Episode Report Card Niki: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Wake Up, Little Susie
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 1 | Aired on 10.23.2000
Meanwhile, in the Den for Men a.k.a. Rick's office, David's sidled up behind Rick just as Rick sing-songs, "Hi Christie." "Is that Christie?" David sighs. "When am I going to meet Rick?" Crusty asks Lily. Okay, something is definitely rotten in Denmark. "When am I going to meet Christie?" David asks, parking his ass on Rick's desk.
And suddenly, we're all rushed back to grade seven. Lily passes on Crusty's question, and Rick says she can come tonight, after the kids are in bed. David's pervy senses are tingling. "Oooh, I like this Christie," he breathes, stretching languidly on Rick's desk. "Shut up!" Lily chirps to Rick. "Shut up," Rick orders David. Crusty grins like a simpering fool (nope, definitely no fangs in there), asking, "Well? What did he say?" "He said he can't wait to meet you," Lily lies. "He said something dirty, didn't he?" Crusty asks knowingly. She mock shouts at the phone, "Rick, Lily says you're cute!" At Rick's end, David leans in and says, "Ask Lily if she thinks Christie's cute." Now there's a loaded question. Lily turns and tells Crusty that she'll be right in. "Oh, you want me to mind my business, is that is?" Crusty twitters. She gives a tight little beauty-queen wave, still grinning hugely, and says, "Bye Rick!" before blowing a kiss at the phone. It must've been her meds day. Anyway, Rick then asks if Lily thinks that Crusty is cute. "Everyone in their twenties is cute," Lily answers before getting back to the business at hand. Rick pauses to cover the mouthpiece and levels David with a pointed stare. David miraculously takes the hint, peels himself off Rick's desk, and slinks away. Once the coast is clear, Rick asks about their plans for the night. With a sly smile, Lily informs him that they'll go to dinner, she'll put the girls to bed..."And I'll come back when they're asleep?" Rick suggests. "One day, maybe, we won't have to sneak around anymore," Lily says wistfully before ending the conversation. If it's anything like that wishful-thinking scene at the beginning, I'd prefer it if they kept sneaking around. David's been lurking, waiting for Rick to hang up so he can ask if Crusty is cute. "You'll never know," Rick says with a smile.
Cut to a high-school stairwell. The bell's ringing, kids are being rowdy, and a couple of jostling jocks knock into Jessie as she tries to make her way down the stairs. She turns into a corridor and finds herself faced with couples making out and cliques on the move. She lowers her head, casts her eyes to the floor, and crosses her arms defensively. She looks so tiny and alone amid all the full-blown adolescents.