Episode Report Card Cate: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Consideration
By Cate | Season 6 | Episode 10 | Aired on 12.09.2001
The cops are a couple of goofballs, one of whom is suspicious of Simon, since the car he's driving allegedly fits the description of a stolen car they'd just heard about on the bulletin. When he says he wants to tail the car, he makes it sound like he's on some kind of super-important assignment. My husband put himself through school working as a security guard, and this cop reminds me of a nerd he used to work with, who tried to get Peeter to call him by the special code name "Eagle." Peeter used to torment him by "forgetting" the code name and calling him "Beagle" or "Seagull" instead. Hey, when your job consists mainly of listening to tenants complain about other tenants not scooping after their dogs, or fetching patio umbrellas that have blown off people's balconies, you have to liven it up somehow.
Let's go to the library, shall we, for some more madcap antics from everyone's favourite psycho, Annie. She's phoning Eric's office again, although this time Lou is smart enough not to pick up the phone. After letting it ring for a while, Annie snaps, screaming out, "Eric where are you?" Isn't it refreshing to see how much respect she has for this house of learning? That's just one of the reasons why she's so excellent and believable as a teacher.
Where is Eric anyway? He's still down at the cardiac ward, listening to a doctor explain that some woman's heart is okay. I guess I really should have figured out from the beginning that this woman is Ginger, but I'm embarrassed to say, I didn't see it coming. Maybe that's because I keep forgetting that the best doctors in the country are in Glenoak. At least that's what the writers would have us believe, since any tertiary character who needs medical services always ends up in Glenoak. The town is so small as to only have two restaurants, yet it's got better doctors than Phoenix, which is where Ginger lives. But the writers' special magic makes us believe in the power of Glenoak, right? Right?
Ugh -- Robbie still wants to duke it out with Dopey in the CamKitchen. After all, Joy told him to. Dopey's not interested in resolving any differences, though he's not averse to insulting Robbie, asking him if he always does what Joy tells him to. When he comments that it's obvious who wears the pants in their relationship, Robbie says, "Yeah, it's Joy. And her pants are tight and pink, so I do whatever she says." Lovely. He's quick to add, "Because I love her and I respect her opinion," in case you didn't get a sense of that from his comment about her pants. Robbie remarks that Dopey only thinks of him as a boarder. At first I thought he said "moron," and I was all set to agree, but he definitely said "boarder." Joy comes in and sees that they haven't finished fighting, so she says, "I guess I better find another movie to watch," and leaves. Hey, wait a second! her pants weren't pink, they were black. Maybe Robbie has some bizarre form of colour-blindness. I think it's smart that the writers are giving Joy so few lines this week. I only wish they had done the same for Dopey and Robbie.