Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Birdcages, Flowers, And John McCain
By Miss Alli | Season 10 | Episode 3 | Aired on 09.30.2006
Peter and Sarah arrive at the hotel, where they learn that the travel place opens at 9:00 AM. James and Tyler follow, and they learn the same thing.
8:11 AM. Dustin and Kandice. 8:13 AM. Rob and Kimberly. In the car, Dustin says that they'll at least become good with directions as a result of this experience. She interviews that it's not always easy being tagged with the "pageant girl" label -- I'm sure she's heard all she needs to of the spray-glue jokes that I and everyone else enjoy making. And Vaseline teeth, and taping your butt together, and flaming batons... have I left anything out? I'm sure I'll come up with it later when I ransack the Stereotype Library in an act of desperation. And then we're back in the car as Dustin tells Kandice that they will no longer need Mapquest after this. I suspect they will; they'll just be able to follow it without getting lost like most of the rest of us do. Kimberly tells Rob not to hit the dog that's in the road. "I'm not going to hit a dog," he says, really pretty patiently, all things considered. Kimberly interviews that if Rob is rude to her, they'll have to throw down. But honestly? As real assholes, I have to say, these two really aren't getting the job done. Bickering and getting kind of stressed and freaky, yes. But come on, Pointies! Stop basically liking each other! They proceed to get lost immediately, but they decide to turn around instead of flipping out. Way to think only of yourselves. What of those of us who need entertainment? Do we not matter to you at all? Jerks.
8:16 AM. David and Mary. In the car, David looks a bit haunted. He interviews that this clue immediately made him tear up the minute Mary read it, and back in the car, he says he's always been in his father's "footsteps," and indeed, his father served in Vietnam and talked very little about it. Unfortunately, he's in the middle of explaining this when Mary busts in to holler at him about the fact that everyone's passing them. On the one hand, I feel her, but on the other hand, that disappointed me. I'd rather have seen something more like, "David, I know you need to talk about this, but maybe later, because we're slowing down." Yelling over the sentimental moment just didn't come off well, because when you're the wife who hollers in full voice during the sentimental moment about the wargoing father, you risk never being able to run for Congress. Furthermore, David points out that he's already doing 60, and he tells Mary she should settle down since she can't see the speedometer anyway.