By Cate
The Weir parents are sitting in a wood-paneled room -- they probably call it the rec room or something. According to the closed captioning, they're listening to the Who song "Squeeze Box." At first, the Weirs agree that the tune is "kinda catchy," but then the singing begins. Dad Weir hears, "Mama's got a squeeze box she wears on her chest," and asks, "Is it just me, or does that sound filthy?" Mom Weir tries to explain that it's about an accordion, but Dad is skeptical. When they get to the part about Mama going "in and out and in and out," Dad insists it's not about an accordion. He gets progressively more riled until he says, "'In and out'? In and off is what it's going!" He gets up to turn off the music.
At school, Kim hands Lindsay a piece of paper and asks her to give it to Ken. Lindsay looks at it and asks, in disbelief, "You're copying Ken's homework?" Kim says it's hard going because Ken "writes like a mental patient." Lindsay tries to convince Kim that they should tell Millie about killing her dog, and accuses Kim of hanging around with Millie out of guilt. Kim insists that Millie is "kind of funny," which is definitely an understatement. She goes on the defensive when Lindsay suggests that they shouldn't interfere with Millie's life and asks, "What are you so worried about anyway, you know? That Millie's gonna start hanging out with us and that you're not gonna have anyone to run to when you get sick of your bad friends?" She leaves, but not before threatening to kick Lindsay's ass if she tells Millie anything. I'm sure Kim would do it, too.
Biff and Gloria discuss Bill's unwillingness to accept their relationship. Biff is obviously frustrated because he thinks Bill doesn't like him. Smart guy, that Biff -- except for the part about liking the Rocky movies, of course. Gloria insists that if Biff spent more time with Bill, they could forge a friendship. I'm not so sure about that myself, but Gloria seems convinced. She suggests that Biff take Bill to Go-Cart City. He should take her up on that idea, because I doubt there's much else the guys have in common.
As a matter of fact, Bill is, at that moment, busy dissing Fredricks. He calls him fat and says that he never plays the games he makes the students play. Ha! The total lack of physical exertion expended by my own Gym teachers is something I always used to wonder about -- when I wasn't busy devising ways to get out of Gym class, that is. Neal points out that there's no career advancement for a Gym teacher. Sam sticks up for Biff, though, pointing out that he let Bill be a captain in Gym class. That's not good enough for Bill, though, and he sarcastically says that he will have to start calling Biff "Daddy" now. Why, there's his new dad at the door now, extending the invitation to Go-Cart City. Bill hems and haws until Neal accepts it, on behalf of all the geeks. Biff is not prepared for this, but he handles himself well and cheerfully invites all three guys. Sam accepts happily enough, but Bill says, "Yeah, I guess so," in a tone of voice you'd expect to hear if someone had offered him a root canal performed with rusty farm implements. Biff leaves, and Bill gets mad at Neal for accepting Biff's invitation. Neal points out that it's easy enough to ditch Biff "and ride go-carts all day." Bill is not convinced.
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