Episode Report Card Niki: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can you say "anticlimactic"?
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2001
Lily and Rick, meanwhile, are huddled together, watching the action. Lily's playing the blame game. She says that Grace didn't even want to work today, but she made her. "So it's all your fault, then," Rick says. He hugs her tightly and murmurs, "It's okay" a couple times before kissing the side of her head. Lily just stares straight ahead like he's not even there. Which is not to say that she's an asshole. It's a perfectly natural way to behave when you're in shock. So I think we can let it slide. This time.
Meanwhile, Benny's pouting at a table, contemplating the tablecloth and what an ass he is. He looks up and announces that he's hungry. Jake says, "I think we could all use something to eat." He suggests whipping up a little something -- "carbonara?" -- for everyone. Benny doesn't like it. He doesn't like it a bit, see. He tells Grace to go and get the birthday cake, and "anyone who wants some can have some." She grabs Jake's hand and they're about to head off together, but Benny doesn't like that either. He tells her to take Spencer instead. And in an especially decisive show of authority, Benny barks out one more order, raised warning finger and all: "No ice cream." Grace and Spencer head to the kitchen. Benny, the non-dairy tyrant, stares hard at Jake.
In the kitchen, Grace mutters, "I can't believe this," as she sets about grabbing plates and a cutter for the cake. I can't either. Unless Grace is the second coming, I don't see how that one little round cake is going to be enough for everyone, but whatever. Spencer says he's not surprised by it, since he expects someone with a gun to burst in all the time, no matter where he is. Or that a tornado is going to strike, or his parents are going to be killed in a car accident. "I have trouble believing the world can exist without a catastrophe," he says earnestly. Grace pauses while cutting the cake and ponders for a second before admitting, "I'm really scared of tidal waves." Spencer deadpans, "It's a particular danger in Chicago." Grace gives him a tiny smile.
Out in the parking lot, the camera pans the crowd huddled along the barricade, landing finally on Wannabe, who's being interviewed for the news. "I mean, I know her. She's a strong person," she tells the reporter. "And when they say 'grace under pressure,' that's completely who she is." Dammit, you know I really want to say something cutting here, because it's Wannabe and all, but I just can't. That was nice, what she said. Although, I guess she can't be all that torn up about things if she's willing to dish out sound bites for the eleven o'clock news. Hey, yeah! Nice try with the compliments, Wannabe, but that was just crass, you classless ass.
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