Episode Report Card Shack: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jock Trap
By Shack | Season 4 | Episode 26 | Aired on 07.23.1998
Outside, Gavin tries to explain to Steve that the Blue Ribbon kids are all either hypnotized or brainwashed. He pulls out a picture of a couple of Blue Ribbon members from days past, including Trent, when they were stoners just like him. Steve suggests that perhaps they just got tired of living the high life, but Gavin insists that there’s more to it than that and claims to have something to show him. So they sneak back into the school, where a parents’ meeting is taking place in the auditorium. They eavesdrop from some vent as Dr. Caldicott oversees a Blue Ribbon Advisory Board meeting. Somebody blathers on about bake sales and pep rallies and school spirit for the sole purpose of torturing me. Finally, Andy’s mother stands up with a question for the doctor. She’s worried because although Andy's grades have improved, he "has become somewhat...different" since attending some weekend seminar Dr. Caldicott has arranged. She explains that Andy seems "unkind to almost everyone outside the club." Unkind? Poor, sweet, deluded Mom. Caldicott brushes off her concern by explaining that yes, these kids do tend to come back from the seminars a little snobby at first. But what's actually happening is that these kids are feeling pride for the first time in their lives: "When you soar with the eagles, sometimes the pigeons below tend to look a little pedestrian." Is it est? Is that what's going on? That snobby attitude certainly sounds like something you'd get from people who believe in that est shit. Anyways, Caldicott says they have a new "candidate"; the parents have been counseled and have consented. And those parents would be Gavin's. Mommy and Daddy want Gavin off the weed and on the offensive line. Gavin freaks out. We cut to the waterfront, where Steve still doesn't think it's that big a deal to join the Blue Ribbons. Gavin continues to freak out while lighting a joint and bitching at Steve because he doesn't understand how "fucking huge" this is. Steve realizes that Gavin is genuinely scared, and invites him to spend the night at his place. Instead, Gavin pulls out a gun and says he's going to go back home and kill any Blue Ribbon kids he encounters there. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. A stoner kid going berserk and killing a bunch of the "good" teens will convince parents that trying to change their troubled children is a bad idea. When every teen in the town is forced into Caldicott's little program, they'll have Gavin to thank. Actually, Steve won't let it come to that. He wrestles the gun out of Gavin's hands and tells him to go home. Gavin begs Steve to give the gun back, but Steve refuses and walks away. Gavin walks off alone.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Next