Episode Report Card Wing Chun: A | 6 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Love's Labor Lost
By Wing Chun | Season 1 | Episode 20 | Aired on 03.08.1995
Waiting area in Surgery. Benton nervously paces. A little kid watches Benton's non-progress back and forth across the carpet like he's at a tennis match. Benton finally sits down and tries to flip through a magazine. He notices that the kid's watching, and avoids eye contact.
A hugely pregnant, pretty redhead walks into the frame giggling, as a guy close behind her insists, "I'm telling you, the opening goes in the back!" He's Bradley Whitford, now the beloved Josh on The West Wing; she's Colleen Flynn, who's apparently been on Judging Amy quite a bit, though since we stopped recapping it. She chuckles, "Oh my god, I'm as big as a house," which is not what one would call an inaccurate assessment. Still standing behind her, Bradley Whitford grabs her forearms and starts kissing her neck; when Mark enters, they spring apart (at least, as much as a hugely pregnant woman can "spring"). Bradley Whitford and Colleen Flynn look at Mark with the wide-eyed gaze of guilty teenagers as he introduces himself to them; Bradley Whitford gives his name as Sean O'Brian, and his wife's name is Jodi. Mark instructs Jodi to "hop up on that bed," and Jodi cracks that she doesn't think she "can 'hop up' anywhere." Sean and Mark help her onto the bed. Mark asks what the problem is. She tells him that their baby is due in two weeks: "I have to pee every thirty seconds. It burns, and my stomach hurts." As she describes her symptoms, Sean stands by, muttering along with her, "Stomach hurts." Aw. Mark says it sounds like a bladder infection. He gingerly presses on Jodi's belly and asks whether it hurts. She says it doesn't, but that he shouldn't push too hard, since she has to go again. Sean holds her hand and strokes her arm. Mark measures her belly and tells the parents that the baby is about five or six pounds. The O'Brians seem pleased at this news. Mark asks whether she's had any other medical problems; she hasn't. Mark hikes up the right side of her gown and goops up her belly for the ultrasound. Jodi gasps, and there's some fond back-and-forth between her and Sean as to how cold the goop is. Mark makes with the ultrasound, and as the "wow-wow-wow" starts, Jodi turns to Sean and beams, "I love that sound." Sean quietly agrees, "That's great," and strokes her hair. They're so young and cute and happy. They're just the kind of people who should be having kids. I'm so happy for them! Mark asks Jodi whether she's had any cramping or vaginal bleeding; she hasn't. He asks whether she can feel the baby moving, and in a polite "duh" tone, she chuckles, "Uh huh!" Mark proffers a cup and asks whether she can give him a urine sample. Jodi snickers, "Are you kidding? Yes, I think I can do that." Everyone smiles. Because she's so nice. And the baby's doing so well except for this apparently minor setback. ["And that actress has a really great laugh." -- Sars] You know. It's nice when ladies are pregnant and cheerful and their nice husbands are there.