Episode Report Card Cate: A+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Smoking
By Cate | Season 7 | Episode 14 | Aired on 02.02.2003
Peter, Peter, Apple Stealer is waiting for Ruthie in the CamPound living room. She greets him rudely and belligerently, which does nothing to endear her to me. Peter disappoints me by thanking her for ratting him out. Ugh. I really don't have a problem with Ruthie ratting him out, but I think the odds of him thanking her for it are mighty slim. He says, "Those guys who I smoke with are no good, and I shouldn't be hanging out with them." Oh, please, Peter! Leave while you still have a shred of dignity. Oops-- too late. Peter says, "[Smoking] just makes me stupid, and I don't want to be stupid because I have a feeling that you don't like stupid guys." Oh, that is just sooo pathetic. First of all, smoking may do a lot of harmful things to your body, but becoming stupider is not one of them. In fact, I know there have been studies done to prove that nicotine helps your memory. So put that in your pipe and smoke it, Brenda. Secondly, Ruthie so obviously does like stupid guys. Earlier, didn't she say she would miss Kevin if he left? And third -- oh, never mind. If I think about this stupid scene anymore, my head will explode. And I'll weaken and go out for cigarettes, fever or no.
When Kevin enters the CamPound, Annie is lying in wait for him in the kitchen. Simon and the odious twins are there too. It turns out that Kevin is the one who has been smoking. Why did he leave his cigarettes in Simon's room? Because he was holding them and heard someone coming, so he had to hide them. This really doesn't explain very much at all -- like why he was in Simon's room, why he'd be holding his pack of cigarettes in his hand, why his clothing has no pockets, or why, as a cyborg, he couldn't have just swallowed the pack of cigarettes. It's not like he's got a digestive system to worry about. And why was Kevin smoking in the first place? He says something about being "stressed out," but adds that he knows that's not an excuse. He's also appalled that the odious twins have seen him smoking, though he says nothing about acting like such a judgmental prick to Betty earlier. Annie reads him the riot act and then realizes it's his nervousness over proposing to Lucy that's stressing him out so bad. Annie encourages him to propose, claiming, "She's not looking for some fantastically romantic gesture. She's just looking for a ring and your love." Oh, barf. And Annie? Actually, your fuckwitted beast of a daughter is looking for a "grand, romantic gesture." She's told Kevin so a million times.