Episode Report Card Shack: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Jock Trap
By Shack | Season 4 | Episode 26 | Aired on 07.23.1998
Later, Steve and Gavin join Rachel and U.V. outside. A crowd has gathered and is watching the Blue Ribbon kids destroy Dickie the Motorhead's Mustang with sledgehammers. And look, there's Dickie. And he's all cleaned up and wearing a blue sweater-vest and khakis -- a motorhead no more. Dickie jumps up on the hood of his car and knocks off some thing that he had installed on it that no doubt made the car faster or louder or both. I don't know -- I was in the nerd clique. U.V. asks Gavin if he told Steve about the murders. Steve knows, but is skeptical at the idea of some big conspiracy. He leaves and tells the guys he'll see them later. Night falls, and we cut to "Roscoe's Yogurt Shoppe." This just looks silly. It looks like one of those attempts at modern-retro-nouveau-deco diners, designed to somewhat look like those from the fifties, but cleaner and with much higher prices and fancier food. Steve heads towards the shop. The inside looks like a cleaned-up bar, though, rather than a diner. Consistency of vision, guys? Would some black and white tiles have killed you? Before Steve can so much as look at a menu, Trent comes up behind him and clasps him on the shoulder to say hello and invite him to hang out with the Blue Ribbon folks. He escorts Steve back to their table and introduces him to the perky, blue-clad boys and girls, each wearing a fake smile to call his or her own. They all make creepy small talk for a bit. Steve points out that Trent and Dickie are sitting together, though they had just gotten into a fight in English class not long ago. Trent explains that they made up, a process that separates man from the animals. Well, I don't know of any animals that bear grudges other than man, so what would they need to make up for? Well, except for cats. But they never apologize. As Steve is acclimatizing himself to the Blue Ribbon kids' unusual behavior, Lorna gives a "dirtbag alert." It's Gavin, who has just come in and looks disturbed to find Steve hanging with Cradle Bay's equivalent of "Chill Town." He wants to talk to Steve. How did he know he'd be at the yogurt shop, anyway? Trent answers on Steve's behalf that he's busy relaxing. Well, that's presumptuous. Don't be friends with people who don't let you answer inquiries yourself. Gavin gets snippy about the yogurt shop being the Blue Ribbons' turf, and some of the jocks stand up and look threatening. Steve's had enough of the creepy clique to last him the night, and he decides to leave with Gavin.Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20Next