Episode Report Card Demian: B- | 131 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Zane's World
By Demian | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 2005.02.13
Cut to Piper's hands slapping a torn paper heart onto a pillar at P3. "Next!" she snaps at the Dolt, who murmurs, "Um. That one's ripped." "So?" Piper snorts, impatient. "The crowd will be, too." True, that, but that's not the point. No, the point seems to be that Piper's displacing her Issues Of The Week onto the Valentine's holiday, and since I care not at all about her Issues or Valentine's Day, I'll be skimming through the scene that follows. Basically, the Dolt's rather patiently awaiting what is certain to be a harsh punishment from the other ever-useless Elders for his role in the late experiment with Utopia. This, naturally, enrages Piper, who blames the other ever-useless Elders for virtually forcing the Dolt into the Avatar's collective. "They drove you to it," she argues, "with Gideon and what he did to [Big Gay] Chris and what he tried to do to [the Psycho]." So nice of you to acknowledge what Gideon did to my poor, pretty husband, Mother Halliwell. Pity it took you fourteen goddamned episodes to do so. Thoughtless shrew. "I don't think they're gonna see it that way," the Dolt breathes. "Well, you'd better make them see it that way," Piper grits, "or else this may be the last Valentine's Day we spend together." With that, she snatches up some more decorations from the bar and storms out of the frame. As the Dolt turns to watch her go, the screen flashes white and we're...