The show opens pleasantly, for a change, with Annie quitting her job. This bodes well for the youth of Glenoak, who no longer will be subjected to those useless classes in which she ostensibly teaches her odious CamMorals. Mrs. Mackoul is obviously not very cool at all, since she'd been planning on offering Annie a full-time job. She cites the school's expansion, obliquely referring to recent terrorism -- I assume -- when she says, "With everything going on in the world, parents want the added security of a private school, and we've had so many requests for admission that we're expanding." Now that CNN has finally stopped calling all their news broadcasts "America's New War" in my onscreen programming guide, I suppose it's about time for 7th Heaven to weigh in on last year's events somehow. I really wish they wouldn't, though. Glenoak is such a damn fantasyland anyway. Virtually nothing else is even remotely realistic on the show, so why can't Brenda just leave well enough alone? If you're going to do material centered on truly momentous topics, and you know you're not up to the task, maybe you shouldn't even try. Anyone who's ever seen the movie Swing Kids will know exactly what I'm talking about. But don't mind me. I'm just feeling extra-jittery about week's show right now. Annie's not jittery, though. In fact, she's so calm throughout this scene that I have to wonder if she's doped up.
Out in the school hallway, Ruthie is waiting patiently for her mom. Suddenly her eyes go all buggy as she stares up at a sad-looking woman who's walking toward her. It's Ms. Riddle, the teacher who called Ruthie stupid back in public school. With barely concealed rudeness, Ruthie wants to know what the hell Ms. Riddle is doing in her new school. What do you think she's doing there, Ruthie? You should know by now that the show's producers can't be bothered to find new bad guest actors to make the regulars look better, so they just keep bringing back the old bad ones. Unfortunately, I'm sure it's just a matter of time before we'll be making the re-acquaintance of such luminaries as Chickenhead and Jimmy Plywood. Ms. Riddle tells Ruthie that she'll be teaching in her school now. Ruthie's eyes go even buggier to signify that this scene is comic.
The "comedy" continues in The Opening Credits Time-Waster, which consists of Ruthie opening and closing all the drawers in the CamKitchen. We catch quick glimpses of the contents of these drawers, but it doesn't look like there's anything interesting there. No Brenda's Hemorrhoid Cream or anything, though I'd like to think some subversive prop designer whipped up a fake product with that name and stowed it under the bathroom sink to amuse the crew. Ruthie finally finds what she's looking for: a pair of tea towels. She scrunches up her nose to remind us that she's cute, then starts whacking the countertop with the tea towels. RevCam walks in and asks her if she's "blowing off a little steam." Ruthie launches into a tirade about how, after all the work the CamRents did to get her out of public school, Ms. Riddle has "found" her again. A little paranoid, if you ask me, but then, I don't come from a family of stalkers, so I can't know what it's like to have that mindset. RevCam reminds us that Ruthie's school is called "Eleanor Roosevelt," though he mispronounces "Roosevelt." His advice to Ruthie is pretty good, though. He tells her not to run from the problem, and to change her own attitude towards Ms. Riddle so that the woman will no longer have the power to upset her. It sounds suspiciously like Method acting, but that's okay. I'd hate to think that any of the 7H actors were using Method acting to prepare for their roles, though. Especially Catherine Hicks in her Treehouse Period. But Annie's all better now. As she walks into the CamKitchen and overhears Ruthie saying something about Ms. Riddle being a "mean old woman," Annie smiles benignly and asks, "Me? I'm still the same mean old woman?" She doesn't even trash the kitchen or anything! I suspect the producers are backpedaling furiously after the treehouse debacle and trying to make SuperMom appear sane again. Ruthie tries to blame Ms. Riddle's appearance on the fact that Annie quit her teaching job, necessitating the hiring of more teachers. Annie insists that the school would be hiring more teachers anyway, but RevCam's not listening. He's obviously pissed that Annie never discussed this with him before she left her job. After maliciously throwing RevCam's earlier advice back in his face, Ruthie departs. RevCam tells Annie that he's disappointed that she didn't discuss the quitting situation with him beforehand. She apologizes and kisses him. She still doesn't smash or throw anything. Amazing!
After Annie leaves, Simon comes into the kitchen, shouting, "Who needs to go somewhere?" I think he wants to practice driving, though why anyone would even consider getting into a car with him after his low-speed car chase around town is a mystery of epic proportions. RevCam tells Simon he can drive up and down the driveway, as long as he doesn't turn around in the street. Before Simon can rush off to that fun activity, RevCam asks him what he knows about Annie quitting her teaching job. Simon knows nothing. I hope the writers aren't going to drag out this non-storyline through the entire show. See, I understand all about using suspense to keep viewers tuned in, but since surely nobody gives a shit about why Annie quit, then it's really not very suspenseful, is it?
