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
Cut to Jake and Tiffany in what appears to be an attic. I'm not sure if it's at Manning Manor, but it's full of old baby stuff. Tiffany's bubbling away, as usual, this time about how much she misses her mom now that the baby's almost due. Jake's rifling through old boxes and barely listening to her. Tiffany asks whether Lily was like that when she had her babies. Jake says, "I doubt it. No one could miss her mom." Hee. He fiddles with a mobile as Tiffany gleefully informs him that she has a feeling the baby might come early. Jake looks like a man whose stay of execution has been lifted.
Soliloquy Jake hunches over and tries to breathe.
Tiffany places a hand on Jake's shoulder and tells him he looks "a little pale." He insists that he's all right and goes back to the box. He pulls out an old pair of wingtips and remembers that they were the shoes he got married in. He complains that they hurt his feet. Tiffany runs her hand over his forehead and says, "You're all clammy." Jake distractedly insists that he's okay. He turns his attention to another box, as Tiffany starts blathering about words and how they get their meanings. "Take 'clammy.' Do clams stress out? They must. Hence...clammy." Or, it could be that clams are cold and damp, just like people who feel clammy. Is she really that dumb? Jake says that he's never thought about it before, and she grins, pleased with herself, and says, "I love knowing what stuff means." She notices Jake wiping at his face and having trouble breathing, and turns serious. "Hey, are you okay?" she asks. Predictably, Jake insists that he is. She holds her arms open, but he hesitates. "It's okay. It doesn't mean we're together," she promises. Jake curls into her embrace, sighing and looking troubled.
Soliloquy Jake sighs really loudly. "I am going to do some yoga," he says deliberately. He swallows hard and adds, "Judy does yoga. Of course. She says it calms you down." He tries to look optimistic, despite the fact that his face is soaked in sweat.
Cut to Phil's. Sam wanders in through the front door, surprising Judy. She's strolling out of the kitchen with a huge vase of flowers, which I totally expect her to drop. She doesn't. She barely breaks her stride and easily says, "You again." She sets the vase on the bar, and Sam says he's looking for Rick. She tells him Rick's at the bank. They have an awkward conversation about what it is that people do at banks. "Huh," Sam concludes, lamely.
Soliloquy Sam searches for something to say.