Episode Report Card Deborah: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "The Lamps Are Different, But The Light Is The Same"
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.23.2004
Credits. Okay, this time I get to cheer: they're mostly the same as last year, except there's Christopher Marquette's name! And a shot of him and Joan in chemistry class, and one of him working in his garage, pushing up his welding mask. And Becky Wahlstrom! Yay! Shot of her and Joan talking on Grace's porch, and the shot of Grace from "Anonymous", where the coloured pages of her poem are showering her in the school courtyard. I love that shot. Well done, powers that be. Things are now slightly more right in the universe.
Girardi kitchen. Will comes in moaning about having overslept. Joan is working on yet another craptastic lamp, this one with a cheese grater base. (Given the lamp, maybe I should have called this the Girardi kitschen -- and there's a Trading Spaces joke I never thought I'd be able to recycle for this show.) Joan proffers it to her unenthusiastic father, who "thought [they] were done with the lamps." Joan claims, "No, this is -- this is my thing." Will, not much bothering to hide his indifference: "Okay, but we have a lot of lamps." And they're crapping up this nice house. Kevin tells his father to take the lamp unless he wants Joan to go nuts again. Joan stares at Kevin, who advises her, "See, you can get a lot of mileage out of the crazy thing. I'd work it." Will takes the lamp and tells Kevin to stop using the word "crazy." He also asks where Helen is; Kevin says she left early. As did Luke. Kevin clarifies: "Mom had an errand and Luke had a thing." Joan: "They are so obviously CIA." Heh. A tinfoil hat would take our minds off those bangs, Joan. Also, what's with the striped T-shirt and the floral skirt? As Will grabs the plate Joan's prepared for herself, he asks Kevin if he looked at some golf brochure. Kevin: "Yes! Apparently, paralyzed people can play golf. They can also surf, ski, and/or sail." Will claims that he and Kevin need a common activity. What about that boat? Kevin: "So why don't you learn to surf, ski, and/or sail?" Will: "I'm old." Kevin: "I'm crippled." Will looks annoyed. Kevin claims he can't do anything that's going to make him "look even dorkier." Will: "Oh, Tiger Woods -- he's dorky?" Joan and Kevin: "Yeah." Will tells Kevin to think about it as he runs off to work. Kevin calls out to Will, "You know, golf is good for crazy people, too." Joan: "Nice." ["Sars: 'No it isn't. Ask my parents.'" -- Sars] Kevin smirks.