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Theory about episode: It sucked because of all the cut scenes. What happened in the cut scenes? Lots of gay sex of course! Well... maybe not, but perhaps just a little?
Extra convo, kid giving Sam his number.
Kid angry because, moved schools, no friends at this school, he's gay and can't tell *anyone*, and Dad's oblivious enough that the kids he thinks he should be making friends with, are druggies and tweakers. His Dad thinks he's weird just because he's into insects. He's in AP Science and a bunch of advanced classes, and it just makes his Dad insecure.
"Dad thinks I'm gay."
"Are you?"
sighs "I don't know. Mostly."
Angry confrontation - "You never listen to me! What did I do? I never lie to you, and yet you ignore everything I say!"
"God, I do well at school, I never get into any trouble, what's your problem?"
"Look, I know you didn't want to move here, but every time I've tried to help, you've deliberately ignored me! You don't want to make friends, you don't want to get involved, you just sit in your room and sulk, or go and play with your... insects!"
Kid stares at him bemused, "I'm not sulking, I'm a geek. I *like* playing on my computer, and I'm getting excellent grades in AP science. What's your problem?"
"Oh come on, when you came here, I invited all those kids from school, and you ignored them just to spite me!"
"What? You mean Brad and Constance and all the rest?"
"You know who I mean!"
"Wait, no... Dad. That had nothing to do with you. God, open your eyes! I'm not friends with them because they're fucking *tweakers*."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying, Brad's a dealer. They're all into crystal meth, all they ever do on the weekends is drive around getting trashed, and knocking over letterboxes, when they're not getting paranoid and beating someone over - "
"*Son*, that's just *not* true. Their parents are very respected in the community, and there's no way their kids would be doing things like that."
Kid looks disgusted with Dad.
"Yeah, whatever. Don't believe me. Why would you? They're spoilt rich hick-town brats, and I'm just your son. When have I ever lied to you?"
Father starts to look doubtful/concerned, rather than angry "Look, okay, you might have a point..."
"Might have a point? For fuck's sake! Just... leave me alone!"
"You might have noticed that we're stuck in this house!"
Yeah, well, you can stay here and look after Mom, and I'll see if I can board up the house a bit better, or use some of the equipment from my room. Give me some space."
"I..." fathers jaw tightens, and he turns aside.
Mother, turns concerned, "Honey, -"
Sam interrupts, "It's ok, I'll go with him. It's a good idea - we should shore up the windows a bit better."
"Hey, you're not doing too badly, at least you're honest with your father."
Kid snorts, "Yeah, but only because he's too much of a wuss to actually *ask* me anything..."
"What do you mean?"
Kid lips twist up in the mockery of a smile, "He *thinks* all sorts of things about me, but doesn't have the guts to find out."
"Like?"
"I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm gay. Another thing to be disappointed in. I'm too geeky, and I wear nice shirts. Obvious, right?"
Sam cocked his head to the side, "Are you?"
Kid darts a look up at him, nervous then takes a breath.
"I... I don't know. Mostly. I think."
Sam just nodded.
"You don't mind?"
Sam held a hand out to help him up and smiled, then shook his head.
The kid smiled shyly back.
So. Find out the kid's actual name? Yep.
Theory about episode: It sucked because of all the cut scenes. What happened in the cut scenes? Lots of gay sex of course! Well... maybe not, but perhaps just a little?
Extra convo, kid giving Sam his number.
Kid angry because, moved schools, no friends at this school, he's gay and can't tell *anyone*, and Dad's oblivious enough that the kids he thinks he should be making friends with, are druggies and tweakers. His Dad thinks he's weird just because he's into insects. He's in AP Science and a bunch of advanced classes, and it just makes his Dad insecure.
"Dad thinks I'm gay."
"Are you?"
sighs "I don't know. Mostly."
Angry confrontation - "You never listen to me! What did I do? I never lie to you, and yet you ignore everything I say!"
"God, I do well at school, I never get into any trouble, what's your problem?"
"Look, I know you didn't want to move here, but every time I've tried to help, you've deliberately ignored me! You don't want to make friends, you don't want to get involved, you just sit in your room and sulk, or go and play with your... insects!"
Kid stares at him bemused, "I'm not sulking, I'm a geek. I *like* playing on my computer, and I'm getting excellent grades in AP science. What's your problem?"
"Oh come on, when you came here, I invited all those kids from school, and you ignored them just to spite me!"
"What? You mean Brad and Constance and all the rest?"
"You know who I mean!"
"Wait, no... Dad. That had nothing to do with you. God, open your eyes! I'm not friends with them because they're fucking *tweakers*."
"What are you saying?"
"I'm saying, Brad's a dealer. They're all into crystal meth, all they ever do on the weekends is drive around getting trashed, and knocking over letterboxes, when they're not getting paranoid and beating someone over - "
"*Son*, that's just *not* true. Their parents are very respected in the community, and there's no way their kids would be doing things like that."
Kid looks disgusted with Dad.
"Yeah, whatever. Don't believe me. Why would you? They're spoilt rich hick-town brats, and I'm just your son. When have I ever lied to you?"
Father starts to look doubtful/concerned, rather than angry "Look, okay, you might have a point..."
"Might have a point? For fuck's sake! Just... leave me alone!"
"You might have noticed that we're stuck in this house!"
Yeah, well, you can stay here and look after Mom, and I'll see if I can board up the house a bit better, or use some of the equipment from my room. Give me some space."
"I..." fathers jaw tightens, and he turns aside.
Mother, turns concerned, "Honey, -"
Sam interrupts, "It's ok, I'll go with him. It's a good idea - we should shore up the windows a bit better."
"Hey, you're not doing too badly, at least you're honest with your father."
Kid snorts, "Yeah, but only because he's too much of a wuss to actually *ask* me anything..."
"What do you mean?"
Kid lips twist up in the mockery of a smile, "He *thinks* all sorts of things about me, but doesn't have the guts to find out."
"Like?"
"I'm pretty sure he thinks I'm gay. Another thing to be disappointed in. I'm too geeky, and I wear nice shirts. Obvious, right?"
Sam cocked his head to the side, "Are you?"
Kid darts a look up at him, nervous then takes a breath.
"I... I don't know. Mostly. I think."
Sam just nodded.
"You don't mind?"
Sam held a hand out to help him up and smiled, then shook his head.
The kid smiled shyly back.
So. Find out the kid's actual name? Yep.