We open outside the Brown House at night. Irv tells us that there's nothing in the world like being in love. We close in on a window, where we can see Ephram "Hot Pants" Brown, writing a song on the piano. Irv tells us that love gives us the courage to do things we would never have had the courage to do otherwise. Like date an older, bucky babysitter. Ephram works on his song, messes up, gets frustrated, and throws paper around. Treat comes down the stairs and watches his son with a mini-grin.
Fade to the day, where Amy Abbott has picked up a Leonard Cohen album in the music store. She pays for it.
Fade again to school, where Ephram works on the song in class. Amy looks over and gives him a sweet smile. He returns it. Aw.
Fade to Amy at Edna's, putting together a huge "one-month anniversary" basket for Eyebrows. Irv says something about love and objects of our affection, and already I'm dreading the cheesiness to come.
The moment of truth. Ephram plays his song on the piano for Madison Poppins. She looks mighty uncomfortable. Ephram finishes, looks at her face, and says, "You hated it. It was bad." Madison lies that it was awesome, and that she loved it. Ephram insists that she's embarrassed. Madison says she loves it, really, and that the band's going to love it, too. Ephram gets all excited that she's going to show it to the band. They kiss. Ew.
Trailer Park. Amy Abbott drives up to a trailer marked "Callahan." Ah, the famed Eyebrows Estate. Amy gets out of Edna's truck and walks uncertainly to the door with her giant basket in tow. A hard-livin' lady answers, and asks, "You from the church?" Amy freaks, says she has the wrong place, and bails. Nice. Irv finishes up: "Inspired by love, we can move mountains, make great changes, do great things. But we can also become so blinded by it that we forget everything, everyone, even ourselves." We focus in on Amy Abbott. Amen, brother. Credits.
Abbott House. Bright "Hotter Every Episode" Abbott slurps cereal from a bowl. Rose tells him that they do own spoons. Bright: "Faster this way. Don't wanna be late for my first day back to school. All the ladies are waiting." Yes, they are. Rose tells Bright that she needs him to pick up some things for Patch's birthday dinner that weekend. Bright asks if they're still doing "that," and Rose responds, "Of course we are; why wouldn't we?" Aw. Patch comes in all dressed for work, and Rose comments that he slept late. Patch, who looks pretty haggard, says he's just tired. Tired of thinking about the Crazy, one assumes. Patch looks at Rose's grocery list and wonders why they need two dozen eggs. Bright does an incredibly bad but also endearing version of the "it's your birthday" part of "In Da Club." Hee. Patch tells Rose that a big birthday thing isn't necessary this year, saying, "A celebration seems somewhat gratuitous, all things considered." Rose insists that they have a party, even if it's a small one. Patch tells her it's up to her, kisses her, and leaves. Rose and Bright exchange "What are we going to do about Sad Daddy?" looks.
“ Eyebrows's phone rings, and he makes an excuse about not taking the call. His phone is clearly set to the 'Dealer' ringtone. ”
Cut to Spanish class, where Bucky's Ex is handing back tests. He gives Ephram some lip in Spanish about his poor grade. Real mature, Prom Boy. Amy apparently didn't do so well either, so they wait until after class to ask Prom Boy if they can do extra credit. He makes them ask in Spanish, and Ephram sucks at it. Amy tells Ephram, "You just said 'I'm very pregnant.'" Heh. She asks in slightly better Spanish about extra credit, and Prom Boy says that they can do extra credit by bringing an authentic Mexican meal for the class, translate the recipes into Spanish, and bring it in by Monday. They leave sadly, lamenting their poor cooking skills. Silly plot device to get Amy and Ephram back together, but she's so much more normal around Ephram that it'll totally do.
Diner. Treat and Rinda flirt sweetly about who's cooking dinner this weekend, and Rinda asks Nina what movie they should go see. Nina says that the last movie she saw in the theater starred Molly Ringwald. What, she didn't take her hyperactive kid to Finding Nemo or something? Treat asks Patch if he knows of anything good. Patch responds, "I endure these lunches as a forum to discuss topical medical issues, not to engage in a dialogue over your weekend's Events Calendar." Rinda and Treat grin bemusedly, and Rinda informs Treat that Patch's birthday is coming up. Treat realizes that he's late for a patient, and leaves hurriedly with Rinda, leaving Nina to drop hints to Patch about her sad, sad life, and how Treat's been too busy to support her as a friend lately. She asks him to give Sam a flu shot later, and says that Treat's been so busy lately, he probably doesn't have time. Patch says he will of course give Sam a shot, and remarks, "Any patient of Andy Brown's...was once a patient of mine."
Amy and Eyebrows. She gives him his gift basket. He likes it, and tells her that he doesn't remember what his life was like before he met Amy. Whatever, dude. Eyebrows's phone rings, and he makes an excuse about not taking the call. His phone is clearly set to the "Dealer" ringtone. He gives Amy her anniversary present, which is an extremely expensive Blackberry. Good Lord, it's been a month. At this rate, he's going to have to start selling more than drugs.
Over at the Brown house, Treat is cooking up some health food as practice for his dinner with Rinda. He tells Delia that he's got the recipes divided up into things he can eat, and things that make him sick. Delia asks if she has to eat it. Ephram comes in and asks, "Eat what?" Delia makes a face and answers, "Booger wheat." Hee. Ephram announces that he's eating dinner with Madison, and Treat is like, "Now?" Ephram says he could move it to tomorrow, but then it would be lunch. Treat wants Ephram to eat with his family, and says he doesn't know what the deal is with Ephram; in the last week, he's only been home to change clothes, and to sleep. Ephram doesn't know what the big deal is. Treat tells him that a relationship is supposed to add to one's life, not become it. Ephram counters that before Madison, he had no life. Then he just walks right out, leaving Treat and Delia to stare forlornly at the door. Delia tells her dad that she liked it better when Treat and Ephram hated each other. You and me both, kid.