Hell's Mole

We join our heroes engaged in the timeless debate: Who is America 's favorite fat cat, Garfield (favored by Sock) or Heathcliff (promoted by Ben)? Sock simply cannot accept that someone might actually choose Heathcliff. Ben avers that it is simply a matter of preference. I'm simply happy to have the opportunity to share this with all of you. Sam enters the room and announces that the store has been closed for an hour and since he did all their closing work they are both buying him beer. Sock and Ben agree to table the conversation until they get drunker and I have to admit that I would like to see the drunken stupid end of this argument. Really, Ben? Heathcliff? That lasagna-hater? Anyway, in the weekly set-up, Sam goes to his locker to get his jacket and finds a blazer with a sticker that says "put me on." He follows direction and is magically transported to meet the Devil. For some reason Sam still looks surprised by this turn of events. The Devil, however, has been expecting him. He is sitting at a table in business formal Italian restaurant with a man he introduces as Mike. (How do I know it 's an Italian restaurant? The statue of Garfield eating lasagna in the background.) Sam says he's supposed to meet Andi and the guys, but the Devil tells him to sit. The Devil and Mike swap tales of dirty deeds done and Sam looks uncomfortable -- sort of like when you 're forced to go to a dinner party with your divorced Dad and his friend and they start swapping stories about their sarcastic overweight cats who hate Mondays. Awkward! The Devil convinces Mike to try his lothario 's luck on a newly engaged girl who has rushed off to the payphone to tell her mother the news that she is engaged, but still doesn 't have a cell phone. As soon as Mike has left the table the Devil gets very serious and tells Sam there is a vessel under his chair and he needs to go grab Mike. Sam is confused because he thought they were friends. Needless to say, they are not. The Devil knows Mike is slippery as a popsicle in a Cancun summer and wants to make sure there are no mistakes. Sam grabs the vessel, which looks exactly like the Polaroid camera I lost at fifth grade summer camp, and snaps a photo of Mike. I always knew cameras were soul-suckers.

On line at the DMV, Andi complains to Sam that they waited for him at the bar for two hours and that it is not fair that the Devil can snatch him whenever he wants and that they can 't do anything about it. Okay Andi, first, you waited at a bar . If you are going to get stuck somewhere, a bar filled with your best friend and a roomful of alcohol is not such a bad place to end up. Second, your boyfriend 's boss is Satan. As Sam turns in the vessel to Gladys, Andi gets the demon seal of approval when she mocks Gladys 's horns, which sort of makes me feel bad about calling her whiny. Back at the Workbench, Ben is trying to shove Sock into the freezer compartment of a stainless steel refrigerator when Sarah comes running up and demands a kiss. As Ben shoves her off his face she explains that the immigration officer is there and they need to look convincing. As Ben and Sarah engage in clumsy face-mashing, the aforementioned immigration officer turns the corner. He sets up an interview for them tomorrow at four without explaining what he's doing out of his municipal office.

Sam is organizing overstock tools or something on a very high shelf when the Devil rushes in and with a devil-may-care attitude swoops the rolling stair thingy out from under Sam 's feet, leaving him to cling to a pipe. The Devil is PO 'd because Mike is still out of hell. When Sam explains that he dropped the vessel off at the DMV, the Devil returns the stairs and Sam crawls down. The Devil apologizes and states that Hell has a Mole (which sounds like an awesome videogame: "Hell Mole! Bane of Satan!"). The Devil is going to do some interrogations, but in the meantime Sam has to collect Mike again. Sam gets the vessel and is transported to a house. As a car pulls up in the driveway, Mike pops out of an upstairs window half-dressed. As he scampers down the decorative column, a woman throws him his pants. Sam stops lurking in the azaleas and Mike waves at him. He asks if he can put on his pants before the photo and then asks if they can "make a memory." Sam agrees, they put their arms around each other 's shoulders, and then Mike is sucked into the vessel. Again. When Sam makes the DMV drop off, he watches Gladys closely to make sure she really delivers the vessel. When Sam walks off satisfied that his job is done, Gladys smirks, pushes a button, and pulls the camera out of the chute and shoves it in her bag with a little kiss. Hell hath no fury like a mole named Gladys. Bane of Satan!

