Episode Report Card Niki: D | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT A Dream Deferred
By Niki | Season 1 | Episode 6 | Aired on 10.25.1999
Judy asks if she can borrow the sweater that Lily's wearing. Lily declines. Judy pouts and tells Lily she's "so mean." "I'm so nice," Lily insists emphatically. "Mean," Judy retorts. Lily swats her arm with a piece of paper. The point of all this? I dunno. I guess the writers have to fill the hour somehow. Judy resumes the coffee debate by saying that she met "this great carpenter -- well, actually, he's an artist." Yeah, an artist with a nice set of tools, right? Lily's getting my drift, leveling Judy a knowing look. Judy asks if they can get him to do a quote, and Lily wonders how they can afford to build a coffee bar but they can't afford to give books to people who need them. Um, because you run a store, not a library?
Back to B/W Lily, who's still relishing her childhood crime spree. "I may have lost some of that money," she purrs, running a finger seductively down her throat and feeling oh-so-sexy because she's a naughty, naughty girl. She touches the tip of her tongue to the corner of her mouth before adding, "I found some of those orange bills crumpled up under the sofa." Ah-ha! I knew it.
Lily agrees to meet with Judy's carpenter crush and then asks if he's going to be "obnoxious." Judy pretends to be offended, and then they argue about who's going to stay and lock up. Oddly, neither one wants to leave. The door's bell tinkles and Rick strolls in, looking elfin and adorable as always. Judy casts Lily a knowing look and then pours on the saccharine charm, apologizing profusely to Rick for leaving just as he arrives. She actually borders on sarcastic. Alone at last, Rick and Lily say "Hi."
Cut to the two of them plastered against one another. The requisite steamy-breathing sound effects accompany their lip-smacking action. I find watching this kind of moist in-your-face breathing a little uncomfortable. All I can do is wonder what their breath must be like. Sela and Billy don't seem to be concerned with such practical matters, though, so I guess they're both fresh. I think I forgot to mention that their silhouettes are horizontal. But only for a few seconds before the director -- that tricky dick -- swings them upright. Why, they're not lying on the ground at all! They're actually pressing up against the end of some bookshelf! "Who cares?" you ask? I don't know, but obviously the director thought it was important. "Have I ever told you my librarian fantasy?" Rick pants. "I can imagine," Lily whispers seductively. So can I, so I'm hoping they forgo the demonstration. Personally, I find librarians terrifying. Thankfully, they skip it, and all we see is the two of them slurp-sliding their way to the floor.