S02E05 Born Free

The episode opens with Amy in the kitchen practicing Italian, because despite the increasingly obvious problem of **who exactly is going to take care of her infant for a month**, she remains committed to this European vacation. Ashley walks in and casually announces that Molly Ringwald and Skipper are engaged. Amy is stunned, and when Molly Ringwald appears, she immediately confronts her. Molly clarifies that Skipper *proposed*, but she hasn’t actually said yes yet because apparently even she realizes that accepting a marriage proposal immediately after being accused of lying about her baby’s paternity and gold-digging might require some reflection. At school, Grace makes the catastrophic mistake of telling Adrian about George’s fake vasectomy. Adrian is **delighted**, because this means Molly Ringwald’s baby could actually be George’s and, in Adrian’s mind, perhaps George will reunite with her. She also tells Grace that her family is looking for a new house. Grace specifically tells Adrian **not to tell anyone.** Naturally, approximately twelve seconds later, the entire school knows. Deadeyes tells Strawberry Shortcake she heard about George from her brother. Strawberry Shortcake is shocked and wants to know who told him. Meanwhile, Ben hears it from Alice and Henry, who apparently got it from Jack. Congratulations to Adrian on keeping that secret for roughly one passing period. Amy, meanwhile, is eating with Strawberry Shortcake and Deadeyes when they start suspiciously asking questions about her family. Amy quickly realizes something is up, and the girls scatter before admitting what they know. Elsewhere, Strawberry Shortcake approaches Grace and tells her that her own mother died, so she understands some of what Grace is going through. It’s actually a surprisingly sincere moment, and Grace invites her to sit with her and Jack. Then we return to Amy and Ben, because sincerity can only survive for so long at Grant High. Betty arrives to bring Ben his lunch, and after she walks away Amy remarks that Betty looks like a hooker. Which is a lovely thing to say about the woman currently delivering food to your boyfriend. Ben then decides he can’t keep the vasectomy gossip from Amy any longer and tells her that George apparently never had the procedure. So now Amy gets to contemplate the possibility that Molly Ringwald is pregnant with George’s baby while she’s trying to arrange an Italian vacation from her own baby. Meanwhile, Ricky asks the Sausage King how many hours he can work at the butcher shop because he’s looking for an apartment. The Sausage King reveals that there’s actually a space available **above the butcher shop** and offers it to him. Finally, Molly Ringwald is with Skipper, who has apparently moved on from **“Will you marry me?”** to planning their entire future. He tells her that he wants to buy a house where the two of them can live together. Just the two of them. Without Amy. And without John. So Skipper would like to marry a pregnant woman with two teenage daughters and a grandson — provided none of those family members actually come with her. At this point, Molly Ringwald might want to hold off on that RSVP.