Episode Report Card Jacob Clifton: A+ | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Touch Of Weevil
By Jacob Clifton | Season 1 | Episode 18 | Aired on 02.21.2011
Emily takes the French book over to Toby's and he wonders why Spencer didn't bring it and, in her sweet Emily way, she explains that she would not have taken No for an answer because she wanted to clear the air about the... Oh that's right, I remember: Jenna turned him in, so he'd be stuck forevermore in her house of horrors and the porch of perversion. (Which makes her excitement about getting his anklet removed, after he turned her down forevermore and she slapped him, sad and possibly double-weird. Or sloppy writing.) Toby apologizes back for being cagey about it the first time, and she asks him to have a celebration date, just as friends, for breakfast tomorrow.
Byron comes to pick up blushing Ezra up for their date, and he is being intense about it: "My daughter thinks that you are pretty hot stuff, and you know what? After reading your stories that Aria gave me, I have to agree... Very bold of you, exposing yourself to your students." Ezra giggles like a schoolgirl, and that's that, they go on their date: Schoolgirls are like the number one thing they have in common besides tweed jackets, elbow pads, Pavlovian salivation at the word "tenure," that gross academic smarmy superiority, and the whole frustrated-writer thing. Oh, and Ella.
So they have their beer and somehow Byron convinces Ezra that his relationship with Aria is a lie because she's looking at colleges in California and eventually she'll leave, they always leave, because we keep getting older but the schoolgirls are always the same age. So now Ezra's thinking he better dump Aria before she dumps him, or gets him fired and thrown in jail for a shanking or worse, or something. Mostly he just stares at Byron like, "I would totally thank you in my Oscar speech, Tiger."
Meanwhile: No Caleb, Hanna is too busy rehearsing her blocking -- out loud, reading it out loud to herself from a sitting position -- to discuss sandwiches or even look you in the eye or let you make a sandwich in her presence or even risk a single dimple or sparkling eyes throwing off her concentration. Caleb goes, "So how was the rest of your day? Mine got off to a really strange start, I was taking a shower..." Which is the totally awesome way to get over this hump, but Hanna's not feeling it yet: "I have to practice being drunk!" she screams, and goes running into walls and shit trying to get out of there, and it's awesome.
Spencer grabs Toby by the face and she's all, "WHAT WAS IN THE BAG THAT IAN GAVE JENNA AT SCHOOL AND WHY DO THEY KNOW EACH OTHER?" Um, number one what are you talking about and number two, he's a coach. Well, Spencer was born on a day but it wasn't today, so before demanding that Toby risk his life by stealing Jenna's phone she spits, "What team does she play on?" Heh.