Gays, Ghosts and Gamma Rays

Season 2, Episode 4, Aired
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Episode Recap

Casey dreams about Max being beyond awesome (and maybe those dreams will turn out to be true -- stay tuned!). Max, you recall, is the super awesome, hot, genius RA on Rusty's Honors Engineering floor at Calhoun Hall. Casey hatches a plan to get Max to "tutor" her. Sadly, Max thinks that means actual tutoring, thwarting Casey's romantic plans to snuggle over her Astronomy textbook. Casey endures the real tutoring session but gets mixed signals from Max (who also seems pretty confused).

So of course, Casey sends Rusty to investigate how Max feels about her. Hijinks ensue when Max drops it to Rusty that he has a girlfriend. Oh no! Casey decides she and Max just aren't meant to be -- since he's a dog with a girlfriend and all. Casey sends her check in for her tutoring session, and Max returns it because she forgot to sign it. And then he lays a scorching smooch on her ... and flees.

Okay, so Rusty's not the best at gleaning intel; turns out the truth is that Max's girlfriend is deceased. She died of cancer a while back. Max hasn't dated since then, but he wants to give it a go with Casey. They share another romantic kiss under the simulated stars of the Planetarium.

The Kappa Tau pledges are having their annual Active Recognition Test -- where they get quizzed on random fun facts about every Kappa Tau pledge. If they fail this typical KT exam, they'll be on toilet duty for the rest of their pledge days. Rusty's keen on not having that go down.

One activity in particular eludes the pledges' research efforts: Joshua Whopper, whose active photo has been replaced by a pic of Abraham Lincoln. Cappie warns Rusty to let it go, but Rusty's determined. He and the pledges hatch a research scheme. Along the way, Rusty becomes convinced that Joshua Whopper is none other than Cappie himself! Sadly, not only is this theory incorrect, but Rusty's efforts unveil an inconvenient truth. You see, Joshua Whopper is no student; it's a computer program, designed in the '80s, that automatically registers a fake student (Joshua Whopper) in classes, where he always earns a fake "A." This "whopper" keeps the Kappa Tau GPA high enough to let the frat remain active. Oops, Rusty!

Cappie also confesses to Rusty that he failed big time on the Rebecca front but doesn't know what to do about it. Emo, Cappie? He goes back to torturing the pledges after his moment of clarity, don't worry!

Rebecca's swallowing her feelings ... in the form of breakfast cereal. Lots and lots of breakfast cereal. Ashleigh takes it upon herself to cheer her sister out of this post-break-up funk by dragging her to a gay bar with Calvin and Michael. Little does Michael know his date night plans have been derailed for straight-girl times. When Calvin lays it on Michael about her break-up, Michael's understanding and enlists some hot buddies to dance the night away with Rebecca (who does seem to perk up at the attention).

While Rebecca and friends are getting their groove on, Calvin has a moment with Heath, who's also hanging at the bar. Has that ship not sailed into that good night yet? P.S.: Heath's single now! Also, Calvin and Heath have pretty much everything in common (movies, frat life, being into guys). Calvin claims no interest in Heath anymore, but we have our doubts!