Episode Report Card Sars: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT The Lady Stays Vanished
By Sars | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 05.10.2003
Nate is on the phone to the authorities, bitching at them for not taking him seriously; Ruth stands in the doorway, holding Maya. He doesn't get any new information and says he'll call back in a few hours. When he hangs up, Ruth says she's taking Maya to the park, and reassures Nate that "everything's going to be fine, you'll see." She also mentions that she made an apple crumble, and that he should have a piece. Mmm, apple crumble. She kisses Nate on the forehead, and as she stands up straight again, she has to sort of hoist Maya's giant head back up level. Heh. The girls leave, and Nate siiiiiighs.
Downstairs, David and Rico work on Mrs. Su and Mr. Tully. Arthur comes in with the health club guy, but can't find room for him in the refrigerator, and the back-and-forth about that leads to Rico bellowing at Arthur to "stop fucking whining and get the hell out of here already, okay?" "Okay," Arthur whispers, and leaves the room in a posture reminiscent of Molly Shannon's character on Seinfeld who never moved her arms when she walked. David asks if Rico is all right or wants to talk about it, and Rico naturally has earn himself a "shut up" by asking if David really wants to know or if he's "just being polite." "I asked, didn't I?" David sighs. Rico goes into the litany: Vanessa is depressed, his twatty sister-in-law Angelica is over at their house right now taking care of her, and "these electrocution burns are a serious bitch." David just frowns.
Claire comes into the kitchen to find Ruth feeding Maya. She asks for a Lisa update, and Ruth chirps that nobody's heard from her yet, but "it's only a matter of time." Before what, Claire wants to know. Ruth: "[Denial.]" Claire calls her on it, saying that they "have to deal -- with the possibility that something bad has probably happened." Ruth, angrily: "We do not!" Hee. Claire looks mystified as Ruth prattles on about keeping a positive attitude "at times like this" and asks why Claire must "always be so negative?" Claire in turn asks why Ruth "must always be in such deep denial?" "I am not in denial!" Hee! Claire would prefer to expect the worst, so that when it happens, "it's not so awful," but Ruth isn't hearing it -- Lisa's going to turn up, she's fine, blah. Claire sarcasms something about ending world hunger, blah blah, and stomps out.
Upstairs, Claire lurches to the toilet and pukes, then slumps down against the bathroom cabinets with a puzzled look on her face.