Episode Report Card Niki: C | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Sixty-Minute Miracle
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 15 | Aired on 03.17.2002
"Whatever," Soliloquy Judy says glumly, chin on her hand.
"That's okay," Judy coos, oozing sympathy and understanding. She smiles sweetly at Sam, looking a little like the saints on the sides of those religious candles they sell at the dollar store. Sam paces cautiously, asking if she isn't disappointed. "No," St. Jude answers demurely. He asks whether she's lying. "Yeah," she admits with a laugh. "See, if only we hadn't taken the call," Sam laments.
"Uh. Yee-ah," Soliloquy Judy snarks, shooting us a No Shit, Holmes look.
Sam promises Judy that they'll go to the cabin the next day instead. Judy says that she should leave before Janine and Jamian get to Sam's place. Sam breaks it to her that they're already there -- Janine called from the car. That's a little presumptuous of Janine, no? Judy blanches. The plucky guitars play on. "You're kidding," she begs. The doorbell rings.
Cut to Judy simmering in the bathroom, eavesdropping as Janine runs down the stuff Sam needs to know. She says Jamian forgot his toothbrush, and Sam says he has one there already. Janine informs Sam that Jamian doesn't like it. Sam says they'll get him a new one, then. Of course they will. "Okay, so I'll see you tomorrow evening," Janine says. Sam's like, "Whoa ho ho! You said you'd be back in the morning. I mean, I've got cabins to visit and chicks to screw, here." Janine insists she didn't say that. Sam jabs her, "Okay, well, call before you get here, because I might be...out." Janine rolls her eyes in her pointy little face, agrees, and takes her leave. She overhears Jamian's excited reaction to the bed Sam built him, and casts a hurt look over her shoulder as she goes out the door.
Judy decides that the coast is clear, and comes out of the bathroom with a bright "Hey, guys!" Sam pretends she just got there. Jamian looks disappointed and reluctantly says hi. Janine comes barging through the door without knocking, rummaging through her purse for the phone number at her sister's. Judy, stricken, just stares. Janine lifts her head and freezes when she sees Judy. She shoots a wounded look in the general direction of her ex and their kid. Jamian looks sad, while Sam looks guilty and uncomfortable. Sam finally strides over to take the phone number out of Janine's hand. Jamian casts worried looks between Janine and Judy. Judy just stands there with her mouth hanging open. Janine stares at Judy, trying hard not to cry. Sam intones the introductions, and Judy forces herself to murmur, "Nice to meet you." Janine whispers, "Nice to meet you. Uh, I guess I should be going." She stumbles her way to the door, stammering that she'll call Sam, and covering her mouth to keep from sobbing. Do you care? Yeah, me neither. She should keep running all the way back to the Friends set and her other annoying ex-husband. Sam and Judy stare at one another across the tension. Jamian makes a point of throwing himself onto his bed and facing the wall. Judy wonders what the hell she's doing there. Me too, Judy. Me. too.