Episode Report Card Sara M: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Cutting a rug
By Sara M | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.25.1998
It's time for some exciting high school scenes. And by exciting, I mean "not exciting." Rod and Lucy are walking down the hall. Lucy says she didn't think that Rod was even interested in her until he heard about Jimmy breaking up with Ashley. Rod says his feelings for her are sincere, the break-up just forced his hand. Here comes Jimmy, and he wants a word with Lucy. "Alone," he adds as he blankly looks at Rod. Rod kisses her hand with that awful moustache and calls Lucy his "chica changa cabeza." I could tell you what that means, but then I would be giving away a really funny moment later on. Well, I'd be giving a moment away, anyway. Jimmy asks Lucy if she's dating Rod. Lucy says no, she still can't date. Jimmy asks if she's seeing him. Lucy coyly replies, "Yeah...kind of." Jimmy says that he and Ashley broke up. Lucy pretends she didn't know. Jimmy says he knows she does. Way to get called out, Lucy. Jimmy wants to "analyze what went wrong in [his and Lucy's] relationship." I really hate this kid. He says more stuff about overcoming barriers, but I tune him out. Lucy says she'll think about it. We get a non-reaction shot from Jimmy, who walks away. Lucy smiles like she's just the catch of the year. She walks away, past Matt, who was lurking behind a corner the whole time. That is so creepy.
Mary runs up and asks Matt if he was just spying on Lucy. How big is this school? I have a harder time running into my family in the kitchen, let alone spying on them. Matt says that he was spying on Lucy, and Mary should be spying on her too. Actually, neither of you should be spying on Lucy. That's RevCam's job. Matt doesn't think that Lucy will make the right choice. Mary asks if that choice is Jimmy Moon. As she says this, Rod walks up behind them. Of course. He wants Mary and Matt to know that he deeply cares about Lucy. I don't know why Mary has to know this. She obviously doesn't care. Matt asks if he can be honest. Rod says he hopes so because Matt's dad is a minister. Mary looks away, no longer wanting to be associated with such lameness. Matt tells Rod that he's too mature for Lucy. Rod says that's "radical!" Then the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (the cartoon, not the comic book) jump out along with Debbie Gibson and the cast of Dallas, and our transformation to the eighties is complete. Rod says that Lucy is as mature as he is. Matt begs Mary to talk to Lucy and walks away, leaving Mary alone, all alone.