Episode Report Card Aaron: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dog Dead Afternoon
By Aaron | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 05.11.2002
Brenda's Everyone-Fucking Boudoir. She's on the phone, leaving a desperate message for someone about how badly she needs to talk. Let's see. Who could she be calling? Scrunchie? Trevor? We certainly know it isn't Nate. Finally she reveals that it's Billy she's trying to reach, and I guess we shouldn't be surprised. Except, of course, for the fact that she said just last week that she doesn't have his phone number.
Back at the Big Bad Sex Pad (tm mel no fi), David comes home to find Keith's father sitting in the living room. The Angry Dad is played by none other than James Pickens Jr. of X-Files fame, and in keeping with the Charles family's (and this recap's) kontinuing "K" fascination, I'll just be kalling him Kersh. Of kourse, the real problem here is that I keep wanting to kall the whole family Keith's Kooky Klan, but for obvious reasons, I kan't. David awkwardly reintroduces himself to Kersh and Mama Charles, and it's quickly made klear that Daddy quietly disapproves of his son's lifestyle. Finally Keith arrives to end the tension, and after Keith makes a point of giving David a big kiss for everyone to see, Kersh announces that he has something to discuss with his son. "We'd like to take Taylor home with us when we go back to San Diego," he says, before adding that it would be a permanent arrangement. David is instantly argumentative, but Keith wants to hear his father out. Kersh explains his reasoning, which basically konsists of the fact that they have a yard for "the child" to play in, and that he and Mama Charles can offer a bit more "stability" than Taylor might have there in Angry-La (tm carrabuda). Keith kaves kwickly, and David looks shocked.
Back at the Fortress, Nate is watching TV. Sadly, there're no talking hamsters. Hell, there aren't even any Teletubbies. But that's okay, because the ringing of the doorbell heralds an exponential increase in the quality of this scene. Nate opens the door to reveal Rabbi Ari, who has stopped by because she was "in the neighborhood," talking to talk to a congregant who wants to plan his own funeral. "What do you call that?" she asks. "A pre-need," replies Nate. Oh, I think we know who's got the "pre-need" here, don't you? She also asks Nate if he's feeling okay, and when he replies in the affirmative, she thinks for a minute before saying, "Okay, that's bullshit. I'm coming in, and you're going to offer me something to drink." Oooooh, she's spunky. Now I'm really in love.