Just as Simon leaves to go sit in the car, Lucy bounces into the kitchen to get something from the fridge. Man, that refrigerator is just covered in ugly crap. What sane person cuts out a picture of a teddy bear from a magazine and tapes it to the fridge? I'll bet the rest of the refrigerator crap is comprised of hilarious items like fake coupons for Brenda's Cookies -- Brenda's Hemorrhoid Cream too, I'd like to think. RevCam notices that Lucy's wearing Jeremy's engagement ring -- and on her engagement ring finger, no less. I'd say he could be forgiven for his curiosity when he asks Lucy why she's still wearing it. Her answer? "Because I can." No, that's really not a very good answer, Lucy, and I'm sure I'm not the only one here who's creeped out by the idea of you wearing an engagement ring given by someone who dumped your ass. Lucy's a little defensive about it, understandably, but that's no excuse for her statement: "Hey, if God didn't want me to have this ring, He wouldn't have had Jeremy give it to me." I guess that's what happens when you drop out of the seminary after only two days of classes, though you'd think that having to sit through RevCam's sermons every week would have taught her something about theology. I can see how her "logic" could be used to excuse just about anything: "Hey, if God didn't want me to rob the bank at gunpoint, He wouldn't have let me buy a gun." Maybe RevCam can even get his sermon out of this. But it looks like first he'll have get over his shock that his allegedly "smart" daughter is actually so very, very stupid.
I don't think anyone's ever accused Mary of being smart, and right now the little brain surgeon is trying to get in touch with Wilson. Again. She's perplexed because he doesn't pick up his phone, and she hasn't even been able to get his answering machine. She actually believes that if he knew she was trying to reach him, he would definitely pick up the phone. Lucy's a little skeptical, as am I. Lucy bitchily says, "Get over it! He has, obviously." Ruthie smirks.
We get an establishing shot of Wilson's apartment building. The camera gives us a close-up of a couple of windows on the first floor, implying that they're part of Wilson's apartment. That makes me wonder why Mary needed to use an elevator to leave the building a few episodes ago. What's even funnier is that apparently there's no snow in Wilson's little corner of "New York." I know the rest of Buffalo got buried under seven feet or so of the white stuff during Christmas, but around Wilson's magical building, the ground is empty. In fact, the trees still have their leaves!
The inside of the apartment is empty, too, and Wilson's landlord, Mrs. Corning, is showing the place to some prospective tenants. Actually, the apartment is not entirely empty. Not only did Wilson not cancel his phone service, but he left his phone and answering machine behind. Mrs. Corning must think that's a little weird too, because when the phone rings, she stares at it curiously for a bit before picking it up. Of course, the caller is Mary. Mrs. Corning says she's been sworn to secrecy and can't tell Mary anything, but invites her to play a guessing game about Wilson's whereabouts anyway. Mary asks if her ex has moved, and Mrs. Corning confirms that he has. She doesn't seem able to confirm anything else, though, like whether Wilson just moved somewhere else in Buffalo or whether he's in another state or city. Obviously, Mrs. Corning is a moron. Why would she suggest this inane guessing game if she doesn't have a clue where Wilson is? And where is Wilson, anyway? My money's on Glenoak, though I like to harbor the fantasy that he's buried under seven feet of snow in Buffalo. I just don't know how he could leave "New York," though. Who will do the annual report now? After deflecting Mrs. Corning's attempts to pry into Mary's break-up with Wilson, Mary thanks her and hangs up the phone. What are the odds that she'd say goodbye before hanging up? Not good.
After Mary stomps off, Ruthie watches Lucy fondle her engagement ring. She throws out Lucy's earlier advice to Mary: "Get over it. Obviously, he has." This makes me smile. Lucy tries to convince Ruthie of God's role in her wearing of the ring, but Ruthie's not that dumb. She incredulously asks, "You're actually going to invoke the name of God as the cause for your insanity?" That also makes me smile.
Simon is sitting in the car, adjusting the mirrors. I keep expecting him to make "vroom-vroom" noises, but Robbie interrupts him before he can get to that. After some pointless speculation about why SuperMom quit her job, Robbie offers to teach Simon to drive. Simon gladly accepts.
