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 Lily in the bedroom, tapping away on her laptop. From off-screen, Rick calls out a reminder about the cocktail party on Friday night. Lily asks what time, because she has a meeting on Friday night. Rick appears in the background, poking his head out from the bathroom to ask what kind of meeting. Lily doesn't stop typing as she answers that she has to do promos for the four major markets. "They've got you doing promos already?" Rick asks, returning to the bathroom and sounding slightly disgruntled. Lily says they just handed her a schedule. "Oh," Rick says, sounding touchy. "What?" she asks as she finishes up whatever she's been working on and gets up from her desk. She carries her laptop over to the bed as he emerges from the bathroom, saying, "Nothing, I just figured we'd talk about all this, that's all." She breezes past him into the bathroom, and sniffs, "So, let's talk about it." He complains that it seems like she's already doing it. She flaps her arms and says she's not doing anything, and again says they should talk about it. Rick pauses for a breath before settling on the bed and saying, "Okay..."
Rick rubs a hand nervously through his hair, then plunges in and asks if Lily's thought about postponing her syndication deal. Incredulous, she spins around from the sink and demands, "How could I say that to them? You don't think there aren't six hundred other people who would kill for this opportunity?" Rick pulls off his socks. Lily suggests that he postpone his deal, and Rick laughs dismissively, saying, "Yeah, Colin would be very happy to do that. Not to mention Sam." He gets up and paces to the other side of the bed, snooping into Lily's laptop. Lily snarks from the bathroom, "So, you're saying the only way to resolve this conflict is for me to do what you want me to do." Rick walks back to the other side of the bed, and an indignant Lily comes into view, glaring at him from the bathroom. He settles on the bed again and opens his hands in a pleading gesture, saying, "Lil, we're talking about nine months." Exactly. So why doesn't he just go, and she can stay there? It's not like it's nine years, and they do have regular flights to Australia. Rick says the deal would be "so important" to the family, "financially and in every way, especially with what [they] went through last year." Lily repeats her earlier observation: "So, basically, the way to resolve this is for me to do what you want." He doesn't want to admit it, so he says that's unfair. Lily softens a little, admitting, "Look, I don't know if what you're saying is wrong. I don't even know what I'm saying. I just need time to think about it, and I don't have time to think about it. My back has been killing me all day. I...I don't know." She wanders back into the bathroom. Rick, pouting a little, says, "So why don't we go to bed." Lily sighs that it's an excellent idea. Rick wearily stands up and starts undoing his belt. Which is when we fade out to commercials. I mean, really, would it have killed them to wait a few more seconds?
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