Episode Report Card Niki: D | 1 USERS: B YOU GRADE IT Sneaky Feelings
By Niki | Season 1 | Episode 14 | Aired on 01.30.2000
In the kitchen, Rick and Jessie are getting the popcorn ready while Eli pouts and Jennifer acts bubbly and completely oblivious. When Rick and Jessie head to the living room, Eli stays behind and says he doesn't want to watch the movie. Jennifer hops up on the counter as he broods and roots around the fridge. She pulls the permission slip from under her butt and asks him what it's for. Snatching it from her hands, he tells her and then turns away. She asks if he's going and, with his back still to her, he edgily says that he doesn't know. Jennifer hops off the counter and moves to look him in the face. She asks if something's wrong, if she did something. "Whaddaya mean?" he asks. "I feel like something's weird, or something. I don't know," she answers. Eli says he doesn't know, and she gives him a hug, saying, "I just love you so much," before heading toward the living room. Rick calls out that the movie's starting and asks them to bring the salt.
After commercials, we find Jessie laying in bed reading. Her voice-over leads us into another clip of B/W Jessie. She says her "guidance counselor told [her] parents that [she's] self-confident and focused. Which is the exact opposite of what [she is]." She gets up and studies herself in the mirror, as B/W Jessie continues: "You know how, right before something bad happens, everything slows down? It seems like that all the time lately." She adds that she "know[s she's] probably over-reacting to every little thing, but [she] can't help herself."
Meanwhile Karen and Leo are still at her office. She's sitting over the laptop, and he's sitting on his bike behind her. "And this was on your gynecological rotation?" she asks and bursts out laughing. And laughing. And laughing. Leo says it's not that funny, but she insists that it is. We, of course, have no idea because the writers took the easy way out and didn't bother coming up with a really funny story about something that happened on a gynecological rotation. Leo suggests that Karen's just sleep-deprived. She admits that this is the first time she's stayed up all night since she was in law school, and then adds that they came up with a great proposal. Leo notes that they "work well together." He, too, must be suffering the effects of sleep deprivation. Karen gets ready to leave, saying that she has to pick up her daughter, and Leo asks, "How old are you?" "You really are socially inept," she responds. "Do you like donuts?" he asks. "Why? Are you going to make a remark about my thighs now?" Yeah, because you've got such an obvious weight problem, Karen. Leo says he just thought they could get some breakfast to celebrate. And nothing says success like a donut, right doctor? Karen says she has to get going, though, and starts heading out the door. Leo tells her to wait, and when she turns, he zooms on her lips-first. She's startled, obviously, and pulls back. They look at each other for a moment, and then Karen dives at him. She then breaks away and leaves, while Leo stares after her. I think the term for his expression is "longing."