"The Easy Way"
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Written by: Adam Mann
Directed by: Jane E. Thompson
Aired on Nickelodeon: January 28, 2001 at 8:00 p.m.
My Overall Opinion of the Episode:
Lindsay Felton has always done a great job portraying the tough and aggressive side of Caitlin's "in-your-face" personality. This episode is one of the best examples of that.
The Cast:
Philip Akin -- Mr. Watson
Cynthia Belliveau -- Dori Lowe
Lindsay Felton -- Caitlin Seeger
Brendan Fletcher -- Eric Anderson
Jeremy Foley -- Griffen Lowe
Tania Saulnier -- Taylor Langford
Ken Tremblett -- Jim Lowe
Stephen Warner -- Brett Stevens
The Music:
"Wishing for a Sail" -- Dig Circus
Episode Summary:
Eric is two weeks late on his poem assignment and Mr. Watson tells him that he will fail the class if he doesn't get it done. Eric will get kicked off the football team if he fails. Mr. Watson tells Caitlin to tutor Eric. Caitlin writes a sample poem to show Eric how to write poems but she destroys the poem after it is finished. She tells Eric, "I showed you how to write a poem. Now you can do your own." Caitlin accidentally forgets her notebook. Eric looks through it and steals one of her poems. He uses the poem for his assignment. Mr. Watson is so impressed with the poem that he tells Eric to read it to the whole class. Caitlin, of course, realizes that it is her poem and she is furious! She aggressively confronts Eric after class is over, but she doesn't tell Mr. Watson. Taylor and the cheerleaders are so impressed by the poem that they use it as a cheer. In the end, however, Eric apologizes to Caitlin and he tells Mr. Watson that he didn't write the poem.
Episode Highlights:
1. Caitlin's opening prologue: "Teachers expect you to open up and tell them everything about yourself, who you are, what you want to be. And they give you a grade on it, as if they can grade you on your dreams."
2. Caitlin is furious with Eric for stealing her poem. She grabs him in the hallway after class and shouts, "You jerk!" Eric claims that it was Mr. Watson's fault. He says, "If he hadn't made me read it out loud, you would have never found out." Caitlin tells Eric that the notebook was hers. It was private and he had no right to go through it. When Taylor and the cheerleaders later use the poem as a cheer, Caitlin says to Eric, "Everyone thinks you're some kind of football bard. You couldn't write a grocery list!" Eric becomes so angry with Caitlin for that remark that he tells her that he is going to milk the poem for everything that it's worth.
3. Eric sees Caitlin talking to Mr. Watson. He walks up to her afterwards and shouts, "You told him? I'm gonna' get booted off the team, Caitlin! I have to play football, do you understand that?!" Caitlin angrily shouts back, "My notebook was private! Do you understand that?!" Eric says, "You know the one thing that I ever liked about you was that you fight your own fights. I never figured you for a squealer!" Caitlin stops dead in her tracks. She turns around and coldly states, "I didn't tell him." Eric responds, "Thanks." Caitlin then bluntly declares that her decision to not tell Mr. Watson had nothing to do with a desire to protect Eric or his football career.
