Episode Report Card Aaron: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dead as Folk? No. Dead as Fuck? Yes.
By Aaron | Season 2 | Episode 9 | Aired on 04.27.2002
Over at Nikolai's Legless Flower Shop, Ruth and Robbie are gossiping about how her caring for Nikolai has improved the relationship. Nothing really interesting happens, so I have to figure that the only reason Alan Ball slipped this scene in was so we could hear Ruth saying, "It's not just about the sex anymore." Thanks, Alan. I'm going to go shower now.
It's lunchtime at the Formaldehyde Fortress, and Rico sneaks into the kitchen to grab his lunch out of the fridge. He's quickly busted by Nikolai, however, who complains that he's finished his own lunch and is still hungry. Cut to the two of them sitting side-by-side, watching TV and eating Rico's lunch. While I'm still giggling over the image of tiny little Rico sitting in a wheelchair and Nikolai's hair looking even worse than Nate's, they start discussing some woman from whatever show they're watching. As The Corpse Turns, perhaps. Or maybe General Mortuary. It is that time of day. Anyway, Nikolai describes the woman as being "a wildcat in love…the kind that leaves scratch marks all over your body," but Rico can't get past the fact that she's at least sixty years old. He's also upset when Nikolai claims that she's Latin, which therefore makes her "hot-blooded." I guess that's supposed to show Rico why he shouldn't call people "homos" all the time, but it sort of falls flat. These two don't make anywhere near the quality comedy pairing you'd expect them to. Nikolai finally asks about the bruises on Rico's face, to which Rico replies that "it's none of [Nikolai's] fucking business." Fk=15.
Despite the fact that they left the building not three scenes ago, Nate and David are right back in Das Sargzimmer, meeting with the extremely attractive trophy wife of the DGDJ. She's played by Dina Meyer, whom most of you will remember as the naked girl from that shower scene in Starship Troopers. No, not that one. The other one. No, not her either. The one in the corner. You know, the wholesome one who sleeps with the hero and must therefore die a horrible death at the hands of a giant napalm-spewing beetle. Yeah. Her. Also, here's where Sars points out that she was also on 90210. ["She was, uh, also on 90210." -- Sars] Anyway, she's ranting and raving about the fact that the DGDJ decided to be buried next to his ex-wife instead of her. She's especially angered by how much the previously seen daughters must be enjoying that news, since they never believed she was good enough for their father. When Nate cautiously reveals that there is still an unpaid balance on the funeral arrangements, she gets an evil grin and tells them that even though the DGDJ left everything to her, she's not going to pay.