Episode Report Card Deborah: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A Show Of Hands
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 01.06.2005
Outside the interrogation room, Will tells Lucyfer he doesn't want to make a deal with Vlad. Lucyfer says that once Karpovich has a lawyer, they're no longer in the driver's seat: "I think we need to focus on what we want out of this situation." I don't know what she means by that. Will: "What I want is Joey Edwards, eight pieces in the river." Lucyfer nods, saying they'll get him. Will: "Then no deals yet. We let him sweat it out for a few more days." Lucyfer sighs and puts her left hand gently on Will's chest: "I guess I could lose his paperwork." I can't believe she's doing that in the middle of the crowded police station. There are all kinds of people around, even if not within smelling distance of them. Will looks uncomfortable and says, "Back off, bitch." Oh, I kid. He says, "I told you before not to do that." So there's been a before, eh? Hmm. I notice she's wearing some kind of ring on her third finger. She takes her hand away and says, "Sorry. I thought it was harmless." Will: "It's not. You know it." She just looks ever so slightly hurt. She says nothing before walking away, with a look on her face that suggests he'll be sorry somehow.
Roger's at Skylight Books, telling Joan, "Working here is awesome. It's like a salad for the mind." Joan: "I guess I should put a sneezeguard up over the books." Roger urges her to take advantage of all the books to which she has access if she wants to get into a good college. Joan says she's already buried in homework. Roger: "Yeah…prepackaged factoids crammed down your throat, so you can be just like every other kid in the assembly line at college…" Joan laughs: "You would like my friend Grace." Roger, wearing a jacket with the name Fred on it, quotes Rousseau: "'I want to set before my fellow human beings a man in every way true to nature; and that man will be myself.' That's…Rousseau. He knew how to get into college." Probably helped to be a white man in a time and place when that was pretty much a requirement. Joan says she's heard about fulfilling her true nature before. Roger says that's what colleges want: the real Joan. She wonders, "What if I'm still trying to find out who that is?" Roger: "Start by finding out what turns you on." Right, Fred. Joan considers this: "Well…kicking geek rump at Rock Paper Scissors is pretty sweet." She adds, "Winning definitely turns me on." Roger: "A little militant, but…" He studies the shelves and pulls out a couple of volumes. Joan takes them: "Game Theory? The Art of War?" Roger: "Sun-Tzu. Kicking rump for more than 2,000 years."
He starts pulling out books by other authors: Kurt Vonnegut, George Eliot ("actually a chick" -- thanks, Rog), Leo Tolstoy, Langston Hughes, Plato, Thomas Hobbes, Friedrich Nietzsche…Joan's arms are loaded with books when Shammy comes along to inquire, "Does this look like a library?" Well, actually, now that you mention it…yes, it does. I can think of few things that look more like a library than a bookstore. Shammy: "They will come out of your pay." Roger: "Chill, dude, she's just sampling." Shammy walks away, warning Joan, "You schmutz it, you buy it." Points for bringing the Yiddish, but still…let's have the real Sammy back. This one's a putz. Joan sits down complaining that it's a lot of books: "I can't…" Roger tells her to read one page of each: "If you hate it, put it back. If you connect, you'll find the time." Okay, I have to admit, the pro-reading stance offsets the Skeeve Factor quite a lot. Joan sighs and looks doubtful: "You really think I can?" Roger replies, "I…see something…in your eyes. An intelligence." Joan, flattered and surprised, "You do?" Suddenly Adam comes in and Joan stands up guiltily, letting all the books slide to the floor. Schmutzorama. Adam looks unhappy. Joan introduces him to Roger as her boyfriend, the artist. Roger stands up to say hi, and Adam greets him as Fred, per his jacket. Roger explains that he's Roger, Joan's tutor. Adam nods, looking unconvinced. Roger says he has to get to class, and vamooses. Adam's expression is a mixture of hurt and accusation. He also looks really hot.