Episode Report Card Sars: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Neverland
By Sars | Season 3 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.04.2000
Jen's bedroom. The girls have clay masks on. Almost amusing banter about how they can't move their faces. Andie paints Joey's toenails; Joey compliments Andie on the popcorn. Andie calls it her mother's "specialty" and says it reminds her "of being a child," and asks if the others wish they could go back to being ten years old again. Joey agrees, grousing that she misses climbing trees and rolling around in the mud with the boys without any of "this stupid man-woman stuff getting in the way, and I -- I felt free to just be myself." Jen shoots Joey a glance before saying that her mom never let her be a little girl, that she couldn't play in the dirt (not proper) and she couldn't play dress-up with her mother's clothes (too expensive) and she couldn't pig out (might have gotten fat). Joey throws a piece of popcorn at Andie's head for no apparent reason -- heh -- and expresses the desire just to eat ice cream and forget about "stupid boys." I hear that.
Jen observes that "they're twits," going on in that vein while Andie nods sagely, and adds that "they lie," and Joey sits up straighter with yet another product-placed can of Diet Coke, and says angrily, "Mmm -- they mess with your heads [sic]." Jen winds up by saying, "Yeah, and the worst is when they have feelings for you and they won't even admit it," and she gives Joey another Look Of Great Secretive Significance. Joey looks uncomfortable, then switches gears and says, "You know what? I've decided on my activity. My favorite place as a kid. The roller rink." Andie looks deliriously excited and says in a trembling voice, "Roller skating!" and nods frantically. Okay, sidebar: I know almost nobody will agree with me, but I get a kick out of New Andie, especially in comparison to Famous Original Andie (depressed, seeing things) and Andie: The Next Generation (bitchy, stealing things), I think because she's not afraid to squeal and bounce and just generally dork out, and on a show where the characters tend to take themselves more seriously than the Torah, I kind of like that. Anyway, Jen thinks that Joey's activity can overlap with hers, and with a bit of fanfare she pulls two pink bags with lots of rustly pink tissue out from under the bed. On the soundtrack, an ovary sings, "Anything you can conceive of, you can do." Oh, hello, anvil.
In the Manor kitchen, Angry programs the microwave as Jack and Ethan put their jackets on in the entryway. Ethan comes into the kitchen and politely invites Angry to join them for dinner. Angry, holding a TV dinner, is thrilled, and says he'd love to if the boys don't mind. A seething Jack clearly minds a great deal; as Ethan says, "Great, let's go," and Angry bustles off to get his jacket, Jack glares at Ethan and Ethan makes a "what?" face at Jack.