Episode Report Card Cate: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Broken
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 6 | Aired on 11.04.2001
Outside Pete's Pizza, Simon sees Sasha using a pay phone. Undaunted by her obvious avoidance of him earlier, he cheerfully calls out her name. She freezes like a deer caught in someone's headlights. She's obviously formulating an escape plan, but it's too late; she's trapped. Simon strides over and demands to know why she pretended not to see him earlier. Boy, he really is a glutton for punishment, isn't he? Sasha's too polite to tell him to go fuck himself, though. She says she's meeting her ex-boyfriend, Larry, because he wants to get back together with her, and that she didn't want Simon to know that she hasn't been in "a decent relationship" since last year. Larry's already off to a great start with this reconciliation, since it seems he's stood her up. Sasha says that Larry had to work, but that she's going to stay and wait for him to "get off." Oh, get your mind out of the gutter. Obviously, Annie's big self-esteem lecture didn't have much effect, as Sasha is afraid of not being here when Larry shows up, since then he "might not take [her] back." Simon offers to stick around and wait with her. Sasha adopts a facial expression which makes you think he'd just offered to kick her in the spleen. Come to think of it, a boot to the abdomen sounds a little more appealing than passing the time with Simon. It looks like Sasha's shaved off her eyebrows and painted fake ones in their place. Maybe these two crazy kids could spend the afternoon at the aesthetician's, having some of his eyebrows grafted onto her forehead.
The reason Julie has decided to grace the CamPound with her delightful presence is that she's upset because she fought with Hank. Whoop-de-fuckin'-doo. Maybe there's a viewer out there, somewhere, who finds that of any interest, but I sincerely doubt it. Besides, with Annie's helpful offer to save the day, you know nobody's going to get divorced on this show -- PG rating notwithstanding. Julie leaves the CamKitchen with no explanation, just as Ruthie walks in. Well, maybe there's your explanation for her departure, if you just read between the lines. Ruthie sure does own a lot of dreadful clothing, even for a little girl. She's wearing a fugly red shirt with a drawing of a horse's head on it. Annie leaves to pry into Julie's business some more. The phone rings, and Ruthie answers it. It's Mary, returning Lucy's call. Lucy's not around to talk to her, so Mary tries to force the news out of Ruthie. She doesn't have to try too hard. Ruthie hints at the Lucy and Robbie situation by saying, "Remember the guy with the big lips?" I think she's referring to this Jordan guy from long ago -- the one who dated both Lucy and Mary. You know, I don't think it's very nice of them to refer to Jordan's lips like that. I mean, what if the actor who played Jordan is watching the show? I know it's unlikely, but still.
Back at her apartment, Mel is saying goodbye to her study group members. Dopey keeps fussing over his knapsack until all the others have left. You'd think Mel would be anxious to get rid of him, too, but she just closes the front door and walks over to Matt, asking him why he looks so "strange." Mel, you obviously don't know him that well. His hair has always looked stupid and weird, and it's probably not very polite of you to mention it to his face. Oh, maybe she just meant that he looks upset. After scaring the hell out of her by saying he'd planned to have RevCam speak to her about something, Dopey launches into his speech about working at the free clinic, where he sees "a lot of battered women stuff." Even though his vocabulary could use some work, I can't really fault him for speaking up. Mel could handle this a little better, too, since she totally goes off on him for making assumptions about her relationship with her boyfriend.