Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Second Time Around
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 22 | Aired on 05.01.2001
Soliloquy Lily appears, decked out in her dress and reading from that damn book. "'On the day of your wedding, take a long, relaxing bath.' Oh, well."
We flash over scenes of the preparations as Lily continues reading, "'Fix hair, and make sure nails are done.'" Babs readies the bouquets. "'Distribute personal flowers.'" Judy puts on Rick's boutonniere, and he gives her a kiss on the cheek while Zoe pins a daisy behind Jessie's ear. "'Check that your rings are somewhere safe.'" Eli slips the band onto his own ring finger, and catches Rick watching him. Embarrassed, he puts on a serious face and strides away. "'Be sure to eat something. Many hungry brides have been known to pass out.'" Rick and Judy adjust the champagne on the table. Eli picks up his guitar, and Judy examines herself in Zoe's little hand mirror. In it, she catches a glimpse of Will Gluck walking in with a tray of glasses. She turns and looks over her shoulder at him, and he hands off the tray to Babs. "'Remember to greet each guest personally.'" Judy's more than happy to greet Will personally, if you know what I'm saying. She pins on his boutonniere, adjusts his tie, and smiles at him warmly. Rick, watching from a distance, smiles to himself.
We cut back to Soliloquy Lily just so we can see her sarcastic expression as she reads, "'Have the music start at least thirty minutes before the ceremony.'" Zoe pokes her head through a flap in the tent and hisses, "Eli! Try it." Everyone gathers, and Eli picks up his guitar. He pucks the strains of "The Wedding March," and Zoe enters the tent, scattering flowers from her little basket. Jessie is hot on her heels. And I'm pretty sure the dress Jessie's wearing isn't the one Judy was fitting a little while ago. Soliloquy Lily reads, "'Immediately before the ceremony, the bride's mother is seated.'" Soliloquy Lily dabs a tear from her eye. Grace and Lily throw back the flap and enter the tent. Rick catches his breath. Babs gasps at the sight of her, and Lily looks over, stunned to see her. She forgets the whole procession-down- the-aisle thing and rushes over to hug her mother -- who, oddly, is the one wearing white. ["This is where I lost it, by the way. And didn't regain it until the episode was over." -- Wing Chun] Lily is decked out in a dark blue sequined number that would be more at home on a cruise ship, but then what the hell do I know? After they hug and cry for a bit, Babs rushes back to her seat. Lily takes a deep breath, and she and Grace finish their march up the aisle. Rick unfolds a sheet of paper and hands it to Will Gluck. We see that it has English phrases followed by Hebrew ones. Will reads, "Set me," and Rick echoes in Hebrew, "See MAY nee." Lily mists over at the sound of the Hebrew, and dammit, so do I. Will: "As a seal." Rick: "Chah cho TAHM." Will glances over at Judy, and really smiles at her for the first time in a while. She's pleasantly surprised. Will remembers he's the one feeding Rick his lines, and that he's holding things up by staring at Judy, so he turns his attention back to the ceremony. "Upon your heart," he reads, and Rick echoes. "As a seal upon your arm." Grace and Jessie wipe away tears. Jessie leans over to ask Zoe what Rick is saying. Oddly, Zoe says, "Nobody knows. But it's Hebrew." Except that we do know, because Will is reading the English translation of the Hebrew. But whatever. Will keeps feeding Rick his vows: "Deep waters cannot extinguish love, nor floods sweep it away." Lily beams up at Rick through her tears.