Episode Report Card Deborah: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT God Is My Co-Pilot
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 18 | Aired on 03.03.2005
Joan's putting trash into the bin behind the community centre when she's scared by Bonnie coming up behind her. Bonnie tells her not to throw the rollers away: "People say they're disposable but they're not." Joan obligingly lifts the box out again and offers it to Bonnie, who helps herself to a couple of rollers and says, "You didn't see me here." Joan just shakes her head as Bonnie vamooses. A garbage truck's arriving and you just know God's driving it. He gets out of the truck and asks Joan for some help with the big bin. As they struggle to drag the bin around, Joan blithers, "God's helping me with my garbage. That's sweet. So, uh, what happens now, huh? I get my head lopped off? Because I am obviously failing." Garbage Truck God: "Think so?" Joan points out that everything she says makes Lily smoke even more, and Denunzio thinks she's a narc. "And Bonnie? I'm afraid to say anything to her because she might break, or…you know, kill me in my sleep." Garbage Truck God: "Stick with it. You're doing great." She says, "Nothing is happening!" as he climbs into the truck. He says, "You feel frustrated and victimized, yet you're still talking to me. So somewhere, you know this isn't pointless." Plus, God keeps showing up and bugging her anyway. He throws the lever that hoists the bin and dumps it into the truck while Joan looks skeptical.
After the commercial, Joan's inside again, picking up garbage, when she runs into Denunzio, who tells her, "Some short dude's looking for you." She looks up and sees Adam. Please. Denunzio's about two inches taller than Adam. Hey, if you add an A to Denunzio you call spell "Nazi ode, nu?" Also "I undo a zen" and "I doze a nun." God, I have to stop fooling around, especially since I am already in danger of missing my deadline on this recap. Give me a break, I had three other articles due today on top of this. She walks over to him and he says "hi," in a really tentative way. Joan asks what he's doing there. He says he was on his way to work and wanted to see her: "I hate what's happening to us." Joan: "I know. Me too. I wanted to call you all day, but…" They both look up and notice Bonnie standing nearby watching them, kind of creepy-like. Joan asks him to help her take the trash out, so they can be alone. Something about that shot of her standing there silently between them seems anvilicious.
Coming down the back steps, Adam says, referring to Bonnie, "Man, I thought we were the freaks at school." Joan: "I know I should be mad at you but I'm really glad you came by." Adam apologizes again for not calling: "I love you, Jane. I just don't know what to do anymore." Joan: "Nothing. You don't have to do anything. We're still the same." Adam: "But we're not. I mean, not really." Joan: "I don't want us to break up." Adam: "Me, neither." Just then Bonnie appears on the stairs to tell Joan Lily's looking for her: "It's time to check out." Joan says okay, but Lily just stands there, like she's Joan's keeper or something, which bugs. Get lost, Bonnie. Joan says she has to go, and thanks Adam for coming by. Bonnie: "Joan!" Oy. Piss off, Bonnie. Joan: "O-kay." Adam offers to deal with the trash and says they'll talk later. There's a little tiny bit of awkwardness as he decides whether to try to kiss her or not. He does, but it's pretty perfunctory on both sides. ["As it has been all season. Either start kissing with tongue or BREAK UP. Gah, so over it." -- Sars]