Written by Michael Panes
Synopsis:
Andy and Kevin meet Tina, George’s older sister who has come in to visit from college. Both of them fall in love with her, which causes Kevin to become extremely angry at Andy after he sees Tina sleep with him. Blaming Andy and believing him to be a degenerate pervert, he takes out his anger at Andy while at the local science fiction convention which they all attend with her.
Meanwhile, Gus comes home with a knife in his head and refuses to remove it despite Wally’s nagging and subsequent failed attempts to remove the knife himself. In order to make Gus see things his way, Wally welds a birdcage, a candelabra and some other items he scrounges up to make Gus look more like a public spectacle than he already is. That causes Gus to falter and he agrees to remove the knife.
At the sci-fi convention, Tina breaks up a fight between Andy and Kevin and expresses her shock and disgust to them, although it’s unclear if she is talking to Andy or Kevin. She tells them she has to leave for her train and she’ll call ‘him’ (Andy or Kevin) if she gets back, but ‘he’ (Andy or Kevin) will have to get his act together.
Review:
This is another funny episode, mostly because of the barrage of jokes, ranging from that painter from PBS with the afro (I forget his name right now) to the many sci-fi / nerd jokes throughout about Babylon 5, Vampereilla, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek and of course, Star Wars. The main plot about the love triangle is handled well also because of Kevin’s hilariously pathetic interpretation of Tina’s actions towards him and his definition of a ‘girlfriend.’
From what I can tell myself, I think Tina was talking to Andy at the end. Kevin seemed nothing more to her than a cute kid, one of her little brother’s friends. And of course she slept with Andy which gives her further reason to get upset over his immaturity.
The subplot with Gus was kind of strange. It had its moments, perhaps due to its strangeness, but it was overshadowed by the main plot to a degree that it felt even less of a subplot. Or perhaps it was just so strange to me that I just found that feeling overpowering the humour.
4 out of 5
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