Episode Report Card 2 USERS: C+ YOU GRADE IT Li'l Orphan Annie
By Sara M | Season 8 | Episode 17 | Aired on 02.22.2004
Ruthie comes back in the house as RevCam's clearing the table. She says everyone else "ran off." She offers to help clear the table, then asks RevCam why Annie doesn't like "Aunt Lilly." Whoops! Lilly had already broken into the house and probably heard the whole thing. She's become more and more like her sister every day. And in that case, she may want to consider killing herself. Lilly says she just wanted to stop by and check on Annie after she left the rehearsal dinner early. Apparently, Lilly's concern was so great that she didn't bother to style -- or even brush -- her hair before leaving the hotel. She leaves to go upstairs, and Ruthie asks RevCam if he thinks that Lilly heard her. RevCam's like, "Um, considering that I personally saw to it that the acoustics of this house make any conversation audible no matter what the distance between the speaker and listener, yes."
Lilly and Annie face off upstairs. Annie tries to passive-aggressify the conflict away and feign ignorance that there's any trouble between her and Lilly, but Lilly heard what Ruthie said. And she's really kind of pissed about it. You go, Lilly! Annie finally tells her that the reason she's upset is that she doesn't want their father to be a part of the wedding. Lilly says she didn't know that. Poor Lilly; it's not her fault that her sister's such an avoiding bitch. Oh, and by the way, for those of you keeping track at home, Annie's feeling has been upgraded to "very bad." Lilly says she'll call Ginger and tell their father not to come. "No, you can't," says Annie. Lilly is quickly losing patience. Annie sort of apologizes, but says that there's nothing Lilly can do now. Annie, you suck. You should have either told Lilly all this when there was something she could do about it, or just accepted that this is the way things are going to be, and there's nothing anyone can do about it, and gotten the fuck over it.
It's nighttime at the CamPound, and Annie's sulking on the back porch. RevCam comes out and asks her how she's doing. She says she's not trying to ruin Lilly's wedding, which we all know is a total lie. RevCam says everything will be okay; Annie childishly asks him if he can guarantee that. "You know better than anyone that, in life, there are no guarantees," RevCam says. "I mean, God, those birth control pills were supposed to be guaranteed, but now we've got two retarded twin boys to look after until we're well into our seventies, so…" RevCam suggests that Annie go to Lilly and make her feel better.