Sam and Andi are reading the paper in the bathtub displays at the Workbench when Tony comes rushing up and hugs Sam. He has been worried because El Diablo is on the war path about Mike 's continued escapes. Tony offers to be of assistance and Andi asks him to look at Sam 's contract with the Devil. Neither Sam nor Tony thinks it will do any good because those contracts are pretty rock solid, but Tony agrees to have a gander. Meanwhile, Sock is helping Ben and Sarah prepare for their interview with the INS. Sock is unimpressed with their fake family albums. Not because of the badly Photoshopped vacation pics, but because of the lack of nudity. Sock convinces them that loving couples take nudie shots all the time and if they don 't believe that then they should at least believe that the INS guy will be so shocked by the dirty photos he will have no choice but to accept that their passion is real. Sarah goes for it and shows Sock some naked photos she has of herself on her phone. Apparently class is not something they look for in immigration interviews. By the way, I believe now is the appropriate time to present my model immigration policy. Simply put, I believe there should be a niceness test for all new immigrants. If you are an ass you can 't immigrate. We have enough jackass native sons, we don 't need jerks from the Czech Republic, Iceland, or (dare I say it?) Canada. However, if you are nice, Welcome to America! Anyway, back to our show. Needless to say, Sock and Sarah convince Ben that naked photos are a good idea.

Sam is riding the elevator to his apartment when Mike hops on to the elevator with him. Awkward! Mike tries to convince Sam to go out clubbing with him, but Sam has no interest in going out "clubbing" with some middle-aged tanning salon milquetoast like Mike. Mike is disappointed to hear that despite all his charm, Sam is still intent on collecting him when he gets the vessel back. As Mike disappears, Sam opens the door to his apartment to find the Devil ready to celebrate the recapturing of Mike. Sam breaks it to him that Mike was just in his elevator and the Devil is less than thrilled. Sam doesn 't understand why the Devil cares so much about Mike since he 's just a player. The Devil looks hurt by this and explains to Sam that Mike is not just a skeeve -- he causes real havoc. He takes Sam on a field trip back to the house where he caught him climbing out the window to illustrate Mike 's damage: After Mike 's fling, the husband shot his wife and then killed himself. It was all Mike 's fault and he must be captured.

At their INS interview, Sarah and Ben fail to impress the civil servant with either their naked photos or their ability to invade each other 's personal body space without grimacing. Oh and Ben forgot Sarah 's mom 's name. The immigration officer tells them to prepare for jail and deportation.

Andi and Sock are arguing about what Andi should wear to the club tonight while they wait for Sam to get the contract from his parents. As Sam lumbers to the car under the weight of the contract, Sock and Andi comment on the size of Sam 's contract, which sounds like a really lousy pick-up line. Sam says it was strangely hard to convince his parents to give him the contract, but doesn 't really elaborate. During a really awkward moving-car shot where the "car" does nothing but move up and down like some pimped out hoopty, Sock talks to Ben, who is already sauced at the club. He is so sauced that by the time Sock, Sam, and Andi show up, he is actively getting kicked out of said club. Ben drunkenly tells them that he is going to jail on Monday because of the INS interview and then rips off his shirt and tears down the street. As they go to retrieve Ben 's drunk ass off the hood of the parked car he plowed into, they spot Mike getting chased out of the club by an irate boyfriend and climbing into a getaway car. Gladys 's car.

As the Scooby gang pulls up in front of Gladys 's house, Sam puts two and two together and realizes that Mike hasn 't been escaping from Hell, he hasn 't been going there at all. They bust into Gladys 's living room and catch the couple canoodling on the couch. As Sam tries to snap a photo of Mike, Gladys throws herself in front of the camera, blocking his shot. Gladys won 't budge and Mike grabs a knife and holds it to her throat threatening to stab her unless they let him go. Sock busts up laughing because Mike has managed to the one person he couldn't care less about as a hostage. As Sock launches into a tirade about how much he doesn 't care about Gladys, Mike stabs her in the neck and runs out the back door. Obviously the Scooby gang freaks out. For some reason they decide to take Gladys 's body with them and shove it into the Prius to a passed-out Ben. No one knows what to do with a dead demon 's body (er, leave it in the living room?). Sock feels guilty about causing Gladys 's death and suggests that they burn her like a Viking. Sam figures they should ask Tony, but he 's not home, so the decide to bury her in Tony 's backyard. Sock suggests that they say a prayer, but Sam points out that Gladys was a demon, so instead Sock decides to sing Sabbath. Heh. Ben wakes up to Gladys 's dead body just in time to help bury her. Tony shows up just then, too, so they have lots of help, although even with five people they still manage to dig a hole that's way too small. Sock offers to fold her. It 's really the least he can do what with getting her killed and all. During the eulogy Tony finally realizes that Gladys is a demon. He pulls out the blade that is still stuck in her chest and she wakes up to Sock looming over her. She chokes the living daylights out of him obviously. What would you do if you woke up to that guy leaning over you?

