Episode Report Card Gustave: A | 1 USERS: A+ YOU GRADE IT The return of Lady Mac
By Gustave | Season 2 | Episode 6 | Aired on 12.02.2002
Palmer enters his office, where Lady Mac is waiting for him with her feet propped up, sipping a cup of coffee. Oh, and it's official: the set dressers must read my recaps and the boards, because Lady Mac is sitting on an Eames Lounge Chair with a Matching Ottoman. Palmer demands to know where she got the information about the evacuation. Lady Mac won't reveal her sources, but alleges that there are people in his administration conspiring against him, and she can help him bring them down. Palmer tells her that he has no time for her "power plays" since he's dealing with the B-O-M-B. Lady Mac is stunned by this news and admits that she got her intel from someone at the Defense Department who owed her a favor. She elaborates further on the conspirators who want to control Palmer's presidency. "There were deals made under the table," she says. She offers to help him find out who these people are if Palmer will let her. Reluctantly, he agrees, but under the condition that it's for the good of the country and not their estranged marriage. "You can call it anything you want, David," says Lady Mac. Aw, we missed you Lady Mac! He sets her up with an office and a secure phone line. "This better not be one of your manipulations," says Palmer. "The stakes are too high." "This better be one of Lady Mac's manipulations," says Gustave. "The ratings are too low." The time is 01:39:10 PM.
I was always a big defender of the Christmas Gap commercial. Every year, I've disagreed with the countless throngs of people who hated those clever Gap ads and their attempts to modernize Christmas. No more. Not even Will Kemp and Angela Lindvall, the two most gorgeous people on earth can save this ad. Nor can the inclusion of my favorite disco song, "Love Train," by the O'Jays. This ad sucks. Oh, and I'm not going to see Gangs of New York.
The time is 01:43:36 PM. Klockwise from the top left, DaddyStopTouchingMe searches St. Virgil's, Spawn hides from DaddyStopTouchingMe, and Cate paces the floors of Chez Crew some more. Reza's parents arrive at Chez Crew. His mother is wearing one of those big-ass Chanel scarves over her head because she loves shopping and Allah. Reza's father looks like Armand Assante, but with shorter hair. Cate gets the door and steers them quickly past the handsome black agent posted in front of the dining room. FarsiMom wants to see Reza right away, so Cate just blurts out everything right then and there about how the government is questioning Reza and the wedding is probably going to be cancelled. FarsiPop rails against the U.S. for its prejudicial treatment of Middle Easterners. FarsiMom gets so worked up that she even removes the scarf from her head. Oooh! Scalp!
Back at St. Virgil's, En-Rick-Ay decides to create a distraction so that JonBenet and Spawn can leave the hospital. "If I'm not out in ten minutes, it means they caught me," he says. Spawn insists that they will all leave St. Virgil's together. She kisses him. Hard. En-Rick-Ay leaves the exam room, grabs a flat screen computer monitor from a desk, and runs. The distracted security guard chases after the "male Hispanic," allowing Spawn and JonBenet to escape. Unfortunately, DaddyStopTouchingMe just happens to be looking out the window at that moment. He sees the girls crossing the parking lot, and heads outside.