Episode Report Card Ragdoll: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Blame Game
By Ragdoll | Season 1 | Episode 9 | Aired on 11.17.2003
He puts the phone back into his pocket and turns his attention back to Brooke: "Where were we?" She says coyly, "Why? Are you having fun?" He nods and almost falls into her, they're leaning so close to one another. Brooke whisper-flirts, "Good." Pause. "So what's your take on tattoos?" Luke doesn't know; it depends. She grabs his hand and pulls him off to the side of the bar, where they can have a bit of privacy. She leans against the wall; he faces her with his hand above her head. Brooke unzips her pants, holds them up with one hand, while she shows Luke her tattoo with another. She whisper-lusts, "What do you think about this tattoo?" Of course, she's wearing red underwear. Luke looks down, clears his throat, leans in closer toward her face, and says, "I think that one is very, very sexy." She says, "Right answer." And they start making out like crazy. Whew. For a second there, I felt kind of like I was writing porn. Pardon me, ahem, I need to get a glass of, ahem, water.
Heh. Honey. "Hip-hop can't take you places ballet can." Heh.
Luke stumbles home and tries to close the door quietly, but he's drunk, so his motor skills aren't really functioning. Keith turns on the light. Luke hollers, "Keith! Hey, man!" Keith says, "Are you okay?" Luke points at him and replies, "Perfect." Keith: "Have you been drinking?" Luke giggles. It's pretty cute, actually. He says, "Oh, Keith, there is this girl." Keith just nods his head and sighs: "Now, I know how my old man felt when I came rolling in." Luke just stands there as Keith lectures, "Why don't you go sleep it off and we'll talk about it in the morning." Luke sort of nods and then carts his sorry ass off to bed.
The next morning, Nathan comes downstairs to find his father reading the paper. He almost doesn't go into the kitchen. Then he changes his mind and decides the best course of action would be to make a smart-ass comment: "What are you doing, Dad? Still looking for your name in the box scores?" Dan chides him, "Hey, knock it off and get serious, you've got a big game coming up." Nathan starts to walk away, but Dan just can't let it lie: "And you think you're going to break my scoring record." Then he actually snorts -- he blows air out his nose and snorts like a horse. Jerk. Nathan walks away, but not before leaving his feelings in a big, wet, and messy puddle on the floor.
Keith comes into Luke's room, saying, "Come on, Tara Reid, you're going to be late." If anyone actually understands that reference, can you please let me know? Luke immediately pulls a shirt over his shoulder, hiding something from Keith, who, of course, notices right away. Luke pulls the shirt away and says, "Check that out!" Keith walks toward him and says, "Tell me that's a joke." He shakes his head: "Wipe it off, okay?" Luke says point-blank, "Keith, it's a tattoo." Like that's the most normal thing in the world for a sixteen-year-old to do on a like Wednesday night: go off, get drunk and get scarred for life. Oh boy. ["Also, like any tattoo parlor would take a kid who's both underage and drunk. Doesn't happen." -- Sars] Keith says, "Of what?" Luke says quietly, "It's an ancient symbol for fun." Heh. Keith: "Oh, for fun? Because I thought it was for freaking fool." Luke tries to defend himself, but Keith's still on that whole lecture circuit: "Luke! Your mom trusted me. She's gone five days and now you scar yourself for life." Luke insists that it's "just a tattoo." Keith rages, "It's a tattoo, there's no 'just'!" Pause. "What were you thinking? You're out half the night, you're drunk, and now you've got a tattoo? What? Did you join the navy too?" Heh. Keith continues, "You took advantage of me, Luke, you'd-a never pulled a stunt like this if your mother was here." Luke fights back a bit: "What stunt? You mean actually enjoying myself for once?" First of all, really dumb to get a tattoo on your shooting shoulder the week of a really big game, because it's going to be so sore that you might not be able to even lift your arms above your head. Second, that tattoo is huge and probably would have taken the artist about an hour to two to do. Third, the proliferation of Chinese characters out there tattooed on people bodies is one thing, but to get a word like "fun"? How embarrassing is that going to be when you're sixty and telling the grandkids the story? Looks like Luke actually needs to find his halo -- he turns into an idiot when it goes missing. Luke snits, "You said it yourself, my mom's not here, is she?" Keith points at him: "Your ass is grounded." Then he tries to walk out the door, but Luke calls out to him. Keith turns back around: "Bread and water, hardcore grounded, starting now." Who knew Keith could play parent so well? Before he leaves the room, he says quietly, "I expected more from you."
Haley and Luke eat lunch outside and catch up. She asks what he did last night. He says nothing, you? She says nothing too. Then Luke admits that he kind of made out with Brooke last night. Haley's flabbergasted. Then Luke admits that he was actually drunk. He explains, "We went out as friends but things kind of escalated." Haley laughs, "You and Brooke Davis, please." Luke seems kind of offended: "What, is that so strange?" Haley tells only the truth: "Yeah, it is." Luke bitches, "You know, she's different than the Brooke people see." He points his water bottle at her: "You of all people should understand that." Haley: "Because of kissing Nathan?" Luke: "If I told you not to do that anymore, would you listen?" She asks, "Would you?" They both laugh and say, "Probably not," at the same time. Haley asks him about Peyton. Luke jokes, "Yeah, you can kiss her if you want." Luke gets serious: "I told her how I felt, but she doesn't feel the same way." Haley insists, "Maybe she's just not ready." Luke's not buying it: "Naw, she said she just wants to be friends." Haley teases, "So are you and Brooke Davis like a thing now?" Luke replies, "No, we went out, had fun, that's all." Haley gives in: "Well, if that's what you want, you deserve to be happy." Luke wholeheartedly agrees, and so does his tattoo.