It's a sleepover at Amanda's house, and Amanda is forcing Busy to practice the tango, because that was apparently a really popular dance for kids in the 1990's. "This is the kind of stuff they do before you're allowed to have sex," says Amanda. Then she reveals that her father taught her about foreplay. Gross. Amanda practices kissing her arm, and Busy says how dumb this is because her arm can't kiss back. You know where this is going next, and they can do it because it's Canada.
Amanda takes out her retainer, kneels down and puckers up. She suggests they practice together. Busy's response is maybe one of the most unintentionally funny lines of the series.
"Are you kidding? We're both girls!" Now why would they give her a line like that? It was obvious that kid was going to grow up to be gay. No "wouldn't that be weird since we're friends?" or anything. It seems kind of cruel. Anyway, Busy, you had your chance, son, and you blew it. Amanda drops the subject quickly and goes back to her arm.
The next day, a phone call from Amanda interrupts the Ramones arguing about store stuff. Amanda is being allowed to have a chaperoned party. In the background, Mrs. Ramone mumbles that she's sick of meat and maybe she doesn't want to be a butcher's wife anymore. Busy finally has to hang up because the fighting is too loud for her to hear Amanda's first kiss fantasies.
Busy goes into her parents' bedroom at night and finds her mother sleeping alone, her father having decided to sleep on the couch. Nothing really important is said in this scene, but it's pivotal in that I think it's where Busy realizes that her parents are really having problems.
Amanda talks about the balloons she's getting for the party as Troy rides up and says how good "Biz" looks. Since Amanda is so expectant about getting her first kiss, you know it's actually going to be Busy who gets hers, right? It hardly ever works out in real life like that, but since this is TV, there's really no question about it.
Unfortunately, Amanda doesn't realize she's a TV character, so she goes to the trouble of inviting Justin, whom she has deemed "great first kiss material." Monkey Ears steals an invitation.
At dinner that night, Busy's mom has an announcement to make. She's going to "take a few weeks off and stay with Grandma" and figure out what's she's going to do with her life. "What life?," asks Dom. "That's my point," says Mrs. Ramone. I have mixed feelings about this. On the one hand, I don't think parents should leave their children, but on the other, would anyone think twice about this if it was the father leaving because of marital discord? I think the main problem with this is that Lucy is leaving not just because of her husband, but because her children are lazy and argumentative. This kind of thing can really give a kid a complex.
Amanda is still babbling about kissing, though to be fair it's unclear whether or not she knows Busy's mother has left. They see a couple making out in the park and this sparks a conversation about getting married. Busy says she's never going to because it causes too many problems. Later Busy angrily tells Frankie he's dumb to think their mother will only be gone for two weeks.
Amanda mentions that she invited Troy to cheer Busy up because her parents were fighting. Busy is pissed because she didn't want anything to do with the kissing games and feels her privacy was violated. She says she isn't coming to the stupid party now anyway, and Amanda and Troy can have a great time talking behind her back.
Busy's mom is ready to go and wants Busy to make sure everyone takes their vitamins. When she sees Busy is bitter about her leaving, she says it's between her and Mr. Ramone and has nothing to do with Busy. That's hard to believe, though, with all the scenes leading up to this of a stressed out Mrs. Ramone with the kids arguing and demanding things of her. Busy storms out angrily, probably to go to the party.
We cut to Amanda's party, which is a bomb, and yes, Busy shows up, but only to set things straight with Troy. In the background, Amanda's mother flashes the lights and calls "Everybody decent? I'm coming downstairs!" like she would really be all right if all these kids were naked.
Busy talks to Troy, who assures her everything is fine and these things happen in families. Justin comes up to Amanda with a bottle and tells her she gets to spin first. Amanda declines because she's upset that Busy's mad at her, but Busy says if Amanda doesn't kiss someone soon, she's going to lose it.
Predictably enough, Amanda spins and the bottle points right at Monkey Ears. Though she protests, she eventually lets him kiss her on the cheek. Then of course, Troy spins (even though it's not his turn) and lands on Busy. Busy gets nervous and runs off.
Troy goes after her and they kiss. I couldn't get a very good picture of it. Is it wrong that I thought the Amanda/Monkey Ears kiss was hawter? Anyway, Amanda is lurking in the background the whole time. Interestingly, Amanda's voyeuristic tendencies will be addressed in a future episode. Amanda and Busy discuss the kiss and end the episode by spinning around in the front yard and doing the tango.
Busy Ramone VS. DJ Tanner
I think Busy's first kiss was at least partly inspired by this Full House episode. DJ is shy about playing Spin the Bottle, runs off and eventually gets her first kiss anyway. The last part isn't shown on this video, but it was all I could find.
So that's it for the first season. Next episode: Busy and Amanda find a sex book.
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