Episode Report Card Sara M: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Electric Van-Aid Acid Test
By Sara M | Season 4 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.10.1999
Junior high. At Deena's urging, Simon tells Beth that he "phrased things" wrong the other day, and he has a girlfriend. Beth says she may have doodled Simon's name in a notebook, but that doesn't mean she can't accept reality. She knows Simon's dating Deena and she isn't stupid. Then what was that whole "I'm telling my mother!" thing about? Suddenly, Beth drops two notebooks, and Simon picks them up for her, being sure to catch a glimpse of their contents because he is, after all, a Camden. They're filled with other boys' names. Beth tells Simon he's not the only boy in their school. Simon says he doesn't think he can handle being friends with a girl at this point in his life. Beth says she really wants a boyfriend. "I'm sure the right guy will come along," Simon says totally realistically. He takes off and meets up with Deena, who's all proud of herself for solving this problem. Except for the fact that she created the problem in the first place. Shut up, Deena.
Friend Frienderson goes up to his locker, which happens to be next to Beth's. She closes her locker and leaves, being sure to toss a notebook over her shoulder as she goes. Friend picks the notebook up, and notices that his name is doodled inside it, along with the requisite hearts. What a slut Beth is! She'll write ANYONE'S name in her notebook. Friend is delighted, even though he knows that Beth had a crush on Simon only yesterday. Aw, I love it when two exceptionally pathetic people find love with each other.
HR lady finds Matt sitting down to lunch and asks him how his job's going. He says it's been great, and he's sorry if he sounded ungrateful before. HR lady says she talked to Timmy last night and that Timmy wanted to make sure everything was "in order" before his surgery today, in case anything went wrong. What makes this especially sad is that Josh Ryan Evans ended up dying from complications during surgery only three years later. HR lady tells Matt that she "might" reconsider him for the right job. Matt shows how much he cares about this by walking away from HR lady with a curt "thanks." He has to "see a friend. A really good friend." Whose surgery he totally forgot about.
Matt rudely grabs a random nurse's arm and asks if Timmy came through the surgery okay. She says he did, but he's still asleep. Matt says something about Timmy and climbing trees, and Nurse informs Matt that Timmy is always telling people to climb trees, which he himself can't do because of his medical problems. Nurse explains that Timmy is especially fond of the tree right outside his hospital room window. Matt nods cluelessly. Nurse repeats that there is a tree outside Timmy's window. Matt stops nodding and stares at Nurse. Finally he gets it and jogs away. "Ha ha ha!" laughs Nurse. "Zzzzz," says Sara M.