Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Experience Is The Teacher
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 17 | Aired on 03.31.2002
When we return from commercials, we're at the radio station. Lily's in the middle of offering a caller advice. The camera pans from her to Grace, who's waiting outside the booth. Grace is turning over Creepitri's book in her hands, staring at it reverently. She flips open the cover, and Lily's voice is abruptly silenced, as the outside world vanishes.
We cut to Soliloquy Grace, reading the inscription and then quickly closing the book. She looks up at us with wide eyes and says, "He wrote me an inscription." She opens the book again, slowly, and savors the words. "Oh my god," she murmurs. She looks into the camera and says she "can't believe he wrote that." Wrote what, wrote what?!
We cut back to Lily, who's just signing off the air. She sounds much less earnest now when she says, "I'm no expert." The guy in the booth -- her producer? -- enthuses that the show was amazing. Lily breathlessly agrees, smiling that it felt really amazing. She's pleased with the faster pace of the show, saying she's been working on trying to "keep things moving." She exits the booth to a high five and a muffled, "That was great, Lily!" Lily gives Grace a hug and thanks her for picking her up. Presumably in her own truck, but I guess that's beside the point. Grace says they have to hurry up, because she's going to see "that movie" tonight. Lily has no idea what she's talking about. Lily frets that it's a school night, and Grace says the movie's only playing for one night, "and Mr. Dimitri thinks it's important that [they] see it." Lily says she doesn't remember Grace mentioning it. Grace insists that she did, saying, "It's like this whole group of us, from English?" She spots the Curmudgeon looming in his office door and beams a hello. Lily spins around and smiles at Les with anticipation, asking if he heard the show. Absently, he signs something Lily's producer hands him on a clipboard, and says it felt a little "frantic." Lily can't believe what she's hearing, whining that she wasn't trying to rush the callers. Les cuts through it: "I mean, you know, where's the fire?" Lily tries not to look crushed. The Curmudgeon says that some people from Radiovation just called. Lily's producer exposits that Radiovation is the "top syndication group." Lily tries to follow along. Les says he sent them some tapes, and now they want to meet her. Lily is stunned speechless. Grace nudges her shoulder and congratulates her. Lily manages to gape, "But!" The Curmudgeon snaps, "What?" He adds that the Radiovation people will be there on Friday. The Curmudgeon retreats into his burrow, and Lily's producer gushes, "Wow! A star is born!" Lily doesn't look so sure.