Episode Report Card Cate: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Pathetic
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.13.2002
After Annie leaves, Simon comes into the kitchen, shouting, "Who needs to go somewhere?" I think he wants to practice driving, though why anyone would even consider getting into a car with him after his low-speed car chase around town is a mystery of epic proportions. RevCam tells Simon he can drive up and down the driveway, as long as he doesn't turn around in the street. Before Simon can rush off to that fun activity, RevCam asks him what he knows about Annie quitting her teaching job. Simon knows nothing. I hope the writers aren't going to drag out this non-storyline through the entire show. See, I understand all about using suspense to keep viewers tuned in, but since surely nobody gives a shit about why Annie quit, then it's really not very suspenseful, is it?
Just as Simon leaves to go sit in the car, Lucy bounces into the kitchen to get something from the fridge. Man, that refrigerator is just covered in ugly crap. What sane person cuts out a picture of a teddy bear from a magazine and tapes it to the fridge? I'll bet the rest of the refrigerator crap is comprised of hilarious items like fake coupons for Brenda's Cookies -- Brenda's Hemorrhoid Cream too, I'd like to think. RevCam notices that Lucy's wearing Jeremy's engagement ring -- and on her engagement ring finger, no less. I'd say he could be forgiven for his curiosity when he asks Lucy why she's still wearing it. Her answer? "Because I can." No, that's really not a very good answer, Lucy, and I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's creeped out by the idea of you wearing an engagement ring given by someone who dumped your ass. Lucy's a little defensive about it, understandably, but that's no excuse for her next statement: "Hey, if God didn't want me to have this ring, He wouldn't have had Jeremy give it to me." I guess that's what happens when you drop out of the seminary after only two days of classes, though you'd think that having to sit through RevCam's sermons every week would have taught her something about theology. I can see how her "logic" could be used to excuse just about anything: "Hey, if God didn't want me to rob the bank at gunpoint, He wouldn't have let me buy a gun." Maybe RevCam can even get his next sermon out of this. But it looks like first he'll have get over his shock that his allegedly "smart" daughter is actually so very, very stupid.
I don't think anyone's ever accused Mary of being smart, and right now the little brain surgeon is trying to get in touch with Wilson. Again. She's perplexed because he doesn't pick up his phone, and she hasn't even been able to get his answering machine. She actually believes that if he knew she was trying to reach him, he would definitely pick up the phone. Lucy's a little skeptical, as am I. Lucy bitchily says, "Get over it! He has, obviously." Ruthie smirks.