Episode Report Card Cate: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT I Love Lucy
By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 15 | Aired on 02.09.2003
To everyone's unseemly delight, Lucy reads aloud the card attached to Kevin's gift. He writes, "Looking forward to our first Valentine's Day together. I'm sending a car to pick you up at seven o'clock. All my love, Kevin." Claiming that her dream was a "bad omen," Lucy says she won't be showing up for her date. Everyone looks exceedingly disappointed, which just makes me want to smash something.
This week's Opening Credits Timewaster is particularly wasteful of our time. Annie and Eric are staring longingly into each other's eyes while they feed stuff to each other -- strawberries, I believe. I regret to inform you that this episode was written by none other than Brenda Hampton. Lucy interrupts the romance by storming in and demanding to know why there's a car and driver waiting outside for the CamRents. Annie explains that they've been invited to a party. Right -- that's likely. RevCam adds that he ordered the car. He says, "It's a valentine treat for my sweet." Lucy is surprised that there's not going to be a birthday party for the twins, but as Annie rightfully points out, "Nobody ever cares about having a birthday party with the boys." Annie adds that she and RevCam celebrated with them earlier. She does not indicate whether the celebration took place behind the couch. Annie says she'd assumed that Lucy would rather get ready for her date with Kevin than celebrate her brothers' birthday. Is there not even going to be a pretence of genuine family values anymore? I'm fine with that, but someone may want to let the WB's marketing department know. Lucy's announcement that she's not going out with Kevin is met with the kind of horror you'd expect if she'd just announced that she was planning to conduct a ritual human sacrifice in RevCam's church next Sunday. Eric says, "You're not gonna stand Kevin up on Valentine's Day," as if Valentine's Day were some totally sacred holiday. He basically orders her to get dressed and go out with Kevin, which is pretty weird, actually. Lucy reminds him that she and Kevin have an "agreement" that he won't ask her to marry him tonight. I must have missed the episode where she decided she wouldn't go out on any dates unless marriage proposals were included. That must limit her dating prospects somewhat. Annie sounds really judgmental and accusatory when she says, "Kevin told us that was your idea." Lucy sadly replies, "I didn't want to expect a proposal and not get one." Am I supposed to feel sorry for her? Boo-hoo, cry me a fucking river. People have real problems, you know. After a little more encouragement, Lucy agrees to go out with Kevin.