Episode Report Card Aaron: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Deft, where ith thy thting?
By Aaron | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 06.30.2001
And now we're there with her. Claire gives a long, tearful speech to the psychiatrist guy about Borelai and Snory and how creepy it is that they're both hot for the same guy. Finally, she concludes with a patented Storytelling 101 role-reversal, saying, "My mom is just so fucking sad. I wish I could help her."
Cut back to Das Sargzimmer im Fisherhaus, where David is meeting with the family that Father Jack referred to them. He tries to convince them to hold the funeral at The Formaldehyde Fortress rather than the church, so that they can better "customize" the service. Because they're obviously staunch Christians, and because Gerald Levin wants to be sure he gets the most bang for his stunt-casting buck, Sandra Oh pops in to tell David how great Viveca looks. "Her tits have never looked better," she sobs. "She was like a sister to me." David looks embarrassed and shuffles her out so that we can cut back to the Christians deciding to have the ceremony at the church after all. Meanwhile, Viveca's funeral continues, with the friend who's paying for everything getting his turn to speak. "I'm not a religious man," he says, "but I do believe in God, and if I were to make a list of all the things I thank God for, fucking Viv would be at the top of that list." Aww. I so want someone to say that about me at my funeral. David arrives just in time to hear the guy say that he knows that God loved Viveca just as much as he did. God loved her and her cock-eyed breasts, and now the swelling music and the gently floating camerawork kick in just to make sure we all understand that God even loves the gay people, too.
And with that, we cut back to the church where it all began, as David stands at the altar to be made deacon. The entire Fisher family, plus Brenda, watches from the front row, but David can't help visualizing the entire church filled with hot, non-dancing, gay boys. And there in the back is Viveca, dressed as Marilyn Monroe and mouthing along with Father Jack's prayer. I giggle like a little girl every time I see this scene. Anyway, we now cut outside for the weekly last-three-minutes wrap up. David accepts congratulations from Nate, but when he's asked about Keith, David calls him "just a friend," and stalks off. This leads us over to Claire, who suggests that she and Mom rent a movie together next Monday night. Ruth is ecstatic, but Claire warns that if she starts crying, the whole deal is off. Finally, we see Nate and Brenda, and he thanks her for coming to church with him. And also for bringing all those anvils for him sit on. "I loved it," admits Brenda. "All that pageantry? It's so trippy. It's like a Fellini movie." Oh, yeah. This director is definitely just out of film school. When she discovers that Nate actually believes in God, however, Brenda quickly returns to her old self. "I think it's all just totally random…we live, we die. Ultimately, nothing means anything." "How can you live like that?" asks Nate. Brenda replies, "I don't know. Sometimes I wake up so fucking empty I wish I'd never been born. But what choice do I have?" And with that, she walks away, and we fade to white. Now, that was a weird ending.