Episode Report Card Niki: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Taking Sides
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 01.03.2002
Back to Soliloquy Beach, where Karen is still trying to talk Sam out of telling us what happened. "She does not want to talk about it," Janine helpfully informs us. Sam doesn't seem to care, and launches straight into the story. Rick pipes up that he thinks they should tell the story. Have another Michelob, Mullet-Man, since that's exactly what Sam's already doing. Karen keeps on protesting while everyone laughs, and we get to see how tight these four once were.
Back in the kitchen, Sam's taking his leave. Judy pretends to buy his crap and acts like she's not bothered. Rick offers to walk him out, and Lily and Grace stare after them with matching unimpressed looks. In the foyer, Sam claps Rick on the arm and says he'll see him in the morning. Rick sighs and closes the door, looking disappointed. After a second, he glances up toward the camera, and seems to catch himself when he realizes he's being watched. Who's watching him? I have no idea, and we'll probably never know, since we head to commercials.
After the break, we follow Karen's receptionist into the conference room, where she announces that Janine Blue is on her way in. "Oh, god, really?" Karen whispers with alarm. The receptionist asks whether it's okay, and Karen says she guesses so; she just feels bad since she hasn't spoken to Janine in weeks. She trails off as Janine blows into the room. The receptionist slips out as the two women hug, and Karen apologizes for not having called. Janine, sporting a cast on her right hand, shrugs off her coat and assures Karen that it's okay. Janine sits down and gets right down to it, saying she needs a good divorce attorney. She informs Karen that Sam "cheated again, right before he left." She wonders, "How many times can he humiliate me?" Karen makes sympathetic faces and says, "I'm so sorry." Janine pops out of her chair, ranting, "I could kill him! And Rick! Rick takes him in like his little lost puppy. Oh-hoh, I could kill him too! Do you have anyone you want me to kill, because I feel like I am just getting started!" She pushes up her sleeves and Karen watches her, concerned as well as careful not to make any sudden movements. Whatever's up this woman's backside makes the ass-pole look like Silly Putty. Even Karen is awed. Janine slips into the chair again, announcing that she wants to get everything: "His socks, his jockstrap. I want things I don't even care about!" Karen says she can give Janine the name of a good divorce attorney, and Janine trails Karen to her office, muttering that she's sure Sam's still with the girl, whom she just knows is "some twenty-year-old waif." Karen mutters that she's sure that isn't true. Janine laughs bitterly and says, "Uh, trust me. It's going to be some young bimbo, just like the last time."