Reality Boy

Gerald makes sure that Hannah does not see him walk to SPED class since he is ashamed. He reflects on the challenges he has always had in school, which he attributes to his difficult childhood. He wishes that his parents could advocate for him in school, instead of putting him in SPED class and insisting that he has a developmental delay. His thoughts bother him enough that he asks for the bathroom pass to take a break. He stares at his reflection in the mirror and thinks about punching himself in the face. Instead, he punches a bathroom stall door in frustration.

In the second episode of Network Nanny, the Network Nanny has the children prepare chicken parmesan for dinner for their parents’ anniversary. Their parents pretend to be surprised. After dinner, Nanny sends Tasha to her room to sleep while she plays board games with Lisi and Gerald. She calls Lisi and Gerald “little dotes” (155), indicating that they never caused trouble. Suddenly, Tasha shouts from the next room. The cameramen follow and discover a turd in her bathroom. Tasha claims that Gerald defecated there, but Nanny insists that she was with Gerald the whole time, so it was impossible.