Episode Report Card Joe R: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT He Taught Me How To Drive By
By Joe R | Season 3 | Episode 7 | Aired on 09.23.2007
At home, Shane won't stop bitching to his mom about the right-wing crazy school he has to attend, but I'm thinking once he gets to "pedagogy," his argument is already lost. Nancy enters the kitchen to find Silas and Tara, and Shane wastes no time in ratting them out for spending last night together. Nancy tells Silas she's not going to go through the whole mom-lets-son-have-sex-in-her-home thing; "Not after Megan and Quinn." Considering how oblivious Nancy can be, I have to give her credit for at least recognizing the pattern here. Tara, however, assures Nancy that she's a virgin: "I honor God with my abstinence, until the day I join my husband in marriage." Shane starts to freak that the fundies are everywhere, like he's in Invasion Of The Body-Snatchers, but Nancy's in a much more "making the crazy work for you" frame of mind, and she encourages Tara to "keep savin' it for the Lord!" Shane and Tara get into a "debate" on evolution, insofar as that "debate" can include the statement "that's why they call it the 'theory' of evolution, not the 'fact' of evolution." Perhaps realizing that all this talk of teen sex, virginity, and monkeys has gone on for about five minutes without somebody saying something truly disgusting, Nancy wonders where Andy could be.
Andy's on the set of a porno movie. Of course he is. This would be the catering job that Sullivan promised he'd get him last week. He enthuses over male star of the film, telling this "Lexington Steele" that he's a big fan. In fact, it was the Lexington-Steele-brand strap-on that Andy got reamed up the a-hole with back in Season 2. He says it was a little too effective, as it left him with some "oose-lay oopy-pay," as the Pig Latin would have it. Aaaaaaand that's enough of Andy for right now.
Over at Sullivan's office, he asks Nancy to head on over to his construction site with fake IDs and Social Security cards so she can "legalize" his crew of illegals. He realizes it's not the most "kosher" thing to do, but if Nancy won't do it he can always fire her and get someone else to do it. Nancy's all, "You have no idea how un-kosher I can be," in a tone of voice that would fill me with dread even if I hadn't seen the previews. She then switches gears and says she'll have to do it tomorrow, since she has an appointment later today: "it's a woman thing." Celia happens by with lunch for two, and she icily brushes Nancy off, which is bizarre considering how incredibly friendly she was to Nancy last week. Celia moves on to "overtly bitchy" as she suggests Sullivan send Nancy to collect the referendum signatures, since she has "scads of sales experience." I am not thrilled to admit that I have no idea where Celia is coming from this season, and it's not good ambiguity so much as inconsistent characterization, and that makes me sad. Sullivan squeezes Nancy's ass and tells her he'll be back later. Nancy barely suppresses an urge to dance for him.