In the backyard, Mary is trying to shoot baskets, but she keeps missing. It's kind of sad that she's only ever had one talent in life, and now she doesn't even have that anymore. As RevCam walks by, Mary starts bitching to him about how Wilson has moved, and how she doesn't think it's fair that he gets to decide that their relationship is over. How very…stalker-ish. Eric has the momentous task of explaining to his dimwitted daughter that it doesn't really matter whether she wanted her relationship with Wilson to be over; the point is that Wilson did, and so he gave her the old heave-ho, which means the relationship is over. Mary has to ponder that for a bit. I know, it's a pretty difficult concept to absorb. RevCam explains that he and Annie don't think Mary is really in love with Wilson anyway, or she wouldn't have kissed that hunky firefighter dude in Buffalo. Hey, speak of the devil! There's Ben the firefighter striding across the lawn right now! For real. So how does this work, exactly? All I have to do is talk about an object, and suddenly that object will appear before me? Okay, by now I sure could use a vodka-and-seltzer, with lime. Make it a triple. Hmm -- no drink yet, and it's too cold to trudge down to the liquor store. Damn. Maybe this trick only works in Glenoak.
In an event which is about as statistically likely as Ben showing up at the CamPound, we see that Simon has smashed Robbie's car into Dopey's. Mind you, this didn't happen in the driveway or anything. No, it's on a street somewhere, and of all the people Simon could run into, it had to be Dopey. Obviously, Glenoak's jam-packed with stupid people, since even though Dopey, Robbie, and Simon have all gotten out of their cars and are assessing the damage, some dumb-ass behind them keeps honking her horn. Hasn't she ever seen an accident before? She finally figures it out and pulls past them. But then, just as Simon is insisting that he's "so dead," another car pulls up behind them and starts honking. What is wrong with this town?
A cop hands out a ticket and a lecture, informing Simon that he can't drive with his learner's permit unless he's accompanied by someone who's over twenty-five. Simon should have argued that he didn't want Robbie behind the wheel because of Adam LaVorgna's alleged drug use. Then again, maybe not. The cop starts to leave and then turns back, asking, "Why do you look familiar to me?" Simon scrunches up his brow and says, "Um, because you just gave me a ticket," which is a pretty funny line. It turns out the cop remembers Simon from the infamous "very low-speed car chase." After the cop leaves, it's time for Dopey to give Simon another of his big-brotherly lectures, but I'll spare you the details.
Mary and Ben are sitting in the CamPound living room, staring into each other's eyes. It takes a lot of acting talent to pull off something like that, and I don't suppose I need to tell you that these two just don't have it. RevCam comes in and asks if Ben is planning to stay for dinner. He tells RevCam he is, though he keeps staring dorkily at Mary the whole time. Not even when RevCam sits down across from them do the young lovebirds break their eye contact. It takes a bunch of nosy questions from RevCam to finally do that. At least Ben is smart enough to know that Buffalo is not the same thing as New York. On the other hand, the best excuse he can come up with for why he's stalking Mary across the country is that he had to pick up some rescue dog that was trained near Glenoak. Right, and that's totally likely. Ben rudely looks back at Mary and starts quizzing her about Wilson; RevCam eavesdrops shamelessly. He looks perplexed when Mary tells Ben that she and Wilson "both knew it was never gonna work out." I half expect him to blow her cover story by pointing out that Wilson dumped her, but unfortunately, he doesn't.
Annie informs Ruthie that it's almost time for dinner, but Ruthie says she won't eat with the family unless SuperMom goes back to her teaching job. What a brat. Even this does not make Annie lose her cool, though, as she tries to bribe Ruthie to come down by telling her she can meet Ben. Ruthie's not interested. After listening to Ruthie's obnoxious theory about how Mary is stuck in her past, Annie turns to leave. Before she can make her escape, Lucy storms in and starts ranting jealously about what she perceives as Mary's good luck: "She cheated on her fiancé and she gets a guy who looks like that as a reward." She finishes her tirade by screeching, "Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben!" Obviously, the psycho torch has been passed from mother to daughter, which could help explain why Annie's so calm these days. Maybe there's only a fixed amount of craziness available in the CamPound at any given time, and right now Lucy's using it all up. She refuses to eat with the family, and Annie doesn't push the issue. Hey, who would want to be around Lucy right now? Annie does tell her that she must at least say hello to Mary's "hunk -- uh, 'friend.'" Annie seems just a little too excited about Ben herself, I'm thinking. ["Is Ben's last name 'Braddock'?" -- Sars]
In the CamKitchen, Simon, Robbie, and Dopey are arguing over who is going to tell the CamRents about the accident. RevCam interrupts this wacky discussion, so Simon tells him about the accident. He and Robbie are still trying to blame each other as Annie walks in. When she hears about the accident, she just smiles beatifically and says, "At least nobody was hurt." RevCam stares at her in shock. Obviously, he still remembers her Cruella phase all too well. Annie smilingly informs them that Ben is here, and then she waltzes off. RevCam is too stunned to lecture or punish Simon, so he just wanders off in a daze. Simon escapes to his room before anyone can change their minds about punishing him -- not that having to walk home with Dopey and his bag o' lectures wasn't already punishment enough.
