Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT St. Martin of Ass-kissy
By Sara M | Season 8 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.05.2003
Simon leads SamVid downstairs and asks them if they'll miss him when he leaves. Smaller twin asks for his bedroom, while bigger twin asks if he can go to the store with Simon. Simon mistakes his request as meaning that he wants to spend more time with him, but the twin -- who Simon calls "David," thus finally revealing which twin is which -- only wants to buy more coal. I think Simon should buy some real coal and give that to SamVid. That'll teach them a lesson about the importance of family.
Mysterio watches television on the couch as RevCam emerges from his office. He assumes that Mysterio is Simon's friend, and introduces himself. Mysterio introduces himself as "Martin." Martin. Awesome choice of names there, Brenda. RevCam walks right back into the RevLair. Martin blinks a couple times. I'm a little rusty with Morse code, but I think he's signaling, "Help me. Help me. Help me."
In the kitchen, Ruthie asks Lucy, "did you know Simon has a friend?" Lucy says that she did not know that Simon had any friends. That was kind of funny, but not really true. After all, there was Nigel, and Morris, and that kid whose sister was in a gang of bird-watchers. Ruthie and Lucy finish their brief and pointless interaction, leaving Ruthie free to leave the kitchen and walk into the CamDen. She asks Martin if he'd like to help her and Peter build their coal mine while Simon's at the store. He says sure. Then Ruthie asks him if he'll be staying for dinner, which, since we know how RevCam can't touch an oven without his hands falling off, will be take-out pizza. Martin says he likes pizza.
An exterior shot of the CamPound (good thing they put that there -- I had just forgotten where this show took place, and thus needed the reminder) leads to a shot of Simon coming downstairs with a slice of pizza and asking RevCam, who's now in the kitchen with Richard Lewis, for advice on how he should pack for college. RevCam says that Simon should just "pack light," and the CamRents can ship anything he needs after he gets there. It would probably be less expensive to just buy new clothes than to have them shipped, but the Camdens aren't exactly masters of budgeting, as we all know. Richard turns around and offers Simon some advice. Advice about girls. And how if Simon ever meets the "right" girl, he should transfer immediately, because she will rip his heart out "like a lab experiment." Wow, seriously? I should have taken more science classes! That sounds awesome. Richard fills another ten minutes of airtime stammering out apologies for what he just said, and how he's not himself, and everyone's been so nice to him, while RevCam makes "I hate this guy" faces behind his back. RevCam is such an awesome friend.