Eliza announces that she is appearing for a job interview for Head of Communications at Round-the-Clock car rental. Timmy is a bit taken aback but hides his disappointment and cheers her on. Money is once again tight after the Special Guy Day bust and Timmy sees all the candy from his store taken away. Since he cannot pay for the candy, he instead uses the promo candy that the company gave him to distribute along with a DVD of the film.
Connie and Hannah put together a promotional display for Thimble 2. Connie takes joy in assembling the display and calls it a “giant puzzle”. She has been doing puzzles for a long time and will complete it even before the day ends. Kayla and Percy have been fighting since the former expressed her intention to live separately on her own. Carlos has applied for a filmmaking fellowship at the community college. Timmy and Eliza have a warm exchange about the interview. Although he says they will miss her at the store, it is an opportunity she should not let go of. ..
Eliza is nervous about the interview and hasn’t told Aaron about it. Connie is still struggling with the puzzle and finds a weird lurker in the store watching her from afar. When Kayla announces her decision, Connie and Hannah try to dissuade her. It is indeed a huge step, something she might not be ready for. Timmy gives a glowing review of Eliza’s work performance when HR calls him, even though they just called to confirm her place of employment. ..
Unfortunately, she came back with the news that she did not get the job because she rejected the opportunity when she heard Timmy’s glowing reference about her work.
Timmy feels guilty for having changed Eliza’s mind. He goes to the store to convince them to take her on as a client, but Carlos jumps into the debate surrounding Kayla’s decision and it is revealed that they are asking for “pre-deposit fees” from Kayla, something none of the agencies do. ..
It might be a scam but Kayla is undeterred. Andrea, the owner of the store, informs Timmy that they never offered Eliza the job. In fact, she begged them to take her. She called Blockbuster mean things and said that she would do anything to get out of that hellhole. This breaks Timmy’s heart and he returns to Blockbuster to confront Eliza about it.
The group was correct. Kayla gets scammed and Percy offers to let her stay with him for the time being. Connie is now desperately struggling with the puzzle and worried that she will not be able to do it. Timmy almost outs Eliza’s lie but something changes and he changes his tone to make it seem that Eliza intentionally did not go to the other job. She appreciates his gesture despite bashing Blockbuster, she also bashed and insulted Timmy’s feelings.
Connie finishes the puzzle display and it seems to be working initially. But soon its tone and voice change and it bursts out with a short circuit. Connie feels devastated that she is losing her touch with solving puzzles, but the group comforts her. ..
The Episode Review
The Thimble episode is a complete mess. The story is weak, the characters are uninteresting, and the writing is poor. This episode was not approved by the creators and should not have been aired.
The Connie-Losing-Her-Touch Promo Display and the Puzzle of the Thimble are terrible ideas that don’t make much sense. They’re both conceptually bad and executionally poor.
The point of the show is to show the various characters and their relationships and how they interact with each other. Kayla, as the savviest character, is a central figure in this story. However, despite being shown as being the most savvy, she did not know that it was not real until it was too late. She could have gone on the internet and looked for information, but she chose not to. The point of the show is to explore these relationships and how they are formed.
Timmy and Eliza were the worst. They literally coddled and protected a person who called their dream store (that they also call home) a “rotting corpse.” This show doesn’t make sense. It belongs in a place where no one can access it or even know it exists. ..
