Episode Report Card Niki: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT In a Whole Lot of Shhh
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 11.27.2000
Well, speak of the devil and there she is. Oh, I'm kidding. We see Lily juggling her travel mug, purse, videos, and cell phone as she opens the door of the Explorer. See? She really does need that big truck. "I thought we were already on for Saturday," she says to the phone. Rick explains the situation: Miles wants him to meet some people, and he wants to do it at Rick's office. "What kind of people?" Lily wants to know. "Pretty important people," Rick says helpfully. "Oh," Lily says. Silence. Rick jumps in to say he knows it's short notice, and it's the first time they'll be meeting business clients "as, you know, a...unit..." "I think 'couple' is the word you're going for," Lily teases. Rick tells Lily that Miles is really looking forward to meeting her. "He is?" she says, surprised. Remember, she didn't notice Miles noticing her ass end last week. Rick says that she really should meet Miles and promises it'll be "an experience. He's a piece of work." Amen. Lily wants to know whom "Miles Drentell" is bringing. "Madeline Albright or Madonna," Rick quips. "It depends who's in town." Apparently Rick didn't hear that Madonna's engaged this week. Oh wait, no she's not. "I think I'm intimidated," Lily admits. "It'll be fun," Rick promises. Lily's still intimidated, but she agrees to go.
Rick hangs up, and the camera pans over his shoulder where David is glaring at him though the glass. Good thing it's safety glass. David looks nearly psychotic with the tape paused. Rick feels David's eyes burning a hole in his back and spins to look at him. David stands and leans over the partition saying, "I don't like this." Rick tells him not to come, then. David snarks that no one invited him, anyway. Rick says it was assumed. David: "I took it for granted that [Miles would] have the two guys there with the sunglasses and no necks to keep me out." Rick jokingly wonders why David pays for cable when he has such a vivid fantasy life. David retorts, "Hey, look, you're the one who wants to flash -- you're the golden boy, right?" Goh! Rick doesn't like that one. He scowls and tells David to knock it off. David says he means it: Rick would prefer it if David weren't there because then he could be "less inhibited." Rick wonders what that means, frantically reassuring himself that the ladies' panties incident from last year's Christmas party has indeed been forgotten. David clarifies: Rick "won't have to pretend [he doesn't] like it." The receptionist interrupts to inform them, "The party people are here." Blank looks. "Mr. Drentell sent them," she says. "That was fast," Rick mutters. "Yeah, he probably had them stashed in a van up the alley," David snides. Ha! David, really, this has to stop or I may end up liking you.