TEXT: Gretchen: Yes, Rodney, I know the agreement is for two years. The truth is, I'm on dialysis. It's acute renal failure caused by sweat poisoning. Strenuous exercise could literally kill me. I'm with my doctor right now. Let me put him on. Jimmy: Oh, come on. (Sighs) (Indian accent): This is Dr. Patel. Look, between you and me, she's on her deathbed. I told her to cancel her gym membership just to give her a purpose in her final hours. What a tragedy to die so young having not accomplished anything in life. Gretchen: Oh, that guy. What a pessimist. I'm gonna fight this thing! Thanks, Rodney. You've been a delight. Jimmy: Why don't you just say, "I don't want to go to your dumb gym anymore?" Gretchen: Because I don't want Rodney out there judging me when I don't show up for 10:00 a.m. Pilates class. Jimmy: You've never been to a 10:00 a.m. anything. Gretchen: My flight's soon. Can we continue this when I come back from parental purgatory? Jimmy: Are your folks really that awful? Gretchen: Just uptight and lame. They act like I don't have my sh1t together. Jimmy: Those clothes aren't even fully dry. Gretchen: I'm gonna go borrow your toothbrush. (Edgar sighs) Jimmy: Uh, the trash goes from inside to outside, not the other way around. Edgar: Oh, I've been trying this recycling thing. If I save up enough money, I can buy Ambien from this Web site. Jimmy: Isn't the V.A. supposed to give you drugs for your... for your war brain stuff? Edgar: I don't want to use up resources when there are vets out there with real problems. Jimmy: You're trading soda cans for black market pharmaceuticals. That is a problem! Edgar: Fine. I'll go talk to them. Gretchen: And I'm out. Jimmy: All right, just let me wash
SUMMARY:
When Gretchen's parents pay her a visit, she attempts to conceal them from Jimmy, first by pretending to leave town to see them, and then by persuading a random couple at an art exhibit to pose as them. She concocts an elaborate lie about them having to return home so her father can have a back operation. After she leaves Jimmy realizes, in a sequence parodying The Usual Suspects , that she used cues visible in the gallery to invent the lie. Lindsay, guilty over having cheated on Paul, spends a day with him. Edgar attempts to get medication from the VA office to help him sleep, but finds the caseworker is trying to avoid helping him. Following Gretchen to an expensive country club, Jimmy is shocked to learn that she had a strict upbringing and her parents still think she is a goody-two-shoes . Jimmy "outs" Gretchen to her parents, causing a fight with Gretchen at Jimmy's house. Sneaking into Jimmy's room, Gretchen accidentally finds the ring Jimmy originally bought for Becca. Thinking it is for her, she announces she is done with Jimmy and runs out.