Episode Report Card Niki: B | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Kind Of Blue
By Niki | Season 3 | Episode 3 | Aired on 10.11.2001
Cut to Phil's, which is finally empty of boxes and crap. Judy, Lily, and Jake are standing around surveying the space. "Okay, so it's a library, a bookstore, and a restaurant," Judy says, as if they haven't heard about the idea like a million times. She gestures at an area of the floor and says she thinks the couches should go there, so it'll feel like "home." Jake steps forward, dubiously saying, "So, people eat off couches." Judy squinches her face at him and says, "Yeah. Do you like the idea?" It sounds really messy to me.
Soliloquy Jake looks pained up there on the Stool, as he tries to force some air into his lungs and wonders just what the hell he's gotten himself into.
"Great!" Jake bullshits to Judy. He points to a wall and asks whether Judy still wants to knock it out to put in an office. "Yeah, if we all agree," Judy says, spinning to look at Lily for confirmation. Is it Saturday? Why isn't Lily at the radio station? And I thought Judy said she didn't need Lily anymore, and didn't want her help with things. I don't get it. Anyway, Jake starts rambling on, talking faster and faster about all the changes they're making, and trying to convince himself that change is a good thing, and that he's not insane to be working for a woman who wants to open a restaurant where people eat off their laps and leave food bits all over the merchandise. Jake mentions his contractor, and Judy widens her eyes and stares apprehensively at her feet.
Soliloquy Judy looks down from the stool and finds that she's surrounded by a sea of grapefruits...oranges? I don't know. They're some kind of round fruits, and some of them are squished. Since I forgot to drop acid at the beginning of the episode, I have no idea what they're supposed to mean. ["Contractor...Will Gluck...Florida...citrus fruit?" -- Wing Chun]
Jake is still blathering about his contractor, and Judy's still looking uncomfortable. When Jake finally pauses for breath, Judy jumps in to tell him....
Hang on. First we have to watch Soliloquy Judy treading all over the fruits and squashing them loudly. Okay....
"I thought I might talk to Rick," Judy tells Jake. She turns and smiles at Lily, who frowns thoughtfully. Jake makes himself say that it's a great idea. He looks like he may pass out. Judy goes on about Rick while Jake reminds himself that breathing is actually a very simple matter. Judy concludes by reminding Jake that he and Rick like one another, and that Rick could really use the work. Jake forces a smile and says, "There's no question about it. Rick's the guy!" They're interrupted by Tiffany, who comes in with a big, bright hello.