Episode Report Card 4 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT Sex And Violence
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 17 | Aired on 04.01.2003
Anyway, Pacey tells her that he comes to work to do his job, not pick up chicks. And she tells him that she "just [wants] some respect and human kindness." Blah blah blah. Finally, he tells her that she is "wrecking [his] head," and asks her to "maybe just accept the extra income with a smile and maybe a little grace?" And I don't know if I've mentioned this, but Katie Holmes is chewing the scenery in this scene like I've never seen before. I hate Joey, but Katie Holmes's acting is rarely the problem. But in this scene, seriously, she's screwing up her face like Lucy Ricardo on Vitameatavegimen. She then makes some noise about how she hopes this isn't how Pacey plans on treating future assistants. DUDE! HE WASN'T MISTREATING YOU! HE ASKED YOU TO MAKE SOME FUCKING COFFEE. Anyway, there's some more idiotic and infuriating back-and-forthing; Joey says the rest of the men in the office call him "Witless," and then finally admits that she's had some kind of "psychotic lapse," and then there's some really silly business about Joey taking a letter, and then the next thing you know, they're making out on the sofa. I really hate this show. I really, really hate it. I especially hate Joey. I hate Pacey now, too, because by rights he ought to be infuriated with Joey's juvenile behavior. I especially hate the fact that the two of them have spoiled the formerly delightful making out for me. Anyway, so Bobby comes in to tell Pacey that he's leaving for the day. He smirks when he sees them kissing. "At least I waited a week with mine," he says, and goes. Pacey grins down at Joey. "Pigs, we're all pigs," he says, and she smiles up at him. Oh, Moses, smell the roses! This is absurd! This is what gets them to make out? An idiotic, sexist morality play about not firing ugly people? And a revelation that Joey is a snobby brat with a shitty work ethic? I totally want to go on a killing spree right now.
And my desire to kill only gets stronger after this next scene. Jen, Blandy, and Grams sit at the dinner table in silence. Grams wonders what's going on with the two of them. "[Blandy] thinks I'm slut," Jen announces. "No I don't!" Blandy says. And instead of asking Jennifah not to use that particular word, Grams asks her granddaughter why she thinks this. "Because he pretty much said so," Jen brats. "No, I did not!" Blandy says. AND THEN BLANDY AND JEN WORK OUT THEIR SEXUAL PROBLEMS USING GRAMS AS A MODERATOR. I don't think I can say anything more than that without spontaneously combusting. I'm sorry. I can believe that Grams has changed as a character, but not to this extent. It's an insult to the long-term viewer, and it makes me wonder how burned out, exactly, the writers really are. "Well, she seemed to like having sex up until she started having sex with me," Blandy tells Grams. "You can tell [Blandy] that the best sex I've ever had in my life has been with him," Jen says. Seriously. Seriously, people. Am I having a psychotic break? Am I hallucinating? Is this happening? "You can tell Jen that I'm sorry if I made her feel bad and I would never insinuate that she is of questionable morality and I will snuggle with her any time she wants," Blandy says. And Grams? Is not telling them that she finds their premarital sex talk inappropriate. "Well, I think my work is done here," Grams says instead, pushing away from the table. "I have peace to broker elsewhere in Beantown." And she leaves. And then Blandy tells Jen that he's not sorry about wanting to have sex with her. "That's the way it's always going to be." And then they decide that they want to do it right then and there and they run upstairs without even putting their dishes in the sink! I hate this show!