Episode Report Card Maggie: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Laser Labels and TV Dinners
By Maggie | Season 3 | Episode 12 | Aired on 04.17.2001
Sean is interviewing Ben, Felicity, Knoll, Molly, Elena, and Tracy individually for his Docuventary. They each sit on a stool in front of a grey backdrop. Ben whispers, "She died in the ambulance. She looked at me and she died." Felicity says, "It just feels like a bad dream. You hear about things like this happening all the time, but, not...not to you -- not to people you care about." Knoll weighs in: "You know when a, a plane crashes, uh, how you see people on the news, who're, uh, supposed to be on that plane, but because of, like, horrific traffic on the way to the airport, didn't make the flight? Well, that's...that's what happened, except it wasn't...it wasn't traffic. It was, um, yeah, my shoe. [removes shoe and holds it up] Yeah, the laces were untied, so I bent down to tie 'em, and I guess the bullet whizzed right over me and, and Avery was standing behind me." Back to Ben saying, "Then they used that thing on her heart. They shocked her heart and she came back." Sean comments, "That's really amazing," and Ben remarks, "It's more than amazing." Molly, who is on the verge of tears, explains that the police caught James less than an hour after the shooting, hiding behind a dumpster, and that now he's in prison. Tracy talks about not wanting to go to Africa after the shooting, but says that Elena was "adamant," so he's planning to go. Elena describes herself "as the lucky one" because she was only hit in the shoulder. Molly says that she's going back to England for a while, because "it's the best thing to do right now."
Fade to black with a super which reads, "Three Months Later."
Still in Docuventary format, Javier is putting together a large and unwieldy floral arrangement. He cites Charlton Heston's and the NRA's old saw that "guns don't kill people, people kill people." He likens it to stating that "butter knives don't spread butter on bread. People spread butter on bread." He concludes that, while it may technically be true, it's still a stupid thing to say. Chuck Heston also probably says stuff like, people don't wear bad wigs, bald heads wear bad wigs. I couldn't agree more with Javier, who thinks that the only things that should have pistols are flowers. ["Except flowers have pistils, so it's a joke that doesn't work as well in print." -- Wing Chun] Sadly, that's the only glimpse of Javier and his wisdom that we get in this episode.
Elena is at the apartment and wearing a tank top, which doesn't reveal any sign of her injury. She tells Sean and his unstoppable videocamera that she only had to wear an arm sling for a few weeks. At first, she thought she'd never feel safe again, but she's taking a self-defense class now and she tells Sean that she could kick his ass now. ["I think she could have probably kicked his ass before, too." -- Wing Chun]