Kim investigates a series of robberies perpetrated by a thief who seems to be into extreme sports, so she goes undercover at the X-Games to catch him.
There is way too much going on in this one episode. One story thread involves Ron concluding that athletes get the girls, so he nearly kills himself trying out for all of the school's sports teams. Then there's Senor Senior Junior inadvertantly signing over financial rights (i.e. the Seniors' fortune) to a shady business associate. We get to the X-Games and Ron creates (or, rather, ends up bumbling into things perceived as) a new sport called 'umbrella surfing', which allows him to - wait for it - be popular with the lady folk.
The whole X-Games idea seems a bit pandery. Who would've thought this show would follow trends rather than set them? The extreme athletes (among them, Dallas Friday, Ryan Nyquist and Trevor Vine) do nothing to help or harm the episode.
In fact, the best thing about the episode is the title (obviously taken from the Vin Diesel actioner xXx) and that film's gimmick of a character having letters tattooed on the back of their neck. Unfortunately, it is this conceit that strips away all mystery of who is behind the robberies. A not-bad mid-air battle and a surprising twist in the tail involving the thief and his captor don't quite wash away the bland taste left behind by the rest of the episode.
An alternate title for this episode is "To the X-treme", but "Triple S" is as about as extreme as an old lady's quilting bee.
**/****
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