Mary goes upstairs and tries to convince her sisters to come down and meet Ben. She alternately begs them to come down and asks them why they won't. Ruthie says she doesn't care, and that Lucy is too jealous. Mary looks over at Lucy, who's fondling her engagement ring again. She lectures her about letting go of the past, as if she hadn't been moping over Wilson a few hours ago. Besides, I think I'd eat broken glass before I'd take any advice from Mary. When Lucy asks her about Wilson's engagement ring, Mary looks guilty, which makes Lucy suspect that her sister still has her own ring. Mary stomps off, and Lucy asks Ruthie if she knows where the ring is. Ruthie sums up my attitude perfectly when she says, "Don't know, don't care."
Down in the dining room, Dopey and Robbie are having a friendly heart-to-heart with Ben, who's going on and on about Mary and Wilson. This scene's gimmick is that Dopey and Robbie aren't saying anything; they just shrug or nod in unison to everything Ben says. I know that sounds annoying as hell, but because it makes the guys look goofy beyond belief, it's actually kind of amusing. Finally Dopey pipes up to say that the Camden women are "fickle." He goes on to share some of the family dating history with Ben, who stares at him and Robbie as though they're freaks. This lovely scene is interrupted by Lucy, who rattles off a greeting and then beats a hasty retreat. The guys discuss her engagement ring for a bit, and then Dopey asks Ben about his "women." Ben says he dated the same woman all the way through high school and college, but when she moved to London, they drifted apart. Then he met the lovely and talented Mary. She chooses this moment to grace them all with an appearance. She's wearing some hideous mauve lipstick that really doesn't go with her burgundy/rust-colored top. The guys tackily wish Ben luck in his pursuit of his prize, while the prize stands there looking stupid.
RevCam wants to know why Simon is not being punished, but Annie thinks he's already been punished enough, since he has to live with getting a ticket, and with the knowledge that he banged up Dopey's car. She has even more wisdom to share, as she informs RevCam that Dopey's problems with Robbie hearken back to his jealousy over the fact that he thinks Robbie has been trying to usurp his place in the family. She even says that Dopey moved back home in an attempt to "reclaim" his "territory." Of course, as I remember it, John kicked Dopey out of the Swingin' Bachelor Pad because Priscilla moved in, and he had nowhere else to go, but if Annie wants to practice her armchair psychology on RevCam, I'm not gonna stop her. That would be because I'm still scared of her. Luckily for us, the doorbell puts an end to her psychologizing.
It's Ronald, Robbie's brother -- not the Lance Bass brother, but some other guy who also made out with Lucy a few years ago. This Ronald guy looks like he's stupider than Dopey, Robbie, and Wilson put together. Or maybe it just seems that way because the actor playing him is wooden enough to make Jimmy Plywood look animated. Ronald explains that he's not on speaking terms with the Lance Bass brother because he made out with Lucy on the Promenade. The CamRents let it slip that Robbie has also made out with Lucy, so Ronald storms off to kick his brother's ass. It's a good thing that he informs us that he wants to kill Robbie. I'm not sure we would have guessed that otherwise, since his tone of voice hasn't changed one iota throughout this scene.
Unfortunately, the promised ass-kicking never materializes. After the commercial break, Ronald is sitting up in the girls' room with Ruthie. How he got there is never explained, and frankly, I can't imagine the CamRents letting this unbalanced freak spend time alone with their eleven-year-old daughter in her bedroom. Ruthie's trying hard to ignore him as he natters on about how he's in love with Lucy. Finally, Ruthie's had enough. She slams down her pen and explains that Lucy's not ready for a relationship, let alone marriage. Ronald is a little taken aback, I think -- it's hard to tell when someone has only one facial expression -- and says that he never mentioned marriage. Having grown up watching her sisters, poor Ruthie probably thinks it's normal for people to get engaged after a date or two. Ronald crassly explains that making out with Lucy inspired his songwriting, which makes a disgusted Ruthie ask, "So two years later you've come back to get another jolt of Lucy's make-out mojo?" Ruthie rolls her eyes and says she doesn't have time for Ronald, so he sighs and lies back down on whoever's bed he's lying on.
