Episode Report Card M. Giant: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT It's a Little Funny
By M. Giant | Season 3 | Episode 25 | Aired on 08.30.2004
Later, she drops him off in front of his house. He sits there while she looks at him expectantly. He finally says goodnight and starts to get out, but gets zipped back in by his seatbelt. That's good for a snicker from her, and he utters another good night as he extracts himself from the car.
The next day, Eli flips up his fencing mask and says, incredulously, "Good night? What are you, gay?" Yeah, we covered that, Eli. Eli berates Matthew for his reticence while Klitz tries to get on with their fencing practice. My high school didn't have lacrosse or fencing. And that was before people figured out that students are perfectly capable of arming themselves without help from the school, thank you very much. The fencing is important later, though. Eli finally loses patience with Klitz and clubs him to the ground with his saber while Matthew realizes, "I should have kissed her."
Matthew's in math class listening to a dull lecture as Filter's "Take a Picture" cranks up. He looks out the window at a passing delivery truck. When it's gone, Spawn is out there across the street, leaning against her car and signaling him to join her. Maybe the song should be "Paint a Picture," because that's apparently what she needs to do for him. Oh, wait, she already did. Although I'm inclined to cut a little slack for nerdy high school guys who attract the romantic attention of hot chicks who are out of their league. They sometimes have a tendency to think that any encouraging signals they're getting are simply wishful thinking on their part. Which is why it took so long for my relationship with my wife to get off the ground. Anyway, Matt grabs his books and bails out of class. He dives into Spawn's car just as she's screeching away from the curb. On their way out of the parking lot, she winks seductively (and in slow motion, of course) at the security officer (who's still not dead), and they get away clean, even though Matthew goes out of his way to show his own face. Back in class, there's a pop quiz. No one does, or will ever, care. Klitz just shrugs at the teacher. But what Ferris Bueller-ish adventure are Spawn and Matthew embarking upon? Well, they're in his bedroom, and he's working on his speech while she listens to music on headphones. Why, I'm scandalized. They stare at each other adoringly. They lie on a blanket outside and look at the clouds. Off the hizzy!
Matthew shows Spawn a dorky picture of Samnang and explains how he raised a bunch of money to bring him to America and cure cancer. So, no pressure on Samnang or anything. Spawn looks at Matthew for, like, three minutes, going for "impressed" but landing on "are you ever going to kiss me or what?" Finally she turns and says, "Let's go."
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