Mary is at the doctor's office and finds out that she's in perfect health and shouldn't have any problems with the pregnancy. She comments that she never remembered it being this bad before and that she's terribly tired. "Well, you're not eighteen anymore," the doctor says, but I'm sure she meant seventeen, which we all know is when Mary had Meghan. Mary says that she keeps craving instant mashed potatoes, which she hates, and she keeps thinking she smells smoke. The doctor tells her that phantom smells are common. She shows Meghan the baby's heartbeat on the ultrasound and offers to make a videotape for her husband. "I think I'd better tell him first," Mary exhales as we see her face reflected in the ultrasound monitor. The Anxious Guitar plays as Mary continues to exhale and we fade to white and cue the opening credits. Now, I'm no doctor, but isn't that kind of soon to be looking at a kid's heartbeat? Just asking.
Not even treated to a commercial break, we zoom right into Meghan walking over to the family car. Kenny is in the driver's seat. He thanks Meghan for offering to give him a lesson. She buckles up, flips hair, flips hair, flips hair. Says, "You're welcome," flip, flip, flip, flip. She tells Kenny that she doesn't want to spend her life there, so let's get going, flip, flip, flip. Kenny starts blabbering about how he didn't think they'd just jump right in and why not give him a lecture or something. The hair-flipping is mercifully interrupted by Slut-Girl driving up in her convertible with the same hair as Meghan and actually says, "Hey, Green! I was gonna go do some shopping for our history project. You need some more vinyl in your wardrobe." Kenny gives Meghan the "History project?" look and Meghan says she'll explain later. Kenny says it's no problem and that she should go and "have fun." Right. The picture of a brother-sister relationship.













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