Episode Report Card Mr. Stupidhead: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Life Is Too Beautiful
By Mr. Stupidhead | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 09.26.1999
It's morning again at La Casa, and once again the doorbell rings, despite the sign on the door. I mean, come ON, people! SuperMom answers the door, frantic. It's "GRACE!" (tm Ed Rooney), and she wants to know if there's anything she could do to help the Rev and SuperMom. Grace: "I heard there was some sort of disturbance last night." SuperMom: "Who said there was a disturbance?" Grace: "Oh, it was Mrs. Norwood. But by nine o'clock, you know, she gets a little tipsy." Wink wink, nudge nudge. SuperMom: "Mrs. Beeker [Ah, so that's her name!], I don't gossip, and I don't like gossips." Take that! And that! Not. Chastened by this outburst, Mrs. Beeker meekly wishes the Rev a speedy recovery. SuperMom apologizes, and Mrs. Beeker asks if she's all right. SuperMom: "If I weren't, would you tell the whole nieghborhood?" Mrs. Beeker: "You know, Annie, sometimes people gossip because they're trying to make a friend. And I'm afraid I am entirely guilty of making friends in the wrong way. Well, you don't need a nosy neighbor lady to share your weary load. Do you?" SuperMom: "It's just, I don't have much time to talk." Mrs. Beeker: "Of course not! There's probably laundry, and ironing, and cooking. All of my favorite things to do." Word. She's in. Once the women have both come indoors, RevCam appears, and seems pretty amped to see Mrs. Beeker. He even gives her a peck on the cheek. He then announces that he's going to see "how the spider's doing on her web. You know how the light plays on it? It just, it's kind of like a work of art. Magnificent." And he's gone. SuperMom breaks the awkward silence with, "There's a spiderweb under the picnic table. The same table he was lying on when he woke up the neighborhood singing." Mrs. Beeker: "Yes, but we don't want to talk about that. Now put me to work, sister. I am at your service." I don't care much for gossip myself (at least not in a suburban-housewife kind of way), but Mrs. Beeker definitely rules.
Back at 7th Heaven High, where Lucy is talking to some girls who do work for Habitat For Humanity. They inform Lucy that they are excited someone of Lucy's "B-list" status has taken an interest in Habitat. Lucy didn't know that she was considered "B-list" material. They establish that they will see one another after school, and the awkward teenage girls leave. Lucy heads to her locker, where a pretty girl asks her if she "want[s] some advice?" Lucy: "Sure." Random Chica: "You were very close to the A-list when you went out with Jordan last year. I'd hate to see you blow it." Lucy: "Listen, you bitch. Either you back off, or I'll shove my pinky so far up your nose that I'll scratch your brain!" Actually: "Hi, I'm Lucy." Girl: "I'm Jan." Lucy: "I take it you're on the A-list." In response, Jan makes an "um, like, yah" face. Lucy continues, "I appreciate the advice. I appreciate it in that I appreciate your talking to me, me being on the B-list and all. But those women are doing something that is so cool, and I'm going to have to take a chance on blowing it. Besides, B-list is more than I've ever aspired to, so see ya." Nice. I think the situation was handled well by Lucy, as was the scene by Beverly Mitchell.