Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Booklovers
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.30.2000
B/W Lily pops in for a close-up, shaking her head slowly and looking stunned. "Oh, my god," she says. "It's true."
Back on the patio, Will returns from his truck and looks at them wordlessly before heading around the corner of the patio. Judy watches him then walks back into the party, leaving Lily outside alone. Judy gets into the swing of things, introducing people and initiating small talk. She hooks up Lloyd with her friend, Deborah (so that's her name!) and leaves them chatting. Lily wanders in from outside just as Karen walks through the front door. Spotting her, Lily ducks down behind some guy -- one of the poor lonely singles featured in the black-and-white clips -- who tries to talk to her. Big mistake, pal. Lily looks at him like he's a serial rapist and doesn't say a word, just frantically backs away from him toward the back door. See, knowing how lonely and nice this guy is makes her actions seem that much more harsh. She may even have given him a complex. We cut to Crusty interviewing Judy, when Will comes up and interrupts. He softly says "hi" and then leads Judy out toward the patio, where he flips the breaker and illuminates thousands of tiny white lights. The fountain is burbling away in the corner, and the furniture is gleaming, and the place is completely inviting. Judy loves it and apologizes for doubting him. "Yeah, well, when you say you're going to do something, you should do it," he says. He follows Judy as she checks things out, and tentatively asks, "So, you doubted me?" She admits she did and starts to say, "I was…" "Wrong?" he asks softly, smiling. Judy's smile widens and is one of the first truly genuine ones I've seen on her face all night. He smiles back, and shyly starts pulling up his cord. It's not as exciting as it sounds -- he's a handyman, remember? She starts to ask if he'd like to stay, but he begs off, saying he has a dog. Judy was about to say that she hopes he's not still thinking of her goof the other day, but she stops herself to ask what kind of dog. "It's just the regular kind," he says then asks, "You hope that I'm not what?" Judy haltingly tells him she's sorry for "the assumption" she made about him the other day.
B/W Will pops up to give us a little background: "I've been on my own since I was sixteen. I lived in my car for a whole year, so I don't expect things to be fair. But there's a certain kind of woman who, when she sees me, just thinks that I'm not good enough." We get a glimpse of Will and Judy looking at one another on the patio. Is she this kind of woman? "And that's always the woman I want." Yep, looks like.