Episode Report Card Daniel: F | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Love conquers all
By Daniel | Season 8 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.11.2004
We fade up on Jeremy London waiting for the director to say "action" and it takes forever, but finally he starts talking, like, nice fade-in to a conversation supposedly already in progress. And he's figured out that what he wants to do, per Annie's suggestion, is eat a whole fucking lot more brownies. That, and he wants to gather all the young people in the...what is this? Parish? Congregation? Organization? Cult? I'm Catholic, so I don't know. To us, everything else is a cult, pretty much. Anyway, he wants to gather up all the young people of the flock or whatever and mobilize them to help out whoever needs them to -- local charities, veteran's groups, that sort of thing. Which is nice and all, but wasn't Annie's point that he's been sitting around waiting to be asked for help? So his solution is to gather up a bunch more people to...sit around waiting to be asked for help. Nonetheless, RevCam says it's a great idea, which is a total load, and Chandler thanks him for his support. Like maybe Chandler could have simply asked RevCam for suggestions on groups to help, instead of forming this weird Christian A-Team. The C-Team. If you've got a bingo, if no one else can cook Rice Krispie squares, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the C-Team. "I'm excited to get started," says Chandler. YOU'RE NOT FUCKING DOING ANYTHING. Watching this Christian show is making me swear a whole lot more than usual. I doubt that was Brenda Hampton's intention.
Chandler leaves and bumps into That Guy From Mad TV, who says he's looking for RevCam. Chandler points him in the right direction, and does this little snort thing and shakes his head, which was pretty rude, if you ask me.
It's also somewhat indicative of the way the Camdens and their disciples will be reacting to this guy (who is, of course, Vic) -- with a lot of prejudice. Take RevCam here, who spends the entire talk with Vic squinting at him in a mild "what's wrong with this guy?" kind of way. And what's wrong with Vic? Well, he comes off as a little obnoxious, mainly in that he doesn't seem to be taking anything seriously. He commits the grievous sin of admitting that he really doesn't want to meet with RevCam, but it's what his ex-wife wants, so here he is. This makes him an asshole, I guess -- the fact that he's doing something he admittedly doesn't want to do, since it's what his ex-wife wants. What an asshole! He's been sober for three years and nine months (sarcastic "woo hoo"). For me, the only time he really sounds like a jerk is when he says he has a "crummy" job teaching art at a local college to a "bunch of losers." Thing is, though, he might be right. Has RevCam met Vic's art class? Maybe they are a bunch of losers! "So I guess you're an artist," says RevGeniusCam. Although maybe it wasn't such a dumb question, since Vic says, "Not really. Whatever." Heh. I like Vic. He's already more interesting than all the rest of the phonies on this show put together. RevCam justifies his existence by saying Paris thought...I don't know, it's a lot of garbage about how RevCam's advice to her regarding the potential reunion would be helped if RevCam knew Vic better. Vic cuts to the heart of that, which is that if RevCam likes Vic, he'll convince Paris to let Peter talk to him. Vic doesn't seem overly impressed by this, and informs RevCam that he didn't get sober for nothing. Oh, and also (although Vic doesn't point this out)? They're called visitation rights. So it doesn't matter if RevCam doesn't like Vic, does it? And Vic informs RevCam that RevCam will not in fact like him, since no one does. But that's never stopped him from living his life. RevCam asks if Vic is in A.A. "Isn't that Alcoholics Anonymous?" says Vic (sarcastically, in case you hadn't figured it out). And...well, okay. I mean, the guy could answer questions politely. I mean, this is a reverend he's talking to here. But regardless, it sounds like no, he's not in A.A., since, as Vic puts it, he's not an alcoholic. He's sober. More back and forth with RevCam asking if Vic likes himself, and Vic admits that he doesn't all that much but he's not changing for anybody, and that he doesn't have to be any better than he is right now for his son to love him. RevCam says nothing. He just arches an Eyebrow of Judgment.