Eberts!

So, someone recced an Invisible Man story on crack_van that ... really didn't make my day, and to make things better I went on a hunt and finally found my I-man discs again. I still haven't watched most of the second season (shut up, I'm slow) and I didn't remember where I left off, so I picked an early 2nd season episode at random.

It was The Importance of Being Eberts, and now I am just fizzing with love for this series again, for Hobbes and Darien and, of course, Eberts. I love this show. Eberts! Winking at Bobby Hobbes! And both Darien and Bobby immediately recognize that this means Eberts is Evil.

I love how Hobbes gets all snippy when Darien turns Eberts invisible but not him, and Eberts' reaction to being turned invisible:

Eberts: Wow! Oh! That was incredible!
Fawkes: I get that a lot.

And this:

Fawkes: Ah, that’s not that bad. The guy does know his computers.
Hobbes: There’s no backspace in combat, my friend. He’s a liability.
Fawkes: Did you just say 'there’s no backspace in combat'?

And the Ping of Death and Hobbes' belief that scissors cut rock and Ebert's first name and HobbesNet, and the way Hobbes and Darien talk about banana splits while sneaking into a building:

Hobbes: Yeah, but I like warm chocolate. I like warm things in my mouth-
Fawkes: Oh, that’s nice.