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OVERALL IMPRESSIONS: This episode is way above average, and I�d probably call it a classic if there were not a couple of episodes among the season�s first eight that are slightly better than this one.
MEMORABLE MOMENT: When Brent declared to Wanda that he had figured out her height, only to learn that Wanda had been standing on a dictionary. Why Brent didn�t measure the thickness of the dictionary and perform some simple subtraction is beyond me. Of course, based on the foiled plan with Hank he could have just measured Hank from the chin up and done some simple subtraction there as well, but I digress.
MEMORABLE LINE: �It�s like a stop sign that didn�t quite make it� from Lacey, as she was casually dismissing a yield sign. It reminds me of my sister�s attitude when I was teaching her how to drive. Of course, her attitude towards speed limit signs was no less casual, but I digress again.
KUDOS TO GABRIELLE: She�s priceless as she has Lacey play a.) a bitch who�s pissed off at Karen, and b.) an asskisser who�s sucking up to Emma. This is some of her best comedic work ever on this show, which is really saying something.
FUNNIEST LINE IN THIS EPISODE: �Yeah, bite me� from Lacey to Karen. As much as I like Lacey as a character, I find it especially funny when she�s in a bad mood - and Gabrielle always makes this work flawlessly. The best example is probably her rant about jewelry to Wanda in the second-season Poor Brent, but Lacey�s �yeah, bite me� is simply killer.
FUNNIEST SCENES IN THIS EPISODE:
1.) When Hank asks Karen if she�s tall enough to rob the store, and then Wanda walks in.
2.) When Oscar rants to Lacey about how making fun of a yield sign �crosses the line.�
3.) Brent trying to learn Wanda�s height under the guise of checking tax information.
4.) Karen�s slam-dunk �Shaq Attack.� For those who might not know the reference, Karen is referring to Shaquille O'Neal. If you remember the reference to Rocket Ronnie in Face Off about a guy that gives himself a nickname, clicking on the link I just provided will give you an opportunity to read up on someone who has actually given himself several.
5.) Oscar bitching about the heat in the house, comparing it to other climates, and Emma saying �I never should have gotten you that atlas.�
6.) The flashback showing how Wanda anticipated Brent�s plan.
7.) Lacey mocking Davis upon seeing his new platform boots.
8.) Oscar exploding upon learning that the new thermostat in the Leroy home is good for the environment.
9.) Seeing both Oscar and Emma suffer under their compromise and Oscar telling Emma �Oh, go hug a tree.�
10.) Wanda ruining Brent�s plan by making a fool out of Hank.
11.) Oscar�s remark about the ozone layer.
12.) Lacey and Karen saying �Excuse me, I�m right here� in succession.
13.) Karen telling the Leroys that Davis is sulking because he�s shorter than she is.
14.) Brent referring to the dictionary as �my old nemesis.�
15.) Brent�s hypothetical refusals to take down the security sticker, especially the one showing him in a good mood.
16.) Lacey�s statement that she�s not an axe murderer.
17.) Oscar�s �You�ve taken the metric system and used it for good.�
NOTES: In case you�re interested in the height question (and judging by some of your mail, there is an interest there, especially given how many people want to know Gabrielle�s height and how many actually cared enough to ask what mine is):
� Nancy Robertson, who plays Wanda, is listed at 5�1� on imdb.com.
� Karen Pelly may be 5�5�, but in an interview with flare.com Tara Spencer-Nairn reveals that she�s actually 5�3�.
� I decided to investigate the idea that 5�5� (65 inches) is taller for a woman than 6�1� (73 inches) is for a man because it didn�t sound right to me at all. After looking at several sources of average height for males and females in the United States and Canada (examples include Statistics Canada, the 2005 Canadian Community Health Survey 3.1, The United States� National Center for Health Statistics, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), I can state with the utmost confidence that Karen�s assertion is an absolute crock. If I were to average my findings from each source, which didn�t ever vary more than a half an inch either way, the result would look like this: the average female on this continent is a quarter of an inch below 5�4� and the average male is a quarter of an inch below 5�9�. Given that Davis is over four inches taller than the average male, in order for Karen to be �taller for a woman than Davis is for a man� she would have to be taller than 5�8� by a half an inch or more.