Episode Report Card Couch Baron: A | 425 USERS: A YOU GRADE IT Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em!
By Couch Baron | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 2008.10.19
Betty hears Sally returning from school, and has her come join her. She steels herself and says she knows she hasn't been completely fair to Sally, and offers to give her something she wants. She hands Sally a large box, and when Sally opens it, she's thrilled to find riding boots, and she hugs Betty as she thanks her profusely before asking if they can go out now. Betty buys a little time by talking about homework, but she follows through with her plan, which is to use the boots as a transition, saying that now that Sally's becoming a big girl, she's going to tell her something -- she and Don are having a "disagreement," and he went away. Sally doesn't look entirely surprised, but asks where Don is, and Betty confesses that she knows neither that nor when he's coming back. She goes on that she knows it's hard to understand, but promises everything will be okay. As Joyce Summers once said in another parenting-related context, little shaky on the dismount there. Betty and Sally smile at each other, but the tender moment is ruined when Betty suddenly notices she's bled onto the couch. She sends Sally into the kitchen, which surprises me, because since they're on the subject I thought she'd take the opportunity to talk about one more thing big girls have to know.