Episode Report Card Cate: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sunday
By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.05.2003
Today's Opening Credits Timewaster consists of Chanandler glad-handing the parishioners out the door after his sermon. It seems that all the females are unduly struck by his dorky charm. Frankly, I don't see it, but I know Jeremy London has a lot of fans. For some inexplicable reason, this scene is being done in slow motion, which makes Roxanne look even weirder as she approaches the studly reverend. She has a really odd, blank expression on her face which makes her look possessed, and her head is cocked to one side, as if she's listening to a multitude of voices in her head. Strangely enough, RevBong still finds her attractive. He pumps her hand heartily. Heh. That sounds as dirty as I meant it to. Roxanne obviously has sex on her mind too, since she practically propositions Chanandler right there in the church, seductively asking to talk to him in private.
Lucy and Kevin "T-1000" are watching this exchange, and it should come as no surprise that Lucy is using this opportunity to rank on Roxanne some more. She self-righteously kvetches about how disgusting it is for Roxanne to be using the church as "a pick-up joint." But I'll bet God just loves it when a sanctimonious twit uses His house to bitch about stuff that's really none of her business. Particularly when the twit in question professes to be pursuing a career spreading His word. Ugh. Where's a lightning bolt when you need one? Lucy mentions Sunday as being "a day of rest," which is one way of using the episode title in a sentence, I suppose. Too bad it has very little to do with the rest of the scene. Lucy also vents about Chanandler and says that his behavior is a little too Thorn Birds for her. I resent the comparison. Sure, The Thorn Birds was tacky as all hell, but, unlike this scene, at least it was entertaining.
Chanandler and Roxanne laugh rudely as they watch a group of love-struck girls walk away. They must be perplexed about just what, exactly, the girls see in the minister. I know I am. Chanandler looks particularly dull-witted as he monotones an invitation to Roxanne for lunch. She replies in the affirmative while shaking her head to indicate "no." Maybe it's her subconscious that's making her shake her head like that. It's valiantly trying to save her from an afternoon of utter boredom.
No such luck for us. Lucy is still bitching to Kevin, except that now she's including him in her rant, since he didn't give her an engagement ring for Christmas. We learn that her New Year's resolution was to focus more on her relationship with the T-1000. Gross. I thought resolutions were supposed to make your life better. As she sees Roxanne and Chanandler leave for RevCam's office, Lucy pretends she left something there and starts to follow them. Kevin gets the first good line I've ever heard him utter, as he asks her if what she left behind was her "pride."
Back in the CamPound, Annie is questioning RevCam's decision to forgo the "nice Sunday meal" she was expecting him to cook. It seems that RevCam is planning to spend the day watching football and eating canned "beanie weenies." Ew. Does anyone actually call them that? The CamRents throw around that odious phrase repeatedly until I'm about ready to sue the WB for mental anguish. And speaking of torture, that Peter kid is still around, and the twins are still fake-sneezing, and as far as I'm concerned, this scene can't end soon enough. Unfortunately, it drags on and on, as Annie realizes that RevCam was lying to get out of going to church. She lectures him, ordering him to return to work next week. He claims that he wants to see if his novel will get published. Annie is surprised to find out he's written a book. That's kind of weird that he could keep something like that a secret, but I guess the Camdens are only nosy when it suits the stupid plotline of the week.