In the Hello Kitty room, Robbie asks Dopey why he's not at work. Dopey answers, "Because I don't have a car, moron." What a dumb statement, made even more regrettable by the fact that he just had to tack that insult on at the end. There must be about fifty other ways Dopey could get to work, but if he's too much of an idiot to figure that out, he's in no position to be casting aspersions on anybody else's character. Not that Robbie isn't a moron; I just don't think Dopey, of all people, has any business pointing it out. It's like this person who wrote me hate mail about my recaps and tried to call me stupid, but was unfortunate enough to misspell "stupid." Dopey subjects Robbie to another of his patented bossy lectures, claiming that Robbie caused the car accident on purpose. Robbie asks, "'Accident on purpose'? Does that even make any sense?" No, and I think Robbie's line may be the most intelligent thing I've ever heard on this show. Dopey switches from car issues to the fact that Robbie is letting his brother hang around Lucy when she's not stable. I wonder how, exactly, it is Robbie's responsibility if his brother wants to visit over-eighteen Lucy. And if he's really that bothered by it, can't Dopey just meddle in it himself, the way he always does? Realizing he's losing this battle, he resorts to that trademark move of sore losers everywhere: walking out of the fight before Robbie can point out how absurd his arguments are.
Ruthie finally decides to go downstairs and check out Ben for herself. Of course, it's possible that she just couldn't take Ronald's company anymore and had to flee her bedroom. She's amply rewarded for the effort of walking down the stairs when she gets to feast on Ben's hunky good looks. She even walks around him to check out his ass. I kid you not. Ruthie's certainly not shy about voicing her thoughts either, as she asks Ben if he's ever been on a fireman's calendar. He says Mary's looking for the keys to her car, since she's going to take him for a drive. "Car"? What car? Don't tell me she still has that expensive sports car she tried to buy last year. If so, how does she make the payments on it? You know, seeing as how she's made no effort even to look for a job. Ruthie leaves before she can "fall in love" with Ben. I guess the director told the guy who plays Ben to act like he thinks this is sweet and cute, rather than creepy and off-putting.
Mary is searching for the car keys. Ruthie comes in and says something about Lucy having taken the car "to pick up guys." That's too depressing to think about, so I'm going to pretend I never heard it. Ruthie moves on to extol Ben's virtues and give Mary some un-asked-for advice about Wilson: "Forget that you ever got engaged. Forget that you never gave him his ring back. Forget that he moved away without telling you where he was going. And forget about finding him." Of course, Ben walks in and catches the latter half of this speech. I can't say I give a shit about Ben and his happiness, but I am happy to see Mary get busted like that. Ben asks to talk to her on the back porch.
Outside, Ben reaches over toward Mary and pulls out the necklace she's been hiding under her shirt. It turns out to be the engagement ring Wilson gave her. ["How Carrie Bradshaw of her." -- Sars] He says, "I thought so. I noticed it at dinner." I assume he means he saw the outline of the ring through her shirt, which means he probably spent most of dinner checking out her rack. Mary employs her trademark phrase: "Let me explain." He's not overly interested in hearing her explanations, though. He says he came to Glenoak to see if she could ever be a part of his life, adding that she's "really beautiful." Note that he doesn't have anything to say about her personality or her conversational skills. She begs him for another chance. He just calls her "beautiful" once more and then leaves. "Whew! That sure was a close call," he must be thinking. Mary stares after him and takes off her ring necklace. Lucy arrives and insultingly half-apologizes for borrowing Mary's car without asking. Mary does something kind, for a change, as she tries to warn Lucy about Ronald by saying, "You might want to take that ring off before you go inside." Lucy insists, "I'm never taking off this ring," as she stomps toward the house.
RevCam goes on a fishing mission by commenting on how calm Annie seems. She decides to let him in on some of her many, many insights. After referring extremely vaguely to recent world events, Annie finally tells us why she quit her job. Teaching had always been her dream, so she was thrilled to get this job. But while she enjoys working one-on-one with kids, she feels "disconnected working with a group of students in a classroom." Okay, whatever. You know, that really doesn't explain anything, but since I can't imagine anyone gives a flying fuck about this storyline, I'll just move on.
