Cat's New Boyfriend

Cat's New Boyfriend 

    Must be nice. 

         Some dude who clearly isn't ever going to return after this episode transfers to Hollywood Arts. Actually he doesn't transfer, he just lingers in the halls like a maniac because he's dating Cat. And he used to date Tori. We are told this no less than 5 times.

     This episode is also where Dan Schneider starts to get weird. Dan has a rumored reputation for being a career pedophile who constantly puts his kinks into shows. I don't know if it's true, I don't really care. But nearly all of his shows inevitably end up having 12-18 year old girl actors barefooted and talking about their feet. He might just be uncreative with his jokes, but it sure makes the B-plot of this episode (half of the group taking their shoes off) uncomfortable. I want to believe in him, but he makes it so difficult.

   Anyway. Nothing happens for 17 minutes. After that Tori kisses Cat's New Boyfriend (hey, that's the title of the episode) for no real reason. Cat is understandably mad and then.. nothing happens. Tori tracks a distressed Cat down and says ".. I would punch me in the face if I were you" which Cat takes literally, and that's it. We never see the boyfriend again, Tori is never forgiven (and fails to even give a justification for what she did), but everyone seems vaguely happy in the end. 

   Overall it's a pretty sloppy episode. It feels as if someone wrote the premise "Cat dates Tori's ex" and just rambled for 26 minutes.We know innately there is conflict due to the situation, but we never become connected to it because no one actually speaks their feelings. 8/10