Episode Report Card Sara M: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sleepover Madness
By Sara M | Season 8 | Episode 8 | Aired on 11.09.2003
RevCam hugs Annie consolingly as Peter walks into the room. This probably isn't a good time, Peter. Surely even your limited knowledge of human interaction can tell you this. As Annie half-cries in her husband's arms, Peter tells RevCam that he needs to talk to him -- "alone." Annie sobs that she'll go check on the twins, and leaves the room. "Is everything okay?" Peter asks. Yeah, everything is totally awesome, Peter. That's why Annie is crying with happiness. Everyone on this goddamn show is so stupid. RevCam does not yell at Peter for interrupting a private moment or kick him out of the house, but rather asks Peter what's wrong. Peter says that he doesn't think he's ready to work at the rehab center. That statement was totally more important than Annie's grieving over her son's departure.
Unlike Annie Goodwife, Paris is not cooking dinner for anyone, but rather getting tarted up for her big date with Chandler. The phone rings, and it's him. He sighs a couple times, then cancels the date, saying that he has to take care of something "personal." As a camera circles around Paris and goes in and out of focus (God, the production values on this show never cease to amaze me with their incredible badness. They can't even consistently keep a camera in focus? Even public access shows can manage that), she makes the whole situation about her and asks Chandler if he's canceling because she invited him to spend the night with her. "You did WHAT?" Chandler says, actually expressing the emotion of surprise. "Never mind!" Paris says. "No, no, no -- wait, no, no! We should talk about this!" Chandler says. Paris says that they should, but he cancelled the date so they won't. She says goodbye (!) and hangs up. Chandler hears a dial tone, and can't believe that he just missed another chance to Get Some.
Annie condescendingly asks Ruthie how volunteering at the rehab center went. Ruthie is non-communicative, which I totally support. Annie, however, does not, and wonders what's going on. Ruthie asks where Asslee is. Annie says she's on a date. Ruthie says that she understands now -- Annie has time to talk to her only because Asslee isn't there. Good point, Ruthie, but perhaps Annie's non-desire to talk to you has more to do with your disgusting personality than with Annie's bad mothering. Or, more likely, it's a combination of the two. Annie says that Asslee comes over to help her take care of the twins and do chores. Ruthie wonders why it never occurred to Annie that she would like to do those things. Um, maybe because you've never volunteered to do any household chores, ever, Ruthie? "They're my brothers. It's my house. I'm your daughter -- not Asslee," Ruthie says, then walks away. Okay, Ruthie, except that it's not your house -- it's the church's, and your biological ties to the rest of the Camdens are questionable at best. Ruthie slams the door behind her while Annie makes a facial expression that is equal parts confused and suicidal. Which would be the facial expression she makes almost all the time.
A big, manly hand knocks on a door. The camera pulls away to reveal that the hand belongs to Kevin and he's knocking on the door to the bathroom, which Lucy has very maturely locked herself inside. Kevin says he feels bad about taking Lucy out of the game, but he is the coach and he had to do it. I'll bet he feels even worse now that he drank all that Powerade during the game and his wife is occupying the Treehouse's only bathroom. Lucy finally pokes her head outside and says that Kevin should have left her in the game, even if it would have meant losing. Because it's just a game, and everyone who shows up and wants to play should be allowed to play. Except that Lucy did get a chance to play, so, for the seventeenth time this hour, I'm totally confused. Kevin doesn't understand why Lucy wants to play something that she's obviously bad at, and Lucy doesn't understand why winning is so important to Kevin that he would cheat. That's right -- she talked to his female teammates and discovered that they are not, in fact, women, but unmarried woman cops. Then she slams the door in his face. Kevin shifts his weight to avoid urinating on himself while he wonders if he can make it to the bathroom in the CamPound if he runs fast enough.