Episode Report Card Megyn: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Shock The Ducky
By Megyn | Season 4 | Episode 7 | Aired on 08.22.2000
Said is in the bathroom, shaving with one of those razors that seem to be easy to find and retain in Emerald City. Adebesi walks in: "You should have joined me. I have created a Utopia for us. We finally have the power and control to do whatever we wish!" Said looks at him and places his hands on Adebesi's shoulders. Adebesi looks at his hands as though they need to be removed real quick. "Simon, this is all an illusion." Said is so trancelike when he says this it totally reminds me of Star Wars when Obi Wan waves his hand at the storm troopers and says, "These aren't the droids you're looking for." Anyway, Said continues, "Real power is from God. A bad system run by blacks is as bad as a system run by whites." Like, I say...I don't write it, I just transcribe. Adebesi: "I could crush you if I wanted." Said tells him he won't, because Said is the only one who will tell him the truth. Adebesi: "Your truth. Not mine."
In Unit B, Schillinger and Hoyt play checkers as Pancamo walks up and bitches about the new developments in Em City. Hoyt's like, "What the hell are we supposed to do?" Schillinger: "Create our own country." He gets up and walks over to the office, where McManus waits for someone to ask him how he is so he can tell them his life story and how Diane sucks ass. "McManus, we need to talk." McManus: "Yeah? Make an appointment with my secretary." Schillinger tells him it's important. Tim says, "I can tell. You have that Schillinger scowl." Uh, heh. Schillinger suggests they make Unit B an all-white, all-the-time unit. McManus scoffs as Schillinger tells him how Emerald City is littered with trash, drugs, and scary Claire having sex with hot guys. McManus ain't biting and Schillinger gets feisty. Tim calls for a lockdown.
Cut to the Oz staff meeting. McManus shows up late, because that's a good idea when you've been fired and re-hired. We see Glynn with a blueprint of the new electric perimeter fence that is to be built around the entire facility. McManus bursts out with "Emerald City is a shit house!" I guess that internal editor went out for a smoke again. Glynn starts to cut him off, but McManus can't be stopped once he gets the taste for his own voice. Querns defends it all by pointing out there is no violence now that he's in charge, and Tim stalks out of the meeting because, when you've been recently fired and all, it's a damn good idea. We next see Tim signing out at the desk in front of the supply counter, where Said is waiting to hand someone, anyone, a razor. He calls out, but Tim ignores him. But Said is ready; he busts out the head tilt and gets McManus's attention. He has a plan to get Em City back. All we need is the rest of the gang and Scooby to pull it off.