5x14 I Against I

There is a fair at the school for the various student activities to earn money for various endeavors. The Friendship Club has a dunk tank to earn money to feed starving children and Jimmy keeps knocking Spinner into the dunk tank to the point that Marco has to step in to stop telling Jimmy who is all ready to buy another ten dollars’ worth of balls that Spinner is shivering and wet and has had enough. Jimmy reluctantly stops.

WHATEVER IT TAKES

Spinner offers Paige and Alex a pamphlet on God and the two girls roll their eyes at him.

Across the fair Manny is getting her weight guessed by Danny at whatever club booth he and Derek are working on before joining Emma. Emma says how she wants to do something for her mom as it would be the three year anniversary of her and Simpson had Simpson not cheated and made out with Miss H.  Manny casually suggests they hire male strippers.

Marco is passing out pamphlets about a ‘safer sex’ seminar. As Ellie who is also passing them out comments about how she can’t believe Spinner is brainwashed. She makes a comment about Religion and Marco points out that he’s a devout Catholic despite their stance on the gay community.

The Friendship Club makes $860 and it’s all thanks to Spinner. He’s feeling special due to the admiration of his newfound friends however after the meeting he can’t help but approach an old friend….Marco….who is sitting all by his lonesome. Asking where the old gang is Marco tells him that Jimmy and Ellie are always working at some art thing, Paige and Alex have morphed into Palax and Craig is in Vancouver working on his music. Spinner asks if Marco wants to hang out like old times and Marco agrees to go to a movie with him.

Emma and Manny surprise Christine with Caitlin who came to visit from LA.

Spinner and Marco come out of the theater and are talking about the bad movie and start to joke around like old times sake before Marco gets serious. Marco asks why Spinner got involved with the Friendship Club and Spinner tells him how after everyone black balled him after last year the club gave him a second chance and that he’s glad Marco finally is giving him a chance as well.

Caitlin asks Christine what’s up with Simpson and Christine tells her how she’s not going to sit back and watch him do what he did and that it’s over. He soon shows up to drop off a gift he ordered for her pre-split. She looks at the necklace when he leaves telling Caitlin and the girls how it’s perfect before trashing it.

The next day at school there is an emergency meeting of the Friendship Club. Linus is fuming that the school is letting Marco hold a safer sex seminar because by promoting safe sex its promoting promiscuous sex and sex before marriage in general is a total sin. Linus tells Spinner the club had a vote and has elected him to talk Marco out of this however Darcy never heard of said vote and says how Marco has the right to do this.

Caitlin is brainstorming ideas to cheer up Christine and Manny keeps saying MALE STRIPPER and Caitlin soon caves….they now have a party to plan.

Spinner does what Linus says and goes to Marco telling him to not have the seminar because giving out condoms MAKE TEENS HAVE SEX. Marco rolls his eyes saying ‘That’s Retarded’ and I cringed a bit at the second usage of that word. Spinner tells Marco what Linus told him to say and Marco comments that maybe Jimmy and the others were right about how Spinner changed. Spinner and Linus then go to Miss H who tells them distributing condoms is a good idea and brings up the   outbreak from last season. Linus tells Spinner everyone are sinners and he plans to protest.

Linus, Spinner and Friendship Club …well the club sans Darcy go to protest Marco’s seminar and soon Linus and Marco go at it. Linus tells Marco he’s surprised his church would let a fag in and calls him the F word a few more times and soon they get into a scuffle. Spinner tells Linus off however it’s too late it seems and his progress with Marco is now all gone.

At the party for Christine there are some Chippendale dancers however one looks like a young Mr. Simpson and soon kills the mood.

Spinner is glad Darcy is willing to forgive him for his actions and she tells him to talk to the old crew. Spinner does apologizing to Marco for Linus telling him it’s not really him and he wants to be friends.

Christine admits to Caitlin that she still loves Simpson.

Marco approaches Spinner after walking out on him earlier saying that he guesses Spinner really is lost and silently they reconcile.