Episode Report Card Miss Alli: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Personal Dynamics A-Go-Go
By Miss Alli | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.02.2001
More bickering between Esquire and Danza ensues, in which Margarita -- so full of baloney she could change her name to Oscar Meyer -- tells Rob that she and Frank were not trying to ditch them. (Ooh, Rob, beware! It's a trap!) "It wasn't about not working together," she lies through her teeth, creating a hopelessly dodgy grammatical construction that has "prevarication" written all over it (and, thanks to my seventh-grade vocabulary book, spelled correctly). This Margarita comment also instantly calls to mind the best double-negative television ever gave us -- Tami's classic "It wasn't! Not! Funny!" from the L.A. season of Real World.
After Esquire pulls away in the cab, Rob explains that after their experiences with Danza the last couple of days, he and Brennan have finally given up on EDG. Thus endeth this show's most enduring "official" alliance. Meanwhile, back at the bottom of the hill, Frank self-righteously complains that Rob and Brennan are "liars," even managing to make the "lawyers/liars" joke that was only about five hundred years old when a Jim Carrey movie put it in the mouth of a precocious tot several years ago. Frank, when you find yourself making a creaky old precocious-tot joke, it's time to look for new writers. Margarita comforts herself with the fact that obviously Rob and Brennan weren't really her friends anyway, because they hadn't talked to her and LPFrank last night about ordering two cabs. Hmm. That is an interesting question, although certainly as of Avignon, Esquire was still playing along, yes? Those lawyers are tough to figure.
5:04 AM. Team Guido rips open the clue. They look at the flag and think it's from Morocco. (Bzzzzt. Though, again, reasonably close. The Moroccan flag is red with a gold star. Incidentally, thank my copy of Geographica's World Reference for all these flag facts.) The Guidos still match, which just chaps me more than I can tell you. In an interview, the guys tell us that the competition is becoming "more cutthroat." Joe elucidates as follows: "It's about winning now. It's about winning and not letting anybody else win." I immediately write this down, so that later on, I can trace it in pencil onto a needlepoint canvas and make it into a pillow to throw on my couch. Bill is wearing a floppy khaki hat with "Team Guido" on it, and I now see that their matching yellow knit polo shirts say "Team Guido" as well. What is this, their entire freaking clothing line? Guys, here's a rule of thumb: you are really only allowed to wear self-promoting clothing if there is someone else in the world who might be interested in wearing clothing promoting you. Your mother doesn't count. Bill orders a taxi. He speaks French, you know. You may not have heard.
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