Honestly, now I’m thinking about it, “Curious, Isn’t It?” was the first episode Eugene and Bernard were even in together. Certainly the first crazy situation they got into together.

But the thing about that is, it wasn’t so much Eugene pulling Bernard along into a situation as it was them both getting caught up in this whole misunderstanding, started by the kids. Bernard’s as sarcastic as ever about Eugene, of course, but in way of the situation, it’s just that much different this first time.

Now I’m really curious (ha) about how they actually met in the first place.

I know this was the first time onstage, so to speak, but had they met before? I mean, in “By Any Other Name,” Bernard’s first appearance, Whit said he sounded like he was talking to Eugene. But Bernard didn’t make some comment like “Well, you don’t have to get insulting,” which he would have certainly done… if he knew Eugene at that point. Of course, they could have met at some point after that episode, but it’s never said.

So maybe at this point, they both knew who the other were, from seeing them around and other people talking about them, but they’d not talked yet.

Maybe they’d never actually officially met before this episode.

Huh.