Episode Report Card Drunken Bee: A+ | 16 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The Work
By Drunken Bee | Season 4 | Episode 5 | Aired on 06.04.2010
Backstage at the pageant-- which, I'm already not too in love with the Becky story line, but cutting between Matt's father's wake and Becky's pageant? It's like switching channels between The Wire and According to Jim. Anyhow, backstage, Becky's mom lays into her father over the phone, which really embarrasses Becky in front of all the other pageant girls overhearing her mom yell about how disappointed Becky was that he wasn't there.
Back at the wake the phone rings and Grandma Saracen walks over to hand it to Tim, who's talking with Landry and Billy. Billy hisses, "What are you getting a phone call here for?" because it is totally socially inappropriate. We cut over to Becky walking through the mall, saying she tried his cell and his work and then figured he was at Matt Saracen's. Tim is shaking his head in disbelief but she chatters on, saying that she figured that he wasn't close to the dead guy but if he is, she'll hang up. He asks her what the problem is and she hesitantly thanks him for coming. He nicely tells her that she did great and then they hang up the phone, Becky upset in the mall, Tim turning back to Grandma's muffled crying. This Becky thing is kind of crazily perverted, because everything she likes in Tim is how he's been acting kind of parental toward her. But it's still a weird story line because it's forcing Tim Riggins to be too upstanding or something, right?
Cut outside where Matt talks with a soldier in the front yard. Matt wonders whether the guy's job is to see the bodies home, and he clarifies that he's a recruiter in West Texas and that this is "an honor job." Matt realizes "So, you didn't even know my dad" and the soldier confirms that's the case but that he tries to find out as much as possible about the man as he can, and that he learned that Matt's dad was quite the joker, "funny guy." Matt is like "My dad?" and then goes on to tell the soldier that that wasn't his dad. His dad was a good soldier and all that but he "was not a funny guy, not ever." Matt's voice thickens slightly as he continues to harangue the soldier that he's got it all wrong, Matt never saw his dad even crack a smile his whole life. Landry walks out the front door behind them and realizes that Matt is starting to lose it a little bit, he comes over and gently extricates Matt from the conversation. As they walk back into the house, Matt is pissed, angrily wondering "why they even sent this guy, he didn't know my dad" and Landry just kind of soothingly says "I know, I know" over and over until they get back in. Landry tells Matt that the Riggins clan and he are going to take Matt out and away from all the death and dying and deviled eggs tomorrow night. Matt, kind of weaving his torso back and forth, barely able to meet Landry's glance, is barely focusing on Landry's suggestion when there's another knock at the door. Matt opens it to find J.D. and Joe McCoy standing there, J.D. holding a huge expensive basket of fruit. Joe immediately offers condolences on behalf of the Boosters, but Matt just sort of shakes his head in a "pinching himself" way and asks, "Are you serious?" Joe tries to start over with his processed sympathy but Matt just slams the door in his face. The guests behind him have gone quiet-- in concern, sure, but hopefully also in serious admiration.