Episode Report Card Aaron: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Yea, though he walk through the valley of the shadow of death
By Aaron | Season 1 | Episode 12 | Aired on 08.18.2001
Anyway, we now cut to Claire and Gabe, hanging out once again in the back of the toe-slutmobile. That, coupled with the ending of the last scene, gives me the perfect opportunity to throw out a quick "this little piggy squealed all the way home"-Deliverance joke. It's a bit obtuse, I know, but it works. Claire is busy helping Gabe with his geometry homework, proving once again that smart is sexy. Gabe, however, disagrees, and tactlessly wonders, "When did you become such a trig-bitch?" Oh, Gabe, Gabe, Gabe…you don't even know what you're missing. Claire can calculate my hypotenuse any time. There's some flirting, and after a brief argument over Claire's "grasp" of the material, they kiss. Claire immediately pulls away and starts crying, and really, who can blame her? She says that she's scared, but Gabe admits to being scared too, so it's okay. She's frightened that he's going to disappear someday, and, might I add, she's got good reason. Gabe is scared that she's too good for him, and you are SO right about that, my friend. Anyway, Claire doesn't think so, and she goes right back to the kissing.
David Chase: You know, somebody should really be recapping this guy. I didn't even think it was possible to use the words "anyway" or "incidentally" that many times in a single recap.
Alan Ball: Oh, I know! Besides, "calculate my hypotenuse"? What does that even mean?
Aaron: Uh, guys? You do know I can hear everything you say, right?
Alan Ball: Oh, what? You can dish out a little recap, but you can't take it?
David Chase: Yeah, it's not so funny anymore, is it, Funny Boy? I got your "Television Without Pity" right here.
Aaron: Don't you guys have anything better to do?
Alan Ball: Quite frankly, yes.
David Chase: Nope. Not me. I've got all the time in the world.
Formaldehyde Fortress. Nate and Ruth are cooking together, while Nate whines about Brenda. Ruth psychoanalyzes him a bit, then turns the conversation around so it's all about her again. She demands to know if David told Nate whether or not he's gay, and Nate desperately tries not to answer. "I think that's a question for him," he says, but that's not enough to dissuade Ruth. She wants to know if she should ask David about it or not, because he seems "very tense," and it's "not good for a person to sulk around like that." She gets so upset, in fact, that Nate has to tell her to breathe. "I know how to breathe!" she yells, but Frances Conroy spoils the joke by clutching her chest rather than the, uh, other area that was recommended last week.