Just when I’m about to give up on this episode, we learn that Sam Donovan is coming in tonight, which isn’t a surprise, since we saw William H. Macy in the "coming up" scenes from last week, but still, cool! Casey likes Sam because "he drives Dana crazy." Danny asks Casey what his concerns were that he mentioned earlier. Casey says that he has to go to Charlie’s class to make a presentation, only he says it "pree-sentation" but no one in the audience would notice since everybody is at this point saying, uncomprehendingly, "Char . . . lie?" before remembering, "Oh yeah, Charlie, Casey’s Son And Occasional Plot Device." Casey has no idea what he’s going to demonstrate. Dan non-reassuringly says, "He’s ten, Casey, he’s going to be mortified by you no matter what." Casey says, "Thanks, Dan," and Dan corrects him, "Daniel," and Casey tells him to shut up, which I think is ABC subtly telling me to shut up but I! Will! Not! Be! Silenced! This plotline is ridiculous. I’m willing to bet there was once an ABC After-school Special about a kid who was worried about the upcoming Parent Day since his dad’s a janitor and doesn’t have a cool job like the popular kid Charlie whose dad hosts a sports show or something. And the janitor’s son doesn’t want to tell his dad about Parent Day because he doesn’t want to be embarrassed. But the dad finds out anyway and shows up and is totally cool and all the kids love him and his son realizes he doesn’t have to be ashamed of his dad. And then the janitor’s son gets called over for the first time in the recess game of Red Rover. If I were Casey, I’d be way more worried about my kid recognizing me instead of being embarrassed by me.

In the control room, Jeremy and Natalie are talking about Jordan’s new cologne. Jeremy says the publicist faxed him the press kit, as if the press kit could just be faxed over and didn’t also include a promotional video, still photos, and samples to win over the journalists. Just last week I received a violin case from Johnson’s with a card that said, "A Symphony of Skin Care," and it contained facial cleanser, body wash, and facial wipes, and I admit the violin case impressed me, so I took it home. After playing basketball at the Y, I decided to take a bath, since I used to soak after games in high school, and I thought that body wash worked like bubble bath, so I squirted some in, and it foamed some, but not really enough for a bath, but now I had my heart set on a bath so I squirted in some Sunlight cleanser that was in the kitchen (the green "Apple Blossom" kind) and that worked fine. I’m just saying that I have seen many press kits and if Jordan’s publicist can just fax over the press kit, Jordan needs a new publicist.