hell. The Sole, flinging his version of an FBOD. Phoebe's mind staggers out of the premonition, and she pushes The Sole away. "Stay away from me!" she pants as she scampers to retrieve her purse. "What happened?" he asks innocently. She repeats her admonition as she scrambles into the elevator. "What did you see?" he bleats as the doors slide shut. "Uch," Grandma mutters. "He's cute, that one, but my God, is he stupid." Grandma sips her beer as The Sole gazes bleakly into the void that is the commercial break.
The camera tracks across a couple of racks of vials set up on the coffee table in the parlor; Pippihontas retrieves one of them and makes her way behind the sofa to join the already-crouching Raige and Monkey Boy. Pippihontas hurls the vial at The Grimoire, which has been placed on the floor all the way over on the sun porch. The vial shatters, emitting a small amount of flame and smoke, but nothing else happens. "Buh!" pouts Pippihontas. "That was the strongest one! I don't know what else to do." Monkey Boy once more suggests that they keep The Grimoire and exploit its powers. Raige hurls a skillet towards my head as she nonchalantly notes they have enough powers of their own, thank you very much, and they don't need to add evil ones to their repertoire. Fortunately, her aim was off, but my roommate is going to be pissed when he sees the broken lamp. Phoebe whisks in through the front door and powers on over to the parlor with a curt "We have to talk." Raige and Pippihontas follow as Monkey Boy hangs back to drool over The Grimoire. Pippihontas warns him to remain in sight during the confab, lest she blow him up. Monkey Boy's like, "Whatever," and crosses into the sun porch.