Episode Report Card Deborah: C- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT "Can You See Them / See Right Through Them"
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.27.2005
Will's looking through a printout at his desk when Chewy -- and his snack of the moment -- walk in, asking what's up. Will tells him to close the door. He asks Chewy to look into something for him: "Sort of unofficially." He wants Chewy to dust all the coins in the coinbox of the phone booth near where Edwards's body was found. There was a call made from there the night of Judith's murder. Chewy wants to know who received the call. Will covers up the printout: "Still working on it." Chewy goes off to do Will's bidding.
Joan snatches some books off the shelf at the bookstore and suddenly The Duff's face appears in the void. That'd scare anybody off reading. Joan asks what she's doing there. The Duff: "I saw your angry friend and she said that you'd be here." Joan: "Oh. Her name is Grace." Then: "So…no cappuccinos today?" The Duff: "With Elle and Gabby? I don't think so." She tags along as Joan wheels a cart around the store, saying, "I can't be with them anymore, I mean, they're so jealous of you. And what do they expect? Of course everyone's going to be talking about you." Joan: "They're your friends. You were like conjoined blondes." The Duff notices that Joan's wearing the watch she gave her. I wonder why she didn't notice during Kevin's interview. "So you like it?" Joan claims she dropped the other one in the bathtub: "So I guess it's a good thing I saved you, huh?" Keep looking for that silver lining, Joanie. The Duff keeps trying to suck up/make conversation by saying how cool Kevin is, and that Joan's mom seems really great too: "You know, I was gonna take art, but Gabby and Elle said that it was dumb. I don't know why I listened. It must be really amazing to have such a great family." Joan: "Well, we're your typical freakazoids. Your family's probably much less lame." The Duff says her father abandoned her and her mother when she was much younger; she doesn't really remember him. Then she pours out this big story about how she tells everybody her mother's a lawyer because that seems respectable, but actually she waits tables at some steakhouse by the airport, and they move around a lot and she lies because it's easier than telling people the truth. Joan doesn't see what the big deal is. The Duff: "I can't believe I never knew how cool you were." Joan pooh-poohs the idea of her coolness. Joan: "Me -- not cool. Me -- totally room temperature." The Duff repeats that and laughs, saying that's so cool. Oy. God. Tape counter check…I'm not even at the halfway mark. Probably too late to get someone to cover this recap for me. The Duff plops herself into a nearby chair: "You must read a lot, working here, huh? Do you have, like, a favourite book or something?" While I would love to hear Joan's answer to this question, Joan just kind of simpers at The Duff and doesn't say anything. People: if you're going to save someone's life, make sure it's someone you have something in common with. Otherwise it's just going to be unpleasant for everybody.
Helen's making dinner when Will comes in, saying, "Smells good!" Helen: "Me, or the stew?" Will kisses her, saying, "Both." He asks what the occasion is. I'm gonna guess…dinner? Helen says it's in honour of the award that Joan's getting at school tomorrow. Will hasn't heard about it, which puzzles Helen, because Lucyfer's arranged for the police department to give Joan an award for her bravery. Will struggles to keep his expression neutral as Helen says Lucyfer called this afternoon. Will: "Lucy[fer]? She called you?" Helen wonders why she wouldn't tell Will first. He makes up a story about being out all day and leaving without checking his messages. Helen says softly, "I felt a little ashamed when I was talking to her. I mean, this was a really nice thing for Joan. I guess she's not as bad as I thought." Will: "Yeah, she's really something." Hide the pet rabbit, Will. Now. You might also want to look into a Kevlar jockstrap.