Episode Report Card Aaron: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT American Pie
By Aaron | Season 4 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.30.2001
Now Wes is through sparing my tender sensibilities. As Randy prepares us for "the obligatory tit shot," we cut to Sid, taking off her bra. At the last second Skeet steps in to block the shot, and I'm not sure whether to be thankful or annoyed about that one. They move to the bed, and I'm moved to do something I rarely get mad enough to do -- yell at the screen. "Don't do it, Sid!" I say, "Pacey deserves your V-Card way more than this guy does. Heck, even Jeremy London does." (Or was it Jason? And is there any difference?). She ignores me, and they mack, upcoming projects-style. Despite the fact that I've already stolen way too much from my fellow recappers, I'm a bit saddened that I couldn't find a way to work in the phrase "nasty little chipmunk boner" (tm Sars -- there's a reason she's the boss, people), because it's SO appropriate. Downstairs, Williamson disguises his need to get all the unimportant kids out of the house before the finale as a lame gesture towards temporal continuity, and sends them all driving off to the school to check out Super Nintendo Fonzarelli's body, which has just been discovered hanging (Lecter-like) from the stadium goalposts. Down the road a bit, Gale and 10-10-2Dewey flirt some more, mostly by making fun of how stupid their names are. I'll restrain myself (for once in my life) from pointing out to Kevin that mocking your own bad writing doesn't it make it any better (primarily because I do it all the time. Like now). They're almost run over by the kids racing off to play SNF Madden 2000, and end up rolling into the woods. They land on top of one another (of course), and share a tender moment. Arquette's facial expression here suggests not so much a man in love as it does a man with a gerbil in his rectum, and I totally don't understand what Courtney Cox sees in this guy. (Note: In the interests of journalistic integrity, I should probably reveal that Courtney, circa "Dancing in the Dark," was my first true love, and that may be affecting my judgment here. I just don't get the entire Arquette family. They're strange and slightly off-putting. Then again, I guess I should just be happy she didn't marry Schwimmer.) Post-coital fade up. Sidney is dressing. Skeet is sitting on the floor for some reason. Sid asks who he called with his one phone call from jail. Skeet says his dad, but she busts him on it because she saw Psycho Sheriff do that. She theorizes that it would have been pretty clever of him to use that call on her (the one she got at Rose's house) so she wouldn't think he was the killer. They keep talking about this for like a week, and while it does work in terms of continuity and it is something a clever killer would have done, it's also completely irrelevant and a waste of time. Just because you thought it up doesn't mean you have to throw it in, Kev. A quick check of my word count to this point (35,503) suggests that maybe I should shut up about that one. Suddenly, Munch lunges (of course) into the room and stabs Skeet, who dies (but not really).Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19Next