Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Vile Things
By Strega | Season 4 | Episode 25 | Aired on 01.20.2001
As they walk down the street with cups of coffee-flavored beverage, Danielle tells Subassdunne that she's (relatively) poor, and she goes to Manchester because her dad's the headmaster. She mentions that her mother is dead, and Subassdunne is sympathetic for about three seconds before going on at great length about his family and how his dad is now on his fourth marriage. The whining session finally ends when Kathryn pulls up next to them in a limo. She says she's been looking for Subassdunne, snipes at Danielle, and then rolls up the window. Without actually explaining why she was looking for Subassdunne. I guess Subassdunne understands, even if I don't, so he says goodbye to Danielle and hops in the limo for a ride home. This is exactly what happened to me at the MBTV Fourth of July party. Pamie and Ragdoll were cooking up more burgers (having declared themselves the "Grill-more Girls") and I was talking to Aaron about which of his shows has the higher body count when this limo rolls up next to us. Naturally, I assumed it was Gustave until the window went down and I saw Jessica inside. She said something about a "shout-out," Aaron hopped in, and they drove away. Weird. As they head home in the car, Kathryn phones Cherie and assures her that there are no hard feelings regarding the gum. In fact, she'd like to take Cherie to a "school event." When you're trying to trick someone, you should be a little more specific about the details. Just a little tip. Subassdunne protests this deviousness for some reason, Kathryn threatens him and outs Danielle as a virgin (the horror!), Subassdunne growls back and finally declares, "I'm better at this than you." Which is a line from the play, although it's the Marquise's line. See, Subassdunne's better at the piano, vocabulary words, and now he's also better at...at...at whatever the hell they're doing. Arranging for other people to have sex? I'm not sure. They glare at each other a bit more and we end the scene. At home, Subassdunne bonds with the help. Maybe this was actually intended as the prequel to Arthur. The staff consists of a variety of delightful ethnic stereotypes. Stuffy British butler, murderous German cook, and so on. Nothing happens. End scene. Subassdunne finds Papa Valmont on the phone, talking with his latest mistress. Upon noticing Subassdunne, Papa Valmont claims he was talking to his accountant. Subassdunne says, "A word of advice: you've got a pretty good thing going here, and I wouldn't screw it up if I were you." Papa Valmont says he enjoys their "father-son chats," and adds that Subassdunne is a role model. That reads as if it was sarcastic, but the actor plays it sincerely. I think. It's sorta hard to tell when every emotion is conveyed with the exact same lack of affect.