Episode Report Card Niki: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kind Of Blue
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.11.2001
Soliloquy Jake's not looking so good. "Did I mention I'm going to be a daddy?" he asks with false enthusiasm. His smile fades, and he adds, "Again."
Lily asks Tiffany how she's feeling, so Tiffany can answer that she's seeing everyone's future now, and remind us what a quirky girl she is. Tiffany turns to Jake and quietly says, "It's a bad time, right?" He sort of assures her that it isn't, and she yammers on about a stroller that she saw marked down 80% because "all the wheels are bent." Oi. Jake takes her by the elbow and guides her somewhere private to talk, promising Judy and Lily that they'll be right back. Lily muses to Judy, "I just have this feeling that it's a girl. Jake'll have three daughters."
Cut to Rick and Sam, still sitting on the floor of Rick's office. Sam resolutely says, "Hey, I'm single for the first time since 1981." He pauses for a second and wonders, "Is the dating scene the same? Should I grow my sideburns back? What do you think?" I wish Rick would tell him to bust out the mousse and the parachute pants. Instead, Rick just asks, "What are you going to do?" I think we all know what he's going to do. Or who, I guess I should say. Sam pretends he doesn't know, and asks what Rick thinks he should do. Rick says he doesn't know. Big surprise there.
Cut to Judy asking Lily for a favor regarding Rick and the job. Lily gushes that it's so generous of Judy to offer Rick the work, because she really doesn't have to, and Judy acts like she doesn't know she's bailing Rick out. The favor she wants is for Lily not to tell Rick; Judy wants to do it. Lily cocks her head to the side and studies Judy for a second before saying, "Sure." The plucky guitars make their seasonal debut at that very moment, however, so we all know how much that promise is worth.
Back to Rick and Sam. "You gonna call Judy?" Rick asks. "Oh, not yet," Sam says with a sigh. He looks at Rick uncertainly while the plucky guitars pluck on. Oh, he is so going to call her. Rick knows it, too. Sam tells Rick not to let Judy know that he left his wife. Rick promises he won't. Okay, so Lily has a secret, and Rick has a secret, and the plucky guitars are going full tilt. I really have to wonder where this is going. Rick points out that Judy's going to find out anyway, since she's friends with Karen, and Karen is friends with Janine. Sam impatiently says, "I know, I know!" He says he just wants some time to see how Jamie's doing. Who the hell is Jamie? ["His kid?" -- Wing Chun] He also claims that he doesn't want to hurt Judy. Liar. He wants to make her hurt so good.