Episode Report Card Niki: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can you say "anticlimactic"?
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2001
Rick brings Lily some water in the back of the squad car. "Thank you for being here with me," she says, staring at the water. "I don't know what I would do if you weren't here." Rick says there's nowhere he'd rather be. She sniffles and shakes her head, then sniffles again. "Oh, Rick, my little girl's in there," she wails. "She's in there and there's nothing I can do about it." She begins sobbing quietly, and Rick pulls her to him, making soothing sounds.
Jake approaches Tiffany, sighs, and leans against the pillar next to her. She looks at him and says, "Jake, I hope you don't think I want something from you." He looks at her without speaking, so she continues, "I mean, this may be the only chance I ever have of being pregnant. It's kind of a miracle, in my opinion." Jake seems to consider this and then mutters, "Yeah, I guess it would be." Tiffany smiles and says, "I mean, we're not going to get married or anything. I just thought you should know." Jake looks at the floor then nods his head, agreeing, "Yeah, that seems fair." Grace calls him over to Spencer's grandmother, who's fading fast. Spencer looks like he's about to cry. Jake strides over to Benny, who's slumped against the wall. He tells him, "The old lady -- she's really doing worse." Benny doesn't look too concerned and asks, "What do you mean?" Jake spells it out with even smaller words: "She's sick." He adds that she needs medical attention. "Yeah, well. What do you want me to do?" Benny asks, getting up off the ground. "I mean, it's not like, I'm sorry, but I'm not, it's not like I'm in charge," he says. Jake half rolls his eyes and looks like he's just about had it with this delusional ass. Nana slumps to the table and Grace shrieks, "Dad!" Jake rushes over, and Spencer says, "She says her chest is really hurting." Jake turns and yells, "Benny, we gotta do something. I mean right now!" Benny laughs it off, shaking his head a little at the thought, and sinks helplessly to the floor. Jake looks at him, realizes he's of no use, and takes charge. He directs Grace to the kitchen to get some oxygen and orders Spencer to go with her. He and Tiffany crouch next to Nana, trying to comfort her.
Grace and Spencer stumble over each other into the kitchen, and then struggle to get the oxygen tank out of its case on the wall. Grace yells to Jake that they can't get it, so he rushes in. Spencer is about to break it open, but Jake manages to unlatch the cover and release the tank. He runs back to the restaurant, and Grace is about to follow, but Spencer slumps against the wall, defeated. She hangs back with him. "She's gonna die," Spencer groans, "and I did it." Grace tells him he's wrong. Spencer rushes to the window in the swinging door, watching anxiously as Tiffany and Jake move Nana to the floor. "Come on, we'll go sit with her," Grace says, but Spencer pulls away, saying he can't handle it. Grace says that Nana's not going to die. "She wasn't feeling well, and I made her come here so I could see you," Spencer whines. Grace assures him that it'll be okay. He says he's never seen anybody die. "I'm scared, too," Grace says. Spencer evaluates her for a second and says, "No you're not." She moves in front of him and grabs his shoulders as he starts babbling that he "should've taken his gun away." He needs one of those slaps people are always dishing out in phony soap operas. Grace points out that he couldn't have done it -- even her father didn't try. He starts whining again, and to shut him up, Grace grabs him and hugs him tightly. He calms down after inhaling her hair for a few seconds. Something is dawning on Grace, judging by the look on her face. She slowly pulls back from the embrace, and pauses in front of Spencer's face, where she moves in for a kiss. Oh, brother. Desperate times call for desperate measures and all that, but please.
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