Episode Report Card Gwen: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Hoop Dreams
By Gwen | Season 4 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.09.2000
Matt gets home and melodramatically tells John that he only made $20, which isn't enough for a visit to the Big Apple. Matt says, "You can't even buy a book about New York for twenty bucks." He says that in the old days, going to another city and showing up at a woman's doorstep might have been considered romantic, but today it's considered a felony. John's just working the crowd this week, isn't he? Matt says, "I'm not stalking Shana." Matt, face the truth. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree. Matt doesn't want to break up with Shana and throw away the two years they spent together. John makes him admit that Shana's already told him to see other people. He suggests that Matt take a break and take some time for himself. That's right, Matt. Do the Kelly Taylor and choose you! John leaves, saying something about finding his parents to thank them for all the advice they ever gave him. Or something. I lost interest because he wasn't holding a donut this time. Matt dials Shana's number, and some guy wearing too much eye makeup and rouge answers the phone and tells Matt that Shana and Brett are at the library. "The library? On a Friday night at midnight?" says Matt. The guy lashes back with, "Look -- I don't know how the libraries are at those little colleges in America's villages, but here at the big universities in the big cities, the libraries are open till 2 AM." Whoa, that was cold-blooded! Lame Matt says to tell Shana he's coming to the big city. He adopts a yokel accent and says, "I wanna see what all them big buildings look like and take a ride on that underground train." The guy who's wearing almost as much makeup as the lead singer for Human League says, "No problem," and hangs up. Matt makes his super-mad, supposed-to-be-comic face, then looks at his small pile of small bills and rolls his eyes.
RevCam finds Annie bawling over her old clock. She doesn't want to be "just mom." She tells RevCam that he has what people consider a real job and that he shouldn't let Simon get to him. He says she shouldn't let Lucy get to her. They wonder when the kids' opinions became more important than their own.
Mary's in her room, on the phone with Molly. Molly self-consciously asks if Mary will practice with her the next day. They make plans and then Molly says Mary's her hero. "No, I'm not. Believe me, I'm nobody's hero," demurs Mary as Lucy looks on. But, Mary, what about all the girls you've inspired to pose nude for gentlemen's mags? You're a hero to them!