Episode Report Card Cate: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Suspicion
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.20.2002
Simon's waiting at the bus stop when a classmate walks up to him. The guy's just trying to make pleasant chitchat, but Simon is not paying attention. He's fixated on two guys walking toward them -- two guys who are about to have their asses kicked! The alleged bullies cross the street, and one of them thumps the hood of a car and grunts. I think he's supposed to look menacing, but not even Mr. Bundle Buggy, my skittish rabbit who's scared of greeting cards and his own shadow, would feel threatened by that. Simon seems scared, though. His friend agrees that the horrible hood-thumping was "pretty low, but it's not surprising, coming from them." Why? Do the guys also do other terribly evil things, like ringing people's doorbells and then running? Punks, I tell you! Their names are George and Jerry Jenkins, but they are known as the Jenkins Jerks. And did I mention that they're about to get their asses kicked? Okay, soon, but maybe not just yet, since Simon turns away in fear when they walk by him.
Lucy and Mary are arguing about who gets to deliver their dumb-ass spiel at the next house. Since Mary's been doing all the talking so far, and they don't have a single signature on their "petition," Lucy decides to take over. When she tells the neighbor that she and Mary are collecting signatures, the woman says, "How nice of you two girls, spending your extra time to do volunteer work." Extra time? Hey, these chicks haven't even made a token effort to find jobs yet. Any time they have is extra time. The neighbor doesn't let Lucy finish her plea either and nervously shuts the door. Mary grabs the stupid "petition" back.
Simon calls Dopey down at the clinic to tell him he knows who's been hassling Yasmine. Dopey remembers that there's a guy named Jenkins in the waiting room of the clinic now. He switches extensions so he can give a description of the Jenkins man to Simon. Based on the fact that this guy "is tall, thin and has brown hair," the CamDorks decide that he must be the Jenkins Jerks' father. After Dopey hangs up the phone, he talks to the clinic nurse about the Jenkins Jerks, and about how he suspects this is their father. All right, that's all very nice, but what does it have to do with anything? Dopey explains that kids have to learn bigotry from their parents, as if it couldn't be learned from millions of other sources. I'm still not sure why it's earth-shattering that this Jenkins guy is in the clinic -- except for the fact that I seem to remember this being a women's clinic. I wonder what female problems Mr. Jenkins is having, exactly. Whatever they are, he's got bigger worries ahead, since I suspect he's about to get his ass kicked!