Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Boy Meets Girl
By Niki | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Aired on 09.20.1999
Black-and-white Rick feels this is an appropriate moment to interrupt. He says, "The worst thing is when you get good at dating, like it's an art form rather than something real happening." From what we're seeing, Rick, I don't think you've got to worry about that.
Back at the restaurant, Lily is talking about her sister. These confessionals are like alien abductions, aren't they? When we return from one, we never know how much time has passed, or where we'll find ourselves. Lily's talking about her sister, and...that's all we see, actually, before we cut back to black-and-white Rick. He's still waxing about the whole dating process: "You say the same thing about yourself thirty times, and it starts to feel like a lie, even when it's the truth." Okay, back to the restaurant again. Rick tells Lily that his two brothers are still in Kansas. He and Lily reach for their wineglasses with the desperation of drowning people clutching at anything that floats.
Black-and-white Lily decides to take up the slack in the conversation. She tells us that Judy always fought with their parents, and she was always the peacemaker. I have no idea what this latest tidbit is related to. Maybe it's the result of all that wine Lily's been downing.
And, we're back to the restaurant again. Lily's ordering her dinner and making a bizillion requests and substitutions. Yeah, she's not difficult at all. When she's finally finished making the waiter nuts, Lily looks at Rick and says, "Sometimes I listen to myself and think I am just so boring." Ah, it is such a rare moment when Lily and I actually agree on something. "I was just thinking that," Rick says, but he's kidding. Lily swats at his arm. "What's wrong with liking what you like?" Rick asks. "I don't know. When I was a kid, I just ate whatever was put in front of me. And maybe I was happier." I doubt it. My parents used to try and feed my things like beets and squash and liver and, let me tell you, it did not make me happy.
With a tear in her eye, black-and-white Lily says, "I just don't know where I fit in my life anymore. And I'm scared."
Back to dinner. The wine seems to have taken effect, finally. Rick is laughing as Lily describes her experience giving birth to Zoe, which I'm pretty sure is an entirely inappropriate topic for first-date conversation, or for any other conversation taking place in the presence of food (yes, I'm squeamish, why do you ask?). She laughingly recalls how Jake and the doctor got into an argument because Jake ran out of battery for the video camera and told her not to push until he got back.