Episode Report Card Cate: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Relationships
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.21.2001
Lynn must suffer from the same condition. Even after Simon warns that she's not even allowed to smile at him, she keeps flirting. Simon is just that irresistible! She says, "Morris and I were gonna break up. Then I got transferred here, so we decided to stay together." Who the hell is Morris? Two episodes ago, this guy's name was Sean. I wish I could go back and check the tape to be sure, but it's been long recorded over. This may come as a surprise, but I'm not exactly keeping all these fine episodes on tape for posterity. Sean/Morris comes up and invites Simon to the pool hall, but Simon declines. Lynn coyly suggests that she hopes Simon is not uncomfortable around her. For some reason, that causes Simple Simon to change his mind and agree to join the happy couple at the pool hall. My, that sure was a clunky scene.
Robbie phones up the lovely and talented Mary in "New York." Mary is seated in front of what looks like a bust of Johnny Cash in a toga. Her messily parted hair is distracting. She tells Robbie that Wilson asked her to marry him. It's hard to tell what Robbie's reaction is, but I'll just put that down to Adam LaVorgna's limitations as an actor. When Robbie asks if she accepted the proposal, Mary says, "Well, I can't think of a good reason not to say yes." Golly, she's unimaginative. What about the fact that Wilson just wants a maid he can boss around? The fact that he wears ties with diamonds on them? The fact that little Billy just might be the most annoying child in the history of time? Or that Mary is only nineteen? And those are just off the top of my head. Robbie tells her he can't be an objective friend to her because of their shared past, then he tries to hang up. Mary wants to know why he called her, though, so Robbie says, "I wanted to know how you would feel if I dated…" He pauses here, as if trying hard to remember the rest of his line. Eventually he does: "…someone you know." Mary's okay with him dating someone, as long as it's not Lucy. Robbie fake-laughs nervously and goes way overboard in denying that it's Lucy he wants to date. He says that dating Lucy "would be idiotic, stupid, crazy." Yeah, but hasn't just about anything he's ever done in his life been idiotic, stupid, and/or crazy? Robbie says, "I have to go." Of course he hangs up the phone without even saying goodbye. He calls a girl from school and asks her out on a date. I think it's safe to assume that he then rudely hung up on her without even saying goodbye, but we don't see that part.