Episode Report Card Deborah: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Maternal Instincts
By Deborah | Season 1 | Episode 5 | Aired on 10.23.2003
Clay runs up to Joan outside at school, saying, "Hey, J.G.! What's doing?" "J.G."? Hate that. Shut up, Davy Jones. Joan says she didn't want to butt in. Butt into what? I don't know. Clay says fifteen good butt jokes just died because he was a gentleman. He says he didn't see her with "the usuals" in the cafeteria. She says she needed a break. He asks if they're still on for Saturday. Joan admits that she can't get out of the thing she has to do. So just suggest another time! It's not like the guy is saying you have to see him Saturday, because he's being executed at sunset that day. Although that would be fine by me. It gets up my nose when people on TV are pointlessly obtuse just to support a weak bit of plotting. Clay asks her what it is she's busy with. I don't know why it's so embarrassing -- I mean, yes, it's not like she's going to be doing something terribly cool, but just say it's your parents' idea and you have to help them. Who cares? Yeah, you can tell I'm old enough to have teenagers of my own. She finally coughs up the facts, and Clay says that's cool: "I'll swing by. Take a look at some of your dad's records." I'm trying to decide what Will would have listened to back in the day, and absolutely nothing I come up with is convincing. It's just hard to picture him listening to music at all. Clay asks, "What is it: Tony Bennett, or Dino?" Actually, now that he mentions Tony Bennett, I could see that. Joan says, "Nah, it's all of them. And some guy named Jefferson Airplane." Heh. "Are you sure you want to? Parental units will be there...the whole thing's gonna be kinda pathetic." Clay: "I'll tell you what's pathetic: moping around thinking about some girl." Joan smiles and, as usual, doesn't know how to respond to that. He leans over and quickly kisses her on the mouth. He walks off, leaving her looking slightly surprised. She smiles and turns around and giggles to herself.
Will is going over the report in the Bonner case. Daghlian watches him for a moment at the door, and then says, "Chief, I'm headed out to the scene of a jumper. Thirtieth floor onto concrete...it worked." Arcadia has thirty-storey buildings? I am convinced the population of Arcadia must be over a million. Daghlian asks if Will needs him to come back afterward. Will says he'll see him tomorrow. Daghlian asks if he's looking at the final report on the Bonner case. Will says he's double-checking it before he sends it back to the DA: "Scum's gonna walk. Turns my stomach." Daghlian takes the blame for including the breathalyzer result. Will says he was just being an honest cop. Daghlian: "Actually, I thought it would help her case...prove she wasn't drunk. Now I'd give anything to take it back." Will: "So would I." He hands Daghlian the file and says, "Ship it."