Episode Report Card Sara M: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Cutting a rug
By Sara M | Season 2 | Episode 13 | Aired on 01.25.1998
Walking in the church parking lot, Annie says she's upset about her father. Eric agrees, he thinks Anniedad should ask before buying burial plots. But Annie's not talking about burial plots, she's talking about the toupee. She likes the burial plots. Eric says he always thought they would be buried in the Camden Family Graveyard in upstate New York. Don't even try to tell me any Camden is that important that he's got his own graveyard. Camdens have been buried there for hundreds of years, Eric explains. Annie points out that it's only been "a hundred" years, indicating that she has heard of this morbid place and its history before. Who talks about this ever? "It's just a hole in the ground," Eric says, "so what difference does it make anyway?" Annie agrees, then suddenly and without warning Bitch Attacks Eric with "unless by that you mean you don't want to be buried next to MY mother and father!" Then she walks away in a huff. Eric watches her, groans, and then runs after her.
Back from school, Lucy and Mary enter their room as the phone rings. Lucy runs to answer it. It's one of her stupid, faceless, nameless friends. Lucy discusses her boyfriend choices. Mary tells her she's not supposed to be on the phone, but is ignored. Lucy keeps talking. Mary tells her she's on phone restriction. Lucy says that Annie and Eric aren't home. Mary looks irritated and says she can't believe Rod thinks she's mature. Lucy gets all excited about this revelation and tells her friend. Lucy then informs us, I mean Mary, that her friend is looking up "mi chica changa cabeza" in the Spanish/English dictionary she fortunately has right next to her phone. Mary sarcastically says she can hardly wait to hear what it means. I know, Mary, me neither! This is going to be great! Turns out that it means "my little monkey head." Lucy is disgusted. Mary laughs. I would like to point out that "mi chica changa cabeza" actually means "my girl monkey head." "My little monkey head" would be "mi changa cabezita" or "mi cabeza changa pequeno" or something like that. I am officially smarter than the writers of this show.
Annie and Eric enter the counseling session. Katie and Michael are fighting about leaving his mom's house. Patty wants to know why Robert won't let her tell her own mother that she's pregnant. Robert needs more time. What a loser. Patty's upset because Robert is ruining the happiest time of her life. Then she excuses herself to throw up. Pregnant women are SO FUNNY! Endless laughs abound with irrational, contrary, silly pregnant women! It's Bonnie and Ugly's turn to fight, so Bonnie says he should go help Patty throw up so she can see what she's paying for. Oh, but isn't it someone else's job to help sick people throw up, like the under-appreciated nurses? RevCam orders a time out while Annie glares at everyone. Patty comes back into the room. She doesn't feel like throwing up anymore. I do. RevCam decides that it would a really good idea to have a disagreement with Annie to show the couples how to fight productively. Annie doesn't think that's a good idea and makes a face.