Episode Report Card Deborah: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Six Feet Under
By Deborah | Season 2 | Episode 11 | Aired on 12.09.2004
Will enters a coffee shop, the natural habitat of the UnNun. He walks up to her at the counter and asks, "Lily Waters?" She asks, "Yeah. Am I all you expected?" He tells her she's hard to miss. As is her coffee mug, which is the size of my cereal bowls, if not larger. As he sits down, she says, "You guys are four for four." Will doesn't know what she's talking about. She explains, "Good-looking family. I met Kevin, too. He could be a model. Well, you know: for handicapped crap." I wonder what her verdict will be when she meets Luke. Will tries to cut to the chase, but Lily urges him to take his time: "You saved me from spin class. Talk about hell on earth." Will just wants to get to it. He says he doesn't believe in God, and tells her what Helen said about being afraid of God: "It's big for her, not something that's gonna go away on its own. And she seems so sad…I don't know to help her." Lily: "Bummer." Constance Zimmer has beautiful eyes. Will says he was hoping Lily could help her through this. Lily: "Me?" Will: "Well, you're her spiritual advisor, right? I mean, you're the one who's leading her down this road to this God who seems to be making her miserable." I'll bet Will wanted to say "garden path" instead of "road" there. Lily says they talk about stuff. Will: "So talk to her! Tell her not to be scared of your God anymore!" Lily: "There's no magic switch." Will: "Then what the hell good is a religion if she's scared of it? Isn't the whole point of God to provide comfort?" Well, in a word, no. That's not the whole point. It's part of the point. I don't think Will probably wants to hear about the rest of it, though. Lily says he raises some good questions. Will interrupts: "I'm not here for a panel discussion. I want to help my wife!" Lily: "Questions about faith and God -- they're backbreakers, man! I mean, they're filled with contradictions. Like a cop who doesn't believe in God, asking for spiritual help. Blows my mind. I mean…it must mean something, right?" Will sees he's not going to get any satisfaction here: "So that's it, that's all you've got?" Lily: "Pretty much. Yeah."
At school, Joan and Adam are walking through the hall together. She's very clingy with him this season, I notice. Adam mentions that he's going with Helen to see Judith's headstone, and points out that it's a chance to stop by his mother's grave, too: "You could come, even if you think it's dumb." Joan says she can't, because she has to dive. She asks Adam to wish her luck. Adam: "Wear a parachute." As she walks off, she turns to say, "Say hi to Judith for me." Adam watches her go, and says "yeah" quietly. Christopher Marquette looks really good in the soft, dull oranges he's wearing.