Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love Stinks, Part II
By Cate | Season 4 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.21.2000
RevCam commiserates with Simon over Deena's parents' divorce. Simon asks him if he knew about the divorce earlier, and RevCam said he'd only suspected before. Simon says, "I don't like it when you know things you can't tell me. But I'm trying to get used to it." He is polite enough not to mention how irritating RevCam's incessant busybody tendencies are, though. RevCam tries to cheer Simon up by saying that he and Deena will be able to write to each other after she moves. Oh, sure, but they won't be able to schedule make-out sessions as they so creepily did in one episode this season. Simon, at least, is smart enough to realize that he and Deena will find it very difficult to maintain a relationship. RevCam puts his arm around Simon, who leans on RevCam's shoulder and holds onto his hand, making for a genuinely nice, moving moment.
Mary's sitting outside in the yard when Annie walks up to her and asks if she's okay. Mary just wanted "to be alone and think," but she tells SuperMom to stay if she wants. Mary is finally ready to talk about her future. What it amounts to is that she's scared of messing up her life again. Am I watching the right show? This makes two good scenes in a row. SuperMom explains nicely that while life is a challenge, one shouldn't be afraid of it. She talks about how she and RevCam are proud of Mary and have raised her well and that they trust her to make the right decision for herself. Unfortunately, this seems to have all flown past Mary's head, because she asks if SuperMom can tell her what the right decision is. SuperMom can't, but I don't mind suggesting that Mary will be better off if she remembers to stay away from skanky photo shoots for men's magazines. Oops, I guess I'm about six months too late with my advice. Uh, okay, then just go to college already, Mary.
Chickenhead and Brett are leaving her coop when they walk past a giant butternut squash -- er, I mean Dopey. Shana apologizes to him, and Brett says he never wanted Dopey to find out about his affair with Shana this way. Matt responds with, "Is that why you came to the door half-dressed and said, 'Shana, you have to tell him about us'?" Okay, that was pretty clever. Dopey tells Brett to leave. Chickenhead squawks about how she dated Brett in NYC but broke it off and now she's willing to work things out with Dopey. She wonders if it was the geographical distance that wreaked such havoc on their relationship, but Dopey thinks they just grew apart. He says, "Now I guess it's time for us both to stop holding onto the past." He explains that when he saw Brett and Chickenhead together, he acted hurt and upset because he thought that was how he should act, but that he's actually in love with someone else. Chickenhead guesses it's Heather. Yeah, no shit, Sherlock.