Episode Report Card Niki: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kind Of Blue
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.11.2001
Sam opens his mouth hesitantly and says an unsure "Okay." She tells him just to say it, because he has to. He carefully says, "Judy, I just don't think this is the right time." Judy manages a small smile and a calm "Okay." Sam goes on, "Because of where I am." "Where you are in your life." "Right. Right." "And everything." "And, everything. Yeah," Sam says, wondering who the hell is breaking up with whom here. Judy continues, "And, until you know where you are --" "And where you are," he adds quickly. Judy gives him a condescending look and says, "Sam, we know now. You know that. And, as for the right time, you never just find it. Not for anything that's gonna count. You steal it. And somehow, you just never get caught. Lovers are thieves, and that...that's that." Go Judy. She just quietly let him know that she thinks his excuse is weak and he's full of shit. And at the same time, she totally let him off the hook. Now that is an artful breakup. I'm just amazed that Judy's the one to be pulling it off. Sam, looking at her with a new and deeper appreciation, asks whether he can tell her one more thing. He says that "Judy Blue Eyes" is his favorite song. "My eyes are brown," she says, still somehow holding it all together. "Details," he says with a smile. She gives him a long parting glance as she slowly moves back toward the workmen, and Crosby, Stills, & Nash kick up "Judy Blue Eyes" in the background. Sam pauses in the doorway for that famous last look, and Judy, sensing his eyes on her, turns to face him. As the vocals kick in, the camera pans quickly between them, closer and closer, drawing them together, and the looks they exchange suggest that things may be on hold, but they're definitely not over.