Episode Report Card Niki: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT It's The End Of The World As We Know It...
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.10.2001
Cut to Jessie and Rick at his dining-room table. Lily's in the background, fussing in the kitchen. Rick's holding a paper and says, "Jess, you can call the Romans a lot of things, but 'stupid' isn't one of them." She laughs and relents, "Okay, well, maybe not 'stupid.'" She says that they built roads and had "about a million armies" but it was all to enslave other people. Rick points out their legal system. Jessie says, "Okay, they introduced law to the barbarians, but how did the barbarians feel about that?" Rick chuckles, and Jessie continues her diatribe, saying that all their art was copied from the Greeks, all their philosophy was stolen from the Greeks, and even all their gods were taken from the Greeks. Jessie says that she can't think of one original thing the Romans did, and says that if she were a Roman, she's be very ashamed of herself. Rick stares at her adoringly, his cheek propped on his hand, and then throws his arms around her. He pulls her tight, and she giggles, not seeing the intensity on his face as he holds on for dear life. "Eli, you have to save me from Dad!" Jessie yells with a big smile. Lily wanders in from the kitchen to let them know dinner's ready, and Rick finally eases his grip on Jessie when she volunteers to set the table. Rick swipes at his nose and tries to get himself under control, and Lily slowly sits down next to him. She links her arm through his, and he finally looks at her as she promises, "We're going to get through this, whatever happens." He stares down at the table again. "Rick, whatever happens," she vows, cupping his chin and turning his face to hers. Eli breaks the moment, coming down the stairs and saying, "She actually cooked for us? That's pretty cool." Yes, and "she" actually has a name, too.
There's a pounding at the door. Eli answers it and comes face-to-face with a herd of cops, one of them brandishing a warrant as they barge in and announce that they're there to search the premises. The cop hands Rick the warrant and asks if there's another computer on the premises besides the one he can see. Rick says just the kids', upstairs. "We'll take them, too," one of the cops mutters, heading for the stairs. God, I'm expecting to see Anne Frank hiding somewhere with all this hubbub. Seriously, this is a white-collar crime. It's not like they're barging in and tearing up the place looking for a murder weapon or a kidnapping victim. They're looking for incriminating email. But these cops seem to think they're on an episode of Cops and start ransacking the place while Lily and Jessie cower in Rick's arms. One of the cops almost knocks over a lamp, and when Eli rushes over to catch it, the cop warns him to back off. Seriously, someone needs to cut their rations of coffee and donuts. These cops are all hopped up on some kind of caffeinated sugar rush. Eli, Jessie, Lily, and Rick just stand clear, watching the violation unfold.