Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Day Out Of Days
By Jessica | Season 6 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.14.2003
Blandy's getting coffee across the street. He turns and looks into the window of The Help Is On The Way Helpful Helpline just in time to see Jen pick up the phone and handle a call all by herself. He smiles.
Over at -- oh, hell, let's call it Student Health -- Jack comes out of an examination room and takes a seat next to TGED. "So, you going to tell me or what?" TGED asks. "Nothing to tell," Jack grins. TGED smiles brightly and says he knew Jack would be fine. Jack looks at his shoes and wonders if TGED feels differently about him, now that he knows he's a big old skank. TGED shrugs that he knew Jack was way sluttier than he was from the get-go. "I mean, you're ridiculously good-looking," he says. Aw, TGED, you are so cute. Jack grins. "I mean, you're no Viggo…" TGED offers, trailing off. If ONLY! If Viggo played the role of Jack, I would recap this show for free! Finally, Jack stands up and announces that he's ready to go. This isn't the place to be having this particular conversation, apparently. TGED stands up, too, but keeps yammering about Jack. So Jack leans in and kisses him. TGED looks so surprised that I have to think this is the first time they've kissed. Which…whatever. At least we're getting The Annual Gay Kiss, even if it was remarkably passionless. Seriously, when I was twelve I kissed the Tom Cruise poster over my bed with more passion than Jack just put into that smooch. But considering the fact that last year was Annual Gay Kiss-Free, I guess I shouldn't complain. But does that mean that we get two Gay Kisses this year? Wow, I just got really got caught up in that, didn't I? Where were we? "Shut up," Jack says with a smile. "Yeah, I think I can do that," TGED says. They walk off with Jack's hand on TGED's shoulder.
Flip-Flops's class. He's droning on about Barthes, and then the writers let Joey say something both smart and Reflective Of What's Happening In Her Real Life, which impresses Flip-Flops, who promptly dismisses class and asks her to stay. He hands her fifty bucks, explaining that it's payment for keeping an eye on Harley. Apparently, Harley told Flip-Flops that Joey helped her through a crisis. Joey makes a That Kid's All Right face, as Flip-Flops asks Joey to watch Harley on a regular basis. Harley needs her help, he says. "Her mother's gone and her father's…" he trails off. "A gigantic scuzzbucket?" Joey chirps. Flip-Flops rolls his eyes and asks if they have a deal. She bargains him up to sixty-five bucks a week, and tells him he has a babysitter. That scene did not make me want to commit suicide, so…nice job.