Reaper“Coming to Terms”
Original air date: April 29, 2008
Ashi – TwoCents Reviewer
Here’s a pop quiz. What do you do when your significant other sees you chop a guy’s head off on a bounty hunt?
a) Tell them the truth over drinks
b) Get your friends to kidnap and stuff them in the trunk of a car
c) Show them a normal man transforming into a demon
d) Get your Satanic boss to kidnap and stuff them in the trunk of a car
e) All of the above
If you’re Sam in this situation and Andi’s threatening to call the cops on you, apparently your answer is e). You’re usually pretty safe bubbling “all of the above” in those multiple-choice tests.
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Original air date: April 29, 2008
Ashi – TwoCents Reviewer
Here’s a pop quiz. What do you do when your significant other sees you chop a guy’s head off on a bounty hunt?
a) Tell them the truth over drinks
b) Get your friends to kidnap and stuff them in the trunk of a car
c) Show them a normal man transforming into a demon
d) Get your Satanic boss to kidnap and stuff them in the trunk of a car
e) All of the above
If you’re Sam in this situation and Andi’s threatening to call the cops on you, apparently your answer is e). You’re usually pretty safe bubbling “all of the above” in those multiple-choice tests.
The Devil has Sam chasing a narcissistic escaped soul named Jack King who indirectly mass impregnates prospective mothers by passing off his sperm as other men’s. Easy enough. Head to the sperm bank, capture the soul with a wicked cool scythe, and ship the guy back to hell. Just one complication: Andi followed Sam and Sock to the bank and sees Sam behead Jack, and now she thinks he’s a murderer. Sam gets 24 hours to clear this mess up or she’ll turn him in to the police. He has to come clean about being a Reaper, but not without doing the Devil a favor. Making her believe him becomes a fiasco involving e) all of the above, but instead of Andi coming around she becomes so scared of Sam she doesn’t want anything to do with him.
The Devil isn’t too thrilled either that Sam seems to be prioritizing the Andi business over catching Jack, and he’s threatening to “take care of her himself” if Sam doesn’t get back on track. During his previous scuffle with the “semen demon” (Sock and his word play), Sam forgot Jack’s hand, and a new Jack regenerated from the missing appendage. By the time Sam goes back to the sperm bank Jack’s already up and left, but Sam finds the soul’s day planner marked with all of his babies’ birthdates. To the hospital our boys go. Sam and Sock corner Jack in an operating room, but Jack cuts off his left hand and throws it off to grow into a new Jack. Sock goes after the hand and leaves Sam to deal with the soul on his own. Who comes to his rescue other than the unsuspecting Andi, who happens to snatch the scythe out of Jack’s hold and seal the self-loving soul?
Sam’s bummed out waiting for Andi to meet him at the bar. After he caught the other Jack, she freaked and ran out on him. She comes by though and apologizes for being afraid of rather than for him because of his hellish job.
All is right in Samdi land, when Satan calls Sam up for the promised favor. Remember scary yellow-eyed Tony from “Rebellion” when the Devil found out and killed all the defecting demons? Tony comes to take revenge on Sam for betraying them in all but 39 seconds of show time. Deep down he knows Sam’s innocent, so he lets him in on his plan to rebuild the rebellion in his and Steve’s retirement home out in the country. The Devil wants Sam to play mole and spy on the rebellion army since he can’t see, hear, or get past the house’s circular fencing. Great job, Sam. How are you going to get out of this deal now?
I was slow on getting the masturbation jokes the writers slipped into this episode. Jack King, jacking (off)? Frequent porn shop customer? Cutting off his hand and saying he’s going to miss his old friend? Maybe it’s because I’m a girl or I’m an ignorant prude or both, but I totally missed those jabs until Internet folk on some messageboards pointed them out. Sly, writers. Real sly.
Poor Andi. The guys didn’t treat her well at all. From being stuffed in the back of a car twice and being scared out of her wits seeing a man turn demon, it’s no surprise she panicked the way she did. But a horrified Andi is a strong Andi who packs a mean punch. Now that she knows Sam’s secret, she could be really helpful on escaped soul hunts. Between the trio and her, she’s the one with real moves. I’ll be so happy to see her finally be something other than the pending girlfriend. That storyline dragged on long enough as it is.
Yay for getting much needed Ben time. Sock does such a good job playing sidekick that Ben tends to fade into the background. Plus, Sock got two of his own storylines already with his mom eloping and kicking him out of the house, and Josie hooking up with Ted. We can gather from this episode why Ben hasn’t had any romantic prospects for 15 episodes. 1) He has a ten-year old laminated list of high standards for a girlfriend, and 2) He’s a sap – enough of one to marry his English immigrant co-worker Sara to help her get a Green Card. And just his luck, once he says his I dos, he finds his perfect girlfriend at the hospital. It’ll be interesting seeing how this fake marriage plot unfolds. I project lots of laughs and awkwardness.
Initially I wasn’t impressed with this episode, but after a second go I caught on the humor and the relationship angst. Sam was really quick to agree to the Devil’s deal. Stupid, but what could he do? He couldn’t exactly tell Andi behind his back, or else he’d find out and hurt her. I guess when you love someone you’ll do anything for them.
What did you guys think? How’s Sam going to get around spying on the rebellion? Does Ben have a chance with his Phil Collins? Any guesses what potpourri Andi’s was choking on in Sock’s trunk? Give us your two cents. Sock needs gas money.