Episode Report Card Jessica: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Four Scary Stories
By Jessica | Season 5 | Episode 9 | Aired on 12.11.2001
Anyway, Josh finally comes back and hands her some stuff and tells her that there's one more book she can find in the stacks and he's looking for another one. That's a lot of reading for one night. Too bad Joey doesn't know about the wonderful world of photocopying. "Can I help you with something else?" Josh asks. Joey wonders if he's going to be around for a while. "Another hour or so. Why?" Joey's just wondering. Josh grins. "You worried about that guy?" he asks, nodding toward Peanut. "Kind of," Joey admits. "He's just…a little creepy. He keeps staring at me." Josh assures her that Peanuts comes to the library all the time, and he's "pretty harmless." Okay, I'm sorry. I just have to lecture you guys for a little moment. Really, just very briefly. Ahem: if you feel uncomfortable in a situation like this, then listen to your instincts and go home! Seriously, is getting your reading done more important than your personal safety, Joey Potter? Because that's wack, and I say that as someone who used to study a lot. The Gift of Fear! Read it!
Okay. See, that wasn't too painful, was it? Later, Joey's walking, all alone, through the stacks. There are strange whisper-y noises in the background, which were also on The X-Files a couple of weeks ago, like, leave me alone, Chris Carter! God! Joey finds her reference book, but looks up and right into Peanuts's peanutty face. "Psst, come here," he hisses. "Do you want to buy an A?" Sorry, I was watching Sesame Street this morning. Do you remember that skit? Where one of the characters was dressed like a flasher, but he had letters and numbers on the inside of his jacket? In retrospect, that was pretty funny. ["My family still sings 'Would You Like To Buy An O' all the time. 'It'll cost you just a nickel --' 'A NICKEL?' 'Shhhh.' 'A nickel?' 'Riiiiiight.'" -- Sars] When my sister was a baby, I used to watch Sesame Street with her all the time, and it was so full of inside adult jokes. Like, on Monsterpiece Theatre, one day, there was a skit called Twin Beaks and…sorry. Right. Dawson's Creek. Joey backs away from Peanuts and runs and runs through the stacks and takes a corner rather quickly and runs right into Josh! "Whoa, sorry," he says. She gasps that she's "having a bit of a moment," and she thinks Peanuts is following her. Josh tells her that Peanuts just left. Are you sure? Sure I'm sure! Josh asks her if she'd like him to call her a campus security officer to escort her back to the dorms. Joey shakes her head. Josh tells her that the final book she needs for her reading is in Special Editions, downstairs, and that they're open for another ten minutes.