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By Niki | Season 1 | Episode 19 | Aired on 04.02.2000
Out on the driveway, it becomes apparent inside of a second or two that Leo is going to get his butt soundly whupped. Eli's moderately sneaky deek sends Leo falling face-first onto the pavement, which is embarrassing enough, but he compounds it by insisting he's still going to beat the kid.
Inside, Jessie's eating ice cream straight from the container. Again, I wonder, whose parents let the do this? My childhood wasn't exactly boot camp, but I was expected to eat off dishes and not stick my germ-encrusted, saliva-coated utensils into communal food supplies. Jessie's standing with her back to Karen. She looks up with a devilish little grin and asks Karen if Leo is her boyfriend. Karen pretends not to hear her, so Jessie asks her again. Karen says no, and Jessie says she thinks Leo likes her. Karen tells Jessie to get back to studying for her tae kwon do test. Jessie would, but she's conveniently forgotten one of her books in Rick's car, and damn, you know, he's not home. Karen tells her to call his cell phone. Jessie would, but you know, it's not like it's an emergency or anything. Karen shoves -- yes shoves -- Jessie away from the phone and calls Rick.
Rick's having a hot and steamy date with Lily. They're sitting in his truck eating ice cream. He tells Karen he's got the book, and he can bring it by in a few minutes -- he's right around the corner. Oh that's okay, she stutters, thinking of the man-child in the driveway --she'll pick it up in the morning. Rick won't hear of it, he'll be there in two minutes. Weakly, Karen hangs up the phone.
Outside, Leo's choking on Eli's smoke when Rick pulls up. Leo walks over to introduce himself to Rick. He notices Lily in the truck and, à la Bart Simpson, says something like "who the hell are you?" Karen comes flying down the front steps, too late to avert the disaster, and Leo tells her Eli won. He drapes his arm over her shoulder and says he's not as young as he used to be before giving her a kiss on the cheek. Karen looks like she'd rather be just about anywhere else and then bolts for the house, calling over her shoulder for Leo to follow her like a good boy.
Rick climbs into the truck looking shell-shocked while Lily grins from ear to ear. "Good for her, huh?" she says, on behalf of older women everywhere, I guess. I imagine women around the nation cheering and high-fiving in a show of solidarity. Okay, no I don't. "What do you mean?" Rick asks. Lily says Leo's obviously not her type, but good for Karen. Oddly, Rick still fails to share her enthusiasm for his ex-wife's new beau. He's staring up at the house and Lily looks at him with a knowing smile. She can tell he's jealous, but she's secure enough in her Sela-ness to find it cute. She knows she's got nothing to worry about.