Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT All Work and No Play is Unheard of by These People
By Gwen | Season 4 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.29.2000
Renee sings with Vonda AGAIN. They shout, "It's raining men! Hallelujah!" while Ally and the other blondes dance among throngs of male admirers. Ling holds court at a table of men while Richard complains by her side. Even Larry Paul is there, watching Ally's Sprocket moves from afar. Mark's dancing with Cindy again. Everyone's having a jolly good time until Brian shows up. He gets on stage and interrupts the caterwauling to congratulate Ally as the organizer of the night's event. Everyone claps. Brian tells them that he and Ally broke up a few days before, but that he's happy to see her moving on. He leaves the bar. Everyone stares in silence as if they're shocked or they give a crap about Brian and Ally.
Myra goes into John's office and asks about his feelings. He assumes she meant the sex and tells her he has no regrets. She meant the case, though. Oops. He thinks it's going well. He says that if they win, he knows a quiet little restaurant where they can celebrate. "Oh, actually, I have a date tonight," says Myra. D'oh! John tries to play off his surprise. Then he says, "We made love the other night -- was it just S-E-X?" What -- they can say "penis" but not "sex"? Whatever. Losers. Myra apologizes. She liked the sex, but she wasn't looking for a relationship. John tries to act like he's not totally hurt. Nelle comes in and says the jury's ready with the verdict. John seems grateful for the opportunity to quit getting dissed by Myra. I bet he's thinking, "Damn! If I'd known this would happen, I would have done a half-assed closing argument like I did with my fat, ugly friend last week."
Ally goes to Brian's office and tells him, "I thought public speaking made you nervous." She's wearing the purple skirt that went with her purple sweater from earlier. She tops it with a white chiffon blouse that would have looked nice if it hadn't been accompanied by another purple scarf. This one's bigger and darker than the one she wore before. I'm guessing there's some kind of in-joke among the wardrobe people regarding purple scarves. Ally explains why she put together the Model Night scam. Then she apologizes for disrespecting Brian and his feelings, although she's not sure it warranted his "little display." Brian says she doesn't owe him anything. Then why did he make that scene at the bar? Ally says, "I'm not trying to wriggle off the meat hook, here." Thanks for the visual, Ally McGrody. She wants Brian to know that what he saw on the dance floor wasn't what she was feeling inside. Sure it wasn't. She says "bye" and takes off. Brian looks all thoughtful and sad as if he didn't totally luck out when she broke up with him.