Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT If You Love Something, Let It Run Free
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 18 | Aired on 04.03.2001
Soliloquy Jessie pops up. She's wearing a little camo t-shirt, which I think is really cute for some reason. She starts to reminisce about the first time she went skiing. She was six, and Rick took her to the top of the hill. He stood behind her, with his skis on either side of hers, and they "just flew down the mountain." Which sounds really freaking hard -- not to mention terrifying -- to me. I tried skiing for the first time over New Year's, and I didn't want anyone near me. I kept thinking I'd get skewered by a ski pole or something. Jessie, however, looks blissful at the memory.
Back in the kitchen, Jessie looks not so blissful. In fact, she looks downright pissed. Behind her, Karen mentions something about the book fair, and Jessie acts like Karen's knowing about it is the biggest invasion of privacy ever. She asks, indignantly, "Dad told you about that?" Karen honeys that Rick just mentioned that Grace might call, and Jessie rolls her eyes and sullenly says, "Yeah, she talked to me." Karen asks whether she's going to help, and Jessie snaps that she will. She watches Karen warily out of the corner of her eye, like she can't wait for her to leave. Karen notices, sighs, and says, "How about I call your dad tomorrow and we talk about it some more?" Jessie stares straight ahead, gritting her teeth. "Okay?" Karen prompts. "Okay," Jessie grits. Karen moves back to the stove, and Jessie turns back to her books. Her eyes don't really seem focused on the page, though.
Rick's life, meanwhile, is all wine and roses, as he joins Lily at the bar of a restaurant where they're waiting for a table. Lily slinks her arms around his neck and purrs, "I can't believe we have the whole night alone." She asks if he has his phone with him. "What phone?" he says innocently. He says that maybe he should go with her to look at places for the wedding. Lily says he's "so busy" and besides, she's just taking Judy for granted...I mean, "with her." "Ah, she doesn't want to do that," Rick says, waving his hand dismissively. Lily asks why he'd say that. Rick points out that Judy's not exactly thrilled with "the whole idea of the wedding." Lily is adamant, "That is so completely not true!" Rick says, "It's not a crime." Apparently, that glass of wine in front of Lily isn't her first, because she claims, "[Judy's] very happy we're getting married!" Rick just pops bar nuts into his mouth and mutters something. "She is!" Lily insists. After a second she asks if Rick thinks Judy is resentful. He says it must be hard on her, considering it's Lily's second marriage, and loser Judy hasn't even had one yet. Lily scarfs some nuts and goes back to lalaLilyland, saying, "You're wrong. She's happy for me. I can tell." Because Lily is, after all, so finely attuned to what other people are feeling. Lily just keeps on talking: "Even if she had an issue, she wouldn't let it affect her...She just -- she just wants me to be happy." Rick munches nuts. He says, "You're right. She's actually a far better person than you are. [suppressing a burp -- like we wouldn't notice] I think I'll marry her." Dude, you're not good enough for Judy. Lily obviously knows he's kidding because no one would pick Judy over her, and she smiles a satisfied little smile. "Just you wait," she promises. "It's going to be a perfect wedding." Rick concurs, "Except for the sullen teenagers, the withholding relatives, the exes in the parking lot with their voodoo dolls [oh, don't flatter yourself], the threat of legal action over my entire --" Lily shuts him up with a kiss.