Episode Report Card Couch Baron: B+ | 234 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT The Grass Is Always Greener
By Couch Baron | Season 6 | Episode 4 | Aired on 2013.04.21
A pretty blonde (played by Marley Shelton of Pleasantville notoriety) is putting the finishing touches on Gail's makeup as she apologizes for going heavy on the blush, adding that she's out of practice. I'm out of practice in dealing with how much I love Gail, but that's like riding a bicycle. Gail tells "Kate" she needs all the help she can get, but Kate replies that the Mary Kay philosophy is to make yourself feel better by "doing something for you." Gail dryly replies that that will be a first, and that's fair enough from someone who's been the nanny for the past year or so, but I'm sad to hear that it sounds like her supply of male company seems to have dried up.
Joan arrives home with a big smile and a warm embrace for Kate, as the two of them are old friends; Kate grins that Joan hasn't changed, while Joan wonders how Kate suddenly got younger than she. Just wait until later in the episode, Joan. Gail asks what Joan thinks of her makeover, prompting Joan warily to ask how much she spent. Hee. Gail informs her it's all free of charge, and Kate explains that this is stuff left over from when she was in the field -- she's a sales director now. After a quick inquiry about Kate's "boys," Gail suggests they let Kevin, Joan's son, sleep while they eat dinner, as she made a pork roast. Joan, in a we-discussed-this-and-I-said-no voice, informs her mother that she made reservations at Le Cirque "for two," but Gail is like, I want to catch up with Kate, who by the way has a job interview in the morning, "and I don't want her tying one on." Sounds like Gail might have been a second mom for Kate, which is adorable. Joan asks who Kate's meeting with, and she smiles, "The competition." Ding dong!