This morning I dreamed that Rudy became friends with some little blonde-haired boy named Kay. Said Kay lived in a trailer with his also blonde mother (she had rather faded colors in comparison to her vibrant son, and looked pretty ratty, but I remember thinking "oh, I like how the contrast here is subtly reinforcing the idea that this mom is doing the best she can for her son"), in an area that looked like a cross between my paternal grandparents' street and that one Desktop wallpaper my aunt had where it was a long-ass road with big trees all along it. It was all rainy and puddles were all around. Rudy and Kay (in a little hat and raincoat) were splashing about in the overcast weather, Rudy was going along with the little one's every childish idea, and it was really sweet.
My brain told me that the basic rundown for the episode was supposed to be Rudy endearing himself to the boy and his mom, but also trying to keep the gang from finding out that ol' Rough Tough Rudy was a big old softie like the rest of them (he refused to say that he was a babysitter, even though he knew that's exactly what he was-- prolly would use the excuse that 'he isn't getting paid, therefore it doesn't count, ha ha'), and I believe the bits where Bill would cut in boiled down to 'not all trailer trash is trailer trash, some of them are just unfortunate', know what'm sayin'.
I wonder if I should, like, write this.
