Episode Report Card Wing Chun: D+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT April Showers
By Wing Chun | Season 7 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.18.2001
Except maybe to set up this one: Rena and Carter are outside the church, and Carter is boring her stupid(er): "I don't know. He's a nice enough guy, but he's got to let me do my job." I don't get it; they're evidently outside, but they're taking their coats off. Rena asks, "Well, isn't he your supervisor?" "Technically," Carter allows. Um. No. He is. What do you think -- that because you have seniority at County, he's only "technically" your supervisor? You think he shouldn't boss you because you just don't want him to? Huh? Rena asks, "So, this has nothing to do with him dating your ex-girlfriend?" Carter says, "No. No...actually, Abby and I never really went out." Rena says that he told her they did. Um, duh, he was there; he knows what lies he told. Carter says he made that up. Rena asks why. Carter asks if he can explain that to her later. Rena, suddenly wise beyond her years: "So you'd like to go out with her?" Carter is saved from admitting the truth when they run into "Dr." Dave Malucci, who's holding a large gift. Dr. Dave makes some banal comment about the weather, and Carter introduces Rena and Dr. Dave; they've met. Carter says he didn't think Dr. Dave was coming. Dr. Dave says he called Finch, who told him she didn't need him to cover, and adds, "A couple of girls from Uncle Sal's party like weddings, so --" I assume the "Uncle Sal's party" thing is related to a scene that got cut from the script; either that, or it's a regionalism I'm not familiar with. Is "Uncle Sal's party" a euphemism for the art of prostitution? Carter snottily asks whether Dr. Dave RSVPed for Uncle Sal's party guests, like it's any of Carter's business, and Dr. Dave says he figured that, given the rain, there'd be a few no-shows. Indicating the gift, he asks if Carter knows where he can "dump this." Carter guesses that there'll be a gift table at the reception. Dr. Dave complains, "What, I'm supposed to lug this around 'til then? It's heavy! You didn't buy them a crock pot, did you?" Carter smirks (and so does Rena, like she's so much better schooled in wedding etiquette than Dr. Dave; I guess it's possible that she's been a flower girl more than once) that he got Mark and Elizabeth something from the gift registry. Dr. Dave sniffs, "Yeah, I'm not into that. 'Here's a list of things to buy me.' It's a little dick-y." Hee! God help me, Dr. Dave is really, really growing on me this season. All three glance over as a door opens and Robert "Rocket" Romano enters with a leggy blonde model type. Romano greets the stunned-silent trio, adding, "What? You didn't think I'd be invited?" He asks where the bride is, and Dr. Dave tells him that she's waiting, and that Mark hasn't arrived yet. Romano replies, "Really? Well, if he's smart, he's halfway to Mexico by now." Word. However, we all know that Mark is not smart.