Episode Report Card Wing Chun: B+ | 40 USERS: B- YOU GRADE IT "My Husband's Back And He Phases Through Solid Matter"
By Wing Chun | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 2006.10.30
In Las Vegas, Niki wakes up with a start, as only people on TV and in movies do. She leaves Micah sleeping in his bed and walks into the kitchen. She looks outside, confirming that the cop car is still parked in front of the house. She opens a door (I think it's her room, but it's dark), and as she stands in the doorway, D.L. appears behind her and tells her she looks beautiful. (Eh.) Without turning around, Niki asks D.L. how he got inside. He doesn't answer, and she starts to lunge away from him, but he grabs her around the waist and pulls her to him. She threatens that if she screams, the cops will be inside in two seconds. D.L.: "Then I hope you don't scream." This is the line that ends the cold open? Not "You could try, but I could squeeze your windpipe from the inside in one"? Whoops -- spoiler!
After the commercial, Niki and D.L. are standing in the living room. He takes her hand and comments that she's not wearing her wedding ring. By way of answer, she tells him she thinks he had better leave. She gives him shit for coming to the house and possibly confusing Micah, to which D.L. counters that "Micah needs his father." I'm not so sure about that; by my count, Micah already has two parents without D.L. ["Besides which, Micah is probably the least confused person in that family at any given time." -- Sars] "This is still my home," D.L. tells Niki. They both start at a loud and insistent knock at the door. "I'm not going anywhere," purrs D.L. "You can either believe me or not. I'm going to check on our boy. Get the door." I know he's a jailbird and all, but..."please"?
Niki opens the door to an extremely green-looking cop. And by that I mean he looks young and untested, and not actually green in the manner of the Incredible Hulk. UNFORTUNATELY. Officer Green says they thought they heard something in the house, and asks if everything's all right. Niki dreamily says that she was talking with her son. Officer Green says that if she needs anything, they're right out front. Niki gives him some medium-intensity mad eyes, and he sort of twigs and quietly tells her, "If you want us to come inside, just nod your head." Niki's eyes ratchet up one mad notch, and then she blinks and faux-relaxes, assuring him that she's just tired, a silly woman, blonde, et cetera. Taking her at her word, for now, the cop takes off.