Episode Report Card Erin: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Careless Memories
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.12.2002
Oh, shit. I hear Julio crying. Viggo, honey? Take Julio some Nutter Butters and a glass of milk and tell him that Mommy still loves him, just not in THAT way. Yes, you can have some Nutter Butters too, baby. Just not too many. You know how much I like to lick organic applesauce off your rippling abs.
The Parking Lot Of Paternal Instincts. Spy Daddy's telling Syd that he read Vaughn's brief and knows she spoke with Mama Hari. "You okay?" he gruffs. God, I love Victor Garber. He's totally doing that "Look, I love you and everything but, like, I'm a GUY so, like, you all right?" thing that my father used to do. Spy Barbie's all, yeah, I'm fine, it's just that there are these HUGE GAPS in my memory from around the time my mommy left me. Notice the all-caps usage there. That'll be important later, I expect. Maybe not in this recap, but most certainly in the next one.
Syd goes on to ask her dad about the Thanksgiving play she was supposed to be in. She kind of remembers it, but not really. Spy Daddy just sort of looks down at the pavement as if he's going to find the answer spray-painted on its surface. "Was I a pilgrim?" Syd asks. "Was I an Indian?" Spy Daddy keeps looking all over the place for the answer. Syd finally asks him what in the HELL is up. "You were neither," he gruffs again. He's very gruff-y today. "You were a turkey." Ha! Bwa ha ha! "You were the only turkey that was spared to celebrate the harvest," he continues, in this clipped manner that is SO cracking me up. You just KNOW that both he and Jennifer Garner were laughing their asses off in this scene. A turkey? They went with a TURKEY? That is just priceless.
Sydney laughs and smiles, and a hint of a smile appears at the corners of Spy Daddy's mouth. Sydney remembers where she is and who she's talking to, however, and quickly reverts back to serious spy mode. She's all, I know you think it's way dangerous for me to talk to Mom -- whoops! Did it again! I mean, "Irina," of course. Syd goes on to say that it's all cool because she doesn't take anything Irina says at face value. Oh. Would that be the same "face value" that caused you to ask your father about a Thanksgiving play you can't remember? I see. Interesting...Spy Daddy just says that he trusts her judgment and tells her she's doing fine. This kind of parenting is new for Syd -- the praise, the support, the sharing of turkey stories -- and she's clearly enjoying it.
Later, Inspector Dingus (a.k.a. "Marshall") is treating Sydney to a private session of "Hey! What's In The Silver Suitcase?" He's all, when you get to the launch site, just press this button here and PRESTO! you gots yourself your very own luge. Syd's all, dude? It's empty. Dingus is all, oh, yeah, I know, but, like, when you get to the site? It'll TOTALLY be ready. Swear. Syd wants to know how fast she can go. Dingus informs her that her top speed will be about 150 mph, but if she wears her hair in a curly red bob, she could reach a top speed of 175 mph. You know, just in case she was interested. Dingus goes on to tell her that she'd better get the hell outta there after she wires the circuit board, because if she's stuck in the ducts when the rocket launches, well, BOOM! "And then I'd miss you," whimpers Dingus, sending every single loyal viewer into a hale of giggles and guffaws.
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