Back to Camden Manor, where Jeeves is pulling the car...I mean, where SuperMom is singing to the babies with impromptu lyrics to the tune of "Mary Had a Little Lamb." The phone rings (thank God, no more singing), and it's none other than...the Almighty RevCam! He's just calling to check in and see if Annie needs anything. She needs ground beef. They establish that RevCam hasn't eaten yet today, and SuperMom wants him to. She's worried about him. RevCam then gets beeped (?) and has to go. Close in on RevCam in the phone booth. Sweating profusely, he speaks to a woman on the phone about picking up and dropping off her medication. He then dials Annie again, because he forgot what she wanted. Annie: "Hamburger meat. And don't worry about dinner tonight. It'll be just fine." RevCam: "Right. It'll all be just fine." He hangs up, and once again the Telltale Heartbeat takes us into commercial. Boy oh boy.
It seems as though Dr. Jekyll thinks that THIS IS THE MOMENT. I disagree.
Matt: "Where's [sic] Mom and Dad? I have something to tell them." Dynamic Duo (in unison, yet again): "You got a job!" Matt: "I got an apartment!" Dynamic Duo (unison): "An apartment and a job! (everybody now!) We're movin' on up, to the East Side. To a. Deluxe apartment. In the sky-uy-uy-uy." Enough already with this unison crap. Shut up, the botha youse! Matt asks, "What job?" but before the DD can answer (in unison, no doubt), Simon enters and asks what all the screaming is about. Mr. Stupidhead suggests that perhaps Simon's new hairdo may have something to do with it, but since Simon can't hear me, Matt tells him that he found an apartment.
Simon becomes perplexed, then angry, then sad, then pensive, then a little hungry, then back to perplexed, and says "So you're just taking off, just like that? I mean, no warning? Nothing? You're just abandoning me?" To this, Matt replies, "Yes, you little schmap! Now THRECK OFF!" (tm Sars) No, he doesn't really say that. Instead, he tells Simon that he isn't abandoning anyone, and that he's moving right across town. Simon says something that pretty much amounts to "whatever," and takes off, seemingly pretty pissed. Whatever.
Enter Aunt Julie and the original drummer from Spinal Tap (a.k.a. Julie's new hubby Hank), carrying groceries and whatnot. Julie has made all sorts of salads, including a "Jello Salad" that not only looks repellent in every way and nothing like Jello but also bears a striking resemblance to a bloated Rocket Pop. Hank details the new job to Matt (he's going to be working in Glenoak Hospital's Cafeteria). Not only does Matt get shafted with minimum wage, but he also has to be there at five in the morning. That sucks. At least I think it does, but apparently Matt is pretty amped about the whole thing, and he has to run and tell the others. After he has left the kitchen, the Dynamic Duo adorns Uncle Hank with hugs and says (of course, in unison, what did you think? That they'd give up now?): "We will love you forever and ever and ever and ever for this!" That's great. I am going to go vomit now. The DD leaves, Julie's baby kicks, and nobody cares.













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