Episode Report Card Miss Alli: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shop Till You Drop
By Miss Alli | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 04.23.2002
Blake and Paige arrive at the airport, all excited about going to Sydney. They run into the Adultery Alliance booking seats, and everyone is very curious about the whereabouts of Cha-Cha-Cha. "They probably already got it booked," Blake comments. "They're probably chillin' now," Chris puts in. Cut to Danny and Oswald, coming out of the store. "We're shoooopping, we're shooooopping," Danny singsongs. "I feel like a human being again," Oswald says simply, and remember what I just said about refueling? There it is. "We got the cologne," he continues. "We're tired of being smelly." Heh. There's that, too. Danny explains in an interview that Ozzie's encouraging him to buy the cologne was a great gesture of friendship. Also potentially damaging later in this money-tight race, but that's not a concern for this particular moment of glory, I suppose. They happily head into Gucci.
Thunk heads into the airport just as the Adultery Alliance is finishing up at the counter. "We would like to get on the same flight that the two deceitful and untrustworthy people...you know, the blonde and the..." Dave, muttering: "You don't have to...just...come on." Exactly. Once again, I must ask what got up Gary's behind in this episode, because he is annoying as all hell in a completely different way than usual -- nasty and abrasive, rather than just trying too hard. He keeps it up: "What about thinking outside the box? Do you ever think outside the box? No?" This will not make ticket agents want to help him. In an interview, Blake points out that Gary and Dave are "the ugliest Americans" at this point, though I have to say that in this sequence, the issue appears to be only Gary -- I have, as usual, no problem with Dave. Furthermore, Blake himself is not exactly my choice for Goodwill Ambassador. Blake and Paige finish up booking their flights.
Danny and Oswald, now in what looks like a big mall. "This is like coming to church for us," Oswald says grandly. With all due respect, you know...no, it isn't, but it was still funny. Oswald explains that he heard choirs singing as they entered. "There's nothing like a shopping center to bring two friends together," he says happily as they walk along the mall with their arms around each other. But they are so not a couple.
Commercials. Shop at K-Mart, because it's really the best way there is to demonstrate how much you love your family. You know, without having to actually see them.
Oswald and Danny. Back at the Lucky Building, they cross their fingers and hope for good results from the travel agent. They find that the agent has done a terrific job, and has arranged for them to connect through Singapore (everybody else is connecting through Bangkok). She has also arranged for a black Mercedes to take them to the airport. Score!