Episode Report Card Sobell: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Dr. Gudat -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 08.27.2006
Linc: You know who this is?
L.J.: (has to hide a grin) Yeah.
Linc: How you holding up?
L.J.: Doing what I can do.
Linc: (sighs and closes his eyes) I worry about you. I'm sorry about what you're going through.
L.J.: Word is, after this hearing, cause of my dad being so high profile, theyâre -- they're shipping me to an adult facility in Kingman, Arizona.
Linc: Yeah, well, hopefully that ain't going to happen.
L.J.: You hear from Veronica today? She didn't show up. They gave me some court-appointed clown.
Linc: (closing his eyes and wincing in agony at Veronica's name) No. I haven't heard from her.
L.J.: This -- this Fed came by today ... he wanted me to help try and get my dad to turn himself in.
Linc: Well, knowing your dad, that's not gonna happen. Listen up, L.J. This is real important: on the third, look out for Otis Right. On the third, look out for Otis Right. Until then, keep your head up.
L.J.: What? ... Hey, Nick, if you talk to my dad, tell him (that) no matter what, I love him.
And then Linc has to hang up because he's thisclose to crying like a disgraced televangelist.
The brothers park in front of some store. A woman walks by with her dog, and Linc's eyes pop out as his jaw hits the floor and his tongue unrolls like a red carpet. At long last, we are getting a look at how a dude who's been locked up with other dudes for a while reacts when he sees a woman. Unfortunately, the object of Linc's ogling is not only unappreciative, she also seems to recognize him not as some swarthy model, but as an unshaven con. Whoops!
Inside the hardware store, a super-friendly clerk pops into Michael's path with, "And how are you doing this fine day?" Michael is so startled by this atypical attention to the customer in one of these places, he completely forgets himself and stammers, "Ah, I'm great. How are you?" The clerk couldn't be better, and he'd loooooove to help Michael. Michael is all, "Yeah, you could help by not paying attention to me, okay?" He picks up duct tape, spray paint and something else I can't ID.
Outside, Lincoln realizes the girl's made him. Worse, she's flagged down a cop. He heads into the store, gives the clerk an even more surly response than Michael did -- that poor, friendly guy! You can come work in my local hardware store! I'd love it! -- and finds Michael in the rope aisle. He tells Michael they have to go. "I just have to pay," Michael says, and Linc's all, "Uh-uh. Now." On cue, the cheery clerk asks, "How are you today, officer?" and Linc's eyeroll says it all.