Episode Report Card Niki: A+ | 2 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT Chance Of A Lifetime
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.14.2002
Cut to La Campagna, as Lily scoots over to Rick at a candlelit table for two. Beaming, she apologizes that her meeting went all afternoon. He grins and pours her a glass of wine, chattering that he can't stop eating the bread. Lily takes off her jacket, still smiling. Rick eagerly leans across the table and asks if she wants the good news now or later. She throws back her shoulders and says that she has some great news, herself. Rick swivels his head around his shoulders and says, "Well, you go, girl." Okay, don't ever do that again. Lily's bubbling over as she relays that, "for some reason," Radiovation wants to test her show in the ten biggest markets. Rick gushes, "That's amazing! That's wonderful!" She grins and says that he made it possible. He brushes away the suggestion, forgetting that his family provided the fodder for her early shows. Her voice husky, she insists, "You have no idea."
Lily stares at Rick for a few seconds, inhales deeply as if breathing him in, and asks what is his news. Rick takes a breath to steady himself, then lays it out: he and Sam have been asked to design Colin's next hotel. "Of course you have, because you're brilliant and you made him look great," Lily says. Rick modestly rolls his eyes and holds up his hand, adding, "And --" Lily asks, "There's an 'and'?" Rick says that it's in Australia. Not realizing the implications, Lily beams and says she's "so proud" of him. Rick, pleased with himself, arranges the flatware. Lily asks, "How do you design a building in Australia? What, do you send drawings?" Rick tries not to laugh at her ignorance and says, "Nooo! You go there." Lily digests that news and asks, "Like, for how long?" Rick says it'll be for about nine months or so, then adds, "But, Lil, that's the great part. [Colin's] willing to pay for all of us to go. Everyone!" Lily's smile drops as fast as her stomach. "To Australia?" she gulps. Rick happily babbles on, "The whole family! All expenses paid -- schooling, housing. I mean, what a great experience for the kids!" Just like when the Bradys went to Hawaii! Oh, they could have done such a good parody. Lily's eyes grow dull, and she breathes, "Wow." Rick adds the biggest piece of news: Colin wants six more hotels in the next seven years. "In Australia?" Lily says, having trouble keeping up, since she's totally overwhelmed and all. Rick says no, especially since Colin is so eccentric, but he figures that most of them will be in the States. "But not in Chicago," Lily says quietly. Her expression says she knows it's too much to hope for.
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