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By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.25.2001
RevCam walks out the back door to see…Dopey and Heather making out? Where the hell did she come from? When RevCam asks them how everything is, they both say, "Fine." Dopey even makes what I assume is the American Sign Language sign for "fine." RevCam says he's going out "to help a friend." He asks again if everything is okay. Dopey and Heather answer, "Fine," again. I guess that's the only ASL sign Dopey was ever able to learn, but at least he seems to have it down pat. Eric leaves, and Dopey and Heather resume kissing. She tells him she's missed him, but that their relationship is not going to go anywhere, since she is planning to teach in "New York." Ah, Buffalo. But you see what I mean? There are forty-seven other states that nobody ever mentions on this show. I'm sure many of them would be perfectly lovely places to live. Heather tells Dopey, "I don't think anyone's ever gonna mean as much to me as my first love." Of course, that's Dopey. That doesn't bode well for any future relationships she might have, though, does it?
Lucy and Mary accost Annie to ask about their future husbands. Cruella tells them that she and Eric have decided the girls should find their own husbands. Mary tells Annie how "disappointed" she is in her. I honestly don't know if I've ever met anyone quite as rude as Mary. The girls leave, and Simon comes in to ask, "I think it's too soon for me to worry about choosing the right woman, don't you?" For once, Annie gives some good advice by agreeing with him. Ruthie's next. She wants to hear the results of the husband search. She's also ready to offer up her own spousal suggestions for her sisters. Annie pretends to be interested in hearing them. Ruthie suggests Mike Pierce for Lucy. She explains, "Even though he tried to kill himself, he's the sanest, nicest and best-looking guy she ever went out with." You know, I'd be a lot less worried about the fact that he tried to commit suicide than I would be about the fact that he was a manipulative jerk who liked to play mind games with Lucy. Ruthie's suggestion for Mary is almost as bad: Robbie. Yeah, I'm sure the writers eventually will bring back that icky romance for another go, even though Mary and Robbie have broken up, what, three times already? But I'm curious as to why Ruthie is so anxious to push Mary and Robbie together. Gross as it may be, hasn't she wanted him for herself since, well, forever?
RevCam arrives at Joy's house just as Sergeant Michaels and another officer are getting out of their cruiser. RevCam demands, "What are you doing out of uniform, Sergeant Michaels?" Michaels says he's been promoted to detective. As if Eric didn't know! Perhaps he was trying to throw the other officer off the trail, in order to keep up the illusion that RevCam doesn't actually run the town himself. The other officer explains that he came along because he is familiar with the case. Nobody asked him why he was there, but maybe he just senses RevCam's superior leadership skills and feels he has to account for himself. They all have to walk past Robbie's car to get to the house. I'm surprised no one writes out a ticket for Robbie. Isn't it against the law to have a car that ugly?