Episode Report Card Wing Chun: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "My Husband's Back And He Phases Through Solid Matter"
By Wing Chun | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.29.2006
Niki interrupts the moment to bring out more coffee, whereupon we see that Micah and D.L. are chilling beside the pool. Okay, fuck D.L.: $30,000 a year was obviously PLENTY if their asses have a pool! Jerks. Micah scampers off to bring D.L. more of his comic books, and Niki snits that it's going to "crush" Micah when D.L. runs again. "There won't be any more running," D.L. informs her. "Not after today." He seems to believe that once he knows who framed him, all the charges against him will be dropped -- including escaping from prison, I guess -- and furthermore, he wants to "hunker down" in the back seat of Niki's car when she drives him over to money-cleaning HQ so that he doesn't get made by a cop. "And you want me to take that risk?" Niki marvels. D.L. says he wants her to be there to hear he was set up, because nothing bolsters the unlikely claims of innocence offered by a fugitive from justice like the corroboration of a money launderer. D.L. says he can tell that Niki is starting to believe him, but that once he's gone, she'll doubt him, and he doesn't want her to doubt him ever again. Stare-off!
Summit of Adoptive Awkwardness! Claire's putative biological parents are studying her face, divvying up her features between them, while she sits perched on the very edge of the couch opposite them, flanked by the Bennetts. "I wonder what else of yours I have," Claire remarks. The faux-rents don't reply. In fact, no one says anything for an uncomfortably long time, causing Bennett to sit up on the couch and look pointedly at Sandra until she starts offering everyone refreshments; once she's run through all the available beverage options, she moves on to the cupcakes: "Just made 'em last night, the two of us -- sort of a thing we do!" She leans into Claire at this, her insecurity spraying all over the room. The faux-rents, after a moment, both accept the offer of lemonade, and then Sandra goes, "Claire...?" in this expectant way that, every time I've watched this scene (which is now several times), seems like she's prodding Claire to go get it. But actually, she's asking if Claire wants some lemonade, which Claire declines. After another awkward pause, the Bennetts go to the kitchen. Faux-Dad nicely asks Claire what he and Faux-Mom can tell her about themselves. Claire is like, "Did you ever wake up in the middle of an autopsy and get a good look at your own guts? And if so, was there evidence there of ulcerative colitis or gout?"
Niki pulls her car up to some random location; getting up and confirming that the coast is clear, she taps D.L., who hops up out of the back seat. They go down a flight of stairs and end up at a door with one of those security locks like you see on the kitchen at McDonald's, so you know whoever works out of this place is hardcore. D.L. tries the door, but no dice; they look up the stairs at the sound of sirens, and when we cut back to D.L., he's opened the door. "Wasn't that locked?" Niki asks. "Guess not," D.L. replies as they head inside. Holy shit, you guys, D.L. could totally get into the kitchen at McDonald's! FREE MILKSHAKES!!!!!!!1!