Misbegotten
Updated 2003-02-28 16:00:00
Johnny says he needs to go because he has a lunch date with Dana. Bruce (in his role as viewer surrogate) asks how that's going. Johnny says he hasn't talked to her for a while, and that he cancelled once. Bruce thinks Johnny is screwing up the relationship. Johnny says that Dana thinks it's due to him and Sarah. Bruce says that the thing with Sarah was "a one-night mistake," but Johnny insists that "it changed everything." Bruce says that we learn from our mistakes, and then decides that with his abilities, Johnny should learn from his mistakes before he makes them. A tech sets off the security alarm and Johnny and Bruce are both startled. Bruce suggests that instead of sharks, they fill the moat with koi. Johnny says no and walks off.
Johnny drives down the road. He comes upon a car that appears to have run into a telephone pole, and is smoking. He slows and sees the driver slumped over the steering wheel, so he stops and walks back. Dude, just whip out your cell phone and call 911! What if the car's about to blow? He asks the driver if she's hurt. She says she's not, and that she just looked down for a second. Johnny finally pulls out his phone, but the woman insists that she'll be all right. Johnny grabs the car door to pull it open for her and goes into a vision of Crazy Carol standing in front of the car and giving the woman the thumbs-up. When Johnny snaps back, Crazy Carol is holding a chloroform (I assume)-soaked cloth over his face. Another woman is filming the whole thing. Johnny struggles and then falls to the ground. The driver, the woman with the camera, and Crazy Carol all stand over Johnny and smile.
Bruce talks to Dana on the phone. She's upset that Johnny is an hour late for lunch, and that he's not answering his cell phone. Bruce says he has no idea where Johnny is. Dana asks if Sarah called him. Bruce is sure that Johnny wouldn't just blow Dana off. Dana tells Bruce to have Johnny call her, clearly pissed. Bruce is like, "How did I get in the middle of this?"
Dana knocks on Sarah's door. Sarah is not very happy to see her. Dana says she's looking for Johnny, but Sarah says he's not there. Dana wants to see for herself. Sarah tells Dana that she has "a hell of a lot of nerve," and that she's busy. Sarah tries to slam the door, but Dana learned the old "foot in the door" trick that they must teach in Reporter School. They argue some more, until Dana is interrupted by her cell phone ringing. It's Walt, and he wants to know if she's seen Johnny. Dana hasn't, and reveals that she's with Sarah. Walt wants to know if Sarah has heard from Johnny. Sarah grabs the phone and asks what's going on. Walt says that an officer found Johnny's car on a back road, and there are no signs of an accident, but no signs of Johnny, either. Walt promises to call both women if he finds anything out. Dana hangs up. Sarah says she won't sit there and wait for a call. She grabs her coat, and she and Dana take off. What about J.J.? I guess he's in school.