Episode Report Card Maggie: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT James And The Giant Piece
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.28.2000
Meghan walks out of a bodega and is accosted by Earl, her old clubbing pal, and two of his henchqueens. I suppose they're actually women, but they look like sad drag queens. Earl yells, "Wait a minute, hold on, it's Carol Brady! Hey, Carol!" Meghan replies, "Hey, losers, what's going on?" Earl and the queens take offense at Meghan calling them losers; he criticizes her shopping bags and compares her to Martha Stewart. He snipes, "Love your magazine, that whole thing you did with oatmeal, fantastic." That's big talk from someone who is four feet tall, has moussed hair, and no neck. ["Yeah. And it is a great magazine!" -- Wing Chun] He calls her an FFOE, "former friend of Earl's." And that's a bad thing because...? Meghan frowns as Earl says she's boring and accuses her of wearing housecoats instead of leather panties. He finishes his tirade by saying, "We're going to a club I bet you've never heard of." He walks away and the queen who looks like Boy George, circa 1984, stops and apologizes to Meghan, who asks if she agrees with Earl. Queen Boy George rolls her eyes and moves on. Meghan stands there speechless.
Meghan walks into the loft to be greeted by a bathrobe and yarmulke-clad Sean -- who's whipping up some oatmeal, wouldn't y'know, and listening to some klezmer. I hope that's not an implication that it's uncool to listen to klezmer bands because klezmer totally rocks. Meghan bleats that they have to go out, and Sean asks if he can finish the oatmeal first. She starts whining about having changed and only being a shell of her former self. Sean states that she was in a good mood before she went out and wonders what happened to her. She suggests going to a rave and Sean responds, "Do I have to remind you, I just lost a testicle? The absolute last place I'm going tonight is a mosh pit." Aside from the post-op recovery thing, only having to worry about getting an accidental kick in one nert might not be a bad thing, in that situation. Meghan complains about not having had her hand stamped or ringing ears for a month, which, to her, means her life is boring. Sean concedes that he can throw some cinnamon and raisins into the oatmeal to liven it up. She says that she's going out. He reminds her that they rented a movie. She says that she'll watch movies when she's forty and hunched over with osteoporosis, but right now, she wild and young and wearing leather.
A university flak interviews Elena and explains that the woman who instigated the investigation found out from one of Dr. McGrath's former assistants that Elena probably had an affair with him. The suit admits that McGrath is a friend of his and that he's in an awkward position. Elena asks what it the other woman is alleging. Mr. Man says she's accusing McGrath of using his position of power to seduce students in exchange for better grades. Elena says nothing.