Ronald's still in the girls' room, tunelessly crooning some crappy melody, when Lucy walks in. Unaccountably, she is happy to see doofy Ronald. Ruthie kicks them out of the bedroom. And who can blame her?
Down in the living room, Lucy asks Ronald what he's doing at the CamPound. He ever-so-suavely replies, "This," as he starts kissing Lucy. Man, if someone ever said anything that cheesy to me, I'd hurl. Evidently, Lucy is not as selective, and it only takes her about three seconds to take off Jeremy's engagement ring.
At this point, I'm vastly heartened by a commercial break. And it's not just any commercial break! Here's a PSA, courtesy of Hal and Joanne from Body Break, who exhort us to "Keep fit and have fun!" I can't be the only person who loves their cheesy segments that epitomize everything that's wrong with Canadian-produced television. Hearty Hal smilingly chatters on about nothing, really, and then Joanne goes into her ugly kitchen to put together a bland recipe. This time it's Onion Soup, with a half slice of toasted store-bought bread in each bowl. It's garnished, of course, as any great onion soup would be garnished: with a sprinkling of light cheddar cheese. Mmm. After watching Ronald and Lucy, I wasn't sure I could go on, but Hal and Joanne always cheer me up immensely.
I can even face Dopey and Robbie arguing in the CamKitchen. Dopey proves Annie's theory right by confronting Robbie about "the past three years." He thinks Robbie has tried to take over his position in the family. Ew, I hope that doesn't mean that Dopey used to make out with Mary and Lucy and share a lot of sexual tension with RevCam. Dopey insists that Robbie can't take his place, and I agree. Robbie's not nearly enough of a judgmental prick to lecture and interfere with the rest of the Camdens the way Dopey does. He does do a little lecturing now, though, as he tries to convince Matt to let go of the past and move on -- or, as he puts it, "It's time to leave the nest and graduate from being a big brother to being an man." Amen to that. I can't say I'm broken up about Barry Watson's plans to leave the show after this season, so it's nice to see that the producers are already starting to lay the groundwork for it now. This scene ends with a very manly half-hug. As the guys leave, we see that Annie and RevCam have been eavesdropping from the hallway. I could say I'm appalled, but that would make me a liar. Frankly, I've become pretty desensitized to a lot of the CamTackiness by now.
Ruthie is down at school for a meeting with Ms. Riddle, who explains to the girl that she used to be a very angry person who took her anger out on others. Ruthie wants to know who she was angry with. Ms. Riddle tells her that it was her fiancé, whom she'd dated all through high school and college. Hmm -- I feel I've already heard this story somewhere else in the episode. Wait a second. She's not going to say she was supposed to marry hunky firefighter Ben, is she? No, Ms. Riddle's guy ended up running off with her sister, and as far as we know, Ben's not married. So Ms. Riddle started a career in teaching, but she was hampered by low self-esteem. Oh, come on, we know how to cure that. Obviously she just needed a man to complete herself! Well, after some anger-management classes, she found a man, the principal at Ruthie's old school. Now that she and the principal are getting married, one of them had to transfer to another school, which is one of the reasons she ended up at Eleanor Roosevelt. She cites the other reason, which is that she wanted to patch things up with Ruthie, but that's so preposterous that I think we can just ignore it. Ruthie asks if Ms. Riddle kept her engagement ring from the first fiancé. Well, what do you know -- she did! She finally mailed it back to him recently, because she'd learned to let go. Yeah, yeah, letting go of the past. Okay, we get it.
Lucy and foul Ronald are making out on "their" couch (I assume) when Mary walks in and asks if Lucy's ready to go. Lucy explains that she'll be back soon, but she has to go to the post office now. Ronald doesn't think this is weird at all. In fact, he wants Lucy to pick him up some stamps. Lucy doesn't think that is weird at all. I wonder whose room Ronald will wander into during Lucy's absence. It would serve him right if he walked in on the CamRents getting it on upstairs. He'd probably just sit down on their bed, though, and try to engage them in conversation, or start singing his stupid Lucy-inspired ditties. Mary has addressed a couple of envelopes so that she and Lucy can send their engagement rings back to their respective owners. See, they're letting go of -- okay, I know. You get it. As they put the ring boxes into the envelopes, Lucy finally wields the theme mallet by saying, "We're really kind of pathetic." Mary seems to be racking her brain to recall what "pathetic" means, but she does figure it out and says, "Yeah, but we don't have to keep being pathetic." Yeah, but you know what? I'll bet you will.