Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Baby Blues
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 8 | Aired on 01.09.2001
Rick, meanwhile, is pacing the floor and awaiting word from Lily. She's in the bathroom, unpacking the contents of the test box.
She hops on the Soliloquy Stool to reminisce a little about Jake's reaction when he learned that she was pregnant with Grace. It was, of course, the exact opposite of Rick's reaction. Jake "lit up" and he was "awed by everything…me." The memory brings a smile to Lily's face.
Back to Rick pacing and looking anything but "lit up." He notices a picture of Lily holding one of the kids as a baby. He picks it up, studying it and looking stunned.
Now he's up on the Stool, remembering what it was like when Eli was a baby and how much he loved it. He says he couldn't believe that he'd had anything to do with "creating this beautiful boy. And that he was [his]."
Rick's now in the doorway to the kitchen. Lily blows past with the test indicator held out in front of her. She places it on the counter and sets a kitchen timer. "Three minutes," she announces. The timer ticks away like a little bomb in the quiet kitchen. Rick puts his arms around Lily from behind and kisses her ear, promising, "We're in this together." Lily looks straight ahead and nods. "And whatever we have to do…" Rick continues. She pulls away and turns to confront him. "Have to do?" she demands. Rick's a deer in headlights. He stammers that he di-uh-di-uh-didn't mean it that way. Lily looks at him with disgust then turns away with a sigh. "We never even talked about this," she mutters, moving away. She says they should have, because they have different…Rick cuts her off to ask how she knows what he's thinking. She gets all editorial on his ass, saying it's his "use of the imperative." Rick tries to dig himself out, but Lily wrenches away his shovel. He rubs his eyes and gives up trying. She watches him then apologizes so softly I had to rewind it just to be sure she actually spoke. The clock keeps ticking away. Rick resumes his positive-thinking tactic, saying again that it's very unlikely that Lily's even pregnant. He starts going down that dangerous road, suggesting that it could be something to do with menopause. He doesn't actually say it, and when Lily levels him with a steely glare (how dare he suggest that she's aging!), he quickly backtracks from the suggestion that it could have anything to do with changes in her body. Lily continues staring at him as he searches for something to say. Frustrated, Rick says he doesn't think there's anything he could say at that point that she wouldn't misconstrue. She allows that he's probably right. The timer dings, and the two glance over at the test…