The Scooby gang takes Gladys to the bar to work off the whole being dead thing. She chugs pitchers of beer and tells them that even though she knows that Mike is a jerk and that the Devil is going to catch her, she is tired of being lonely. She is the saddest little demon! The day at the DMV, the Devil casts his long shadow over Gladys 's workstation. He tells her that confession is good for the soul, She looks doubtful.

At the WorkBench, Original Cindy (oh you know what I 'm talking about) informs Ben and Sock that Ben is an idiot, but if he can pay his fine he may not have to go to jail. Sarah, however, is what in this country we call S.O.L. Ben breaks it to her gently via pretzel. Sarah is so upset she has to stop shaking someone 's new living room paint in order to process her grief. Those paint mixing machines always looks like so much fun, not that I would want to do it professionally or anything. Sarah tells Ben that she is planning on bribing the immigration officer and she needs his money. She can 't get sent back to Slough, er rather Manchester -- it 's too horrible there! She will do anything not to be deported. She sweet talks him and he reluctantly agrees to give her the money. She goes back to her paint mixing and sweetly reminds him to bring cash.

Out in the Workbench parking lot, Gladys shows up and tells Sam and Andi that Mike will be crashing a wedding this evening and they can find him there before he sticks it to the bride. Dirt-ee! Gladys then gives Sam her cat and his skin condition and asks him to take care of it because she has been re-assigned back to the home office. Andi begs Sam to do something about it, but Sam points out that Gladys is a demon and probably has lots of friends in Hell. Just as he has Andi convinced that Gladys is going to have a great time in Hell, one of the giant worms that haunts Hollywood (see Tremors, Beetlejuice, and Dune for examples) pops out of the asphalt and swallows Gladys whole and completely undermines Sam 's point. Rude!

The Scooby gang hits the church just in time for the wedding. Much to everyone 's surprise, Andi is dressed up all fancy and girl-like. Her fancy duds let her walk into the church, while the boys ' scrubby chic gets them blocked at the door. They decide to scoot around back and look for another entrance (Sock suggeststhey light the church on fire and smoke Mike out, but sadly Sam chose to ignore him.) As Sam finds the back door, he runs into some bridesmaids looking for the bride. He sends them off and sneaks into the church. He finds Mike hiding under the bride 's dress. Wow, this show is really making the most of its past-bedtime time slot. Mike makes a break for it and Sam sets off in pursuit. They end up in the church 's utility shed. It is really dark. As Sam desperately tries to snap Mike 's photo, Mike points out that Sam only has a few flashes left. My, what a helpful demon. As Sam uses his last flash trying to capture a photo of Mike 's soul, Mike tells him that Andi is going to need a lot of comforting once Mike kills him. Mike tackles Sam, but without a flash, Sam can 't see him to take the photo and capture him. Luckily Sock and Ben bust down the door and let in the sunlight just as Mike has transformed to demon form and is about to off Sam. Sam snaps the picture and Mike disappears. Gosh Sam sure is lucky that it was sunny in Seattle that day.

Ben calls Sarah desperate to know what is going on with the immigration officer. Did the bribe work? Sarah breaks it to him that there was no bribe. She is taking his money and going on the lam. Ben frantically explains that without the money to pay the fine he will go to jail. Sarah doesn 't really care. She is running. There is no way she is going back to Manchester. Or Slough. She tells him that in her heart he will always be her first husband and that she left him some mac and cheese in the fridge. Bless her heart.

Tony and his friend are pouring over Sam 's contract. His friend asks how well Tony knows Sam, because they have a problem. Apparently someone went through the entire contract and carefully removed every reference to Sam 's father. Who is Sam 's father? The demons exchange knowing glances.

Ben is preparing to go to jail. His girlfriend Dee is dropping him off there. She is being understanding about dropping her boyfriend off at jail because she is excited that once Ben gets sprung he won 't be married anymore. Silver lining! Sam gives Ben a jail care package and Sock gives Ben a black eye so he will look tough while he 's in the clink. I guess Sock has finally answered the eternal question of what to get the guy who has everything! They hug and Ben goes off to spend his eight days in jail. As Sam collects shopping carts in the parking lot, he runs into the Devil, who is there to thank him for a job well done. Sam asks him to release Gladys on the grounds that it would be good for business if his employees didn 't hate him so much. The Devil points out that he debated Daniel Webster and that Sam is no Daniel Webster. Sam says please, makes puppy dog eyes, and the Devil falls for it. He pops Gladys out of Hell and she stumbles off into the sunset. Sam and the Devil split some turkey jerky unknowingly under the gaze of Tony and his friends, who have staked out the Workbench parking lot to spy on Sam. When faced with the evidence that Sam got the Devil both to show mercy and to split his turkey jerky, Tony have to recognize the truth: Sam is the son of the Devil.

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2008-05-18
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