Episode Report Card Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Over The Rainbow
By Gwen | Season 3 | Episode 11 | Aired on 02.06.2000
The marriage-wreckers stomp to court to the tune of the music that usually plays for Billy and the Hired Women. They're all in black. So what. Georgia sits on the stand and tells us more about how Fish & Cage is "Club Med with ties." John pours water into a glass, as if that's such an unnerving distraction that would play havoc on anyone's nerves. He stands to cross-examine and we hear a bunch of dumb western-movie-type bells. He starts firing questions at Georgia and doesn't let her answer them with more than one-word declaratives. He asks whether she ever asked Billy to quit his job. He asks about the sculpting class with the nude male model with the large penis. I ask what that has to do with the firm or the case. He asks her about her sex acts with Billy in the office, and about Georgia's kissing Ally's father. Nelle smiles as if John's doing such a fabulous job of litigating. I actually like Nelle's dress. It looks like something Christian Dior would have designed for one of those black-and-white soirees that were so trendy way back when. I didn't say it was appropriate -- just that I liked it. John puts a tag on Ally's jacket, marking her as Exhibit A. Ally acts like she doesn't enjoy the attention. John lays blame on Georgia for not putting a stop to Billy's working with the "true love of his life." Whatever. Georgia becomes flustered and loud. John makes her say that she's angry. He ascertains that she never sought marital therapy. Georgia becomes zombie-ish and misty-eyed. She's wearing the same jacket she wore the previous day, but this time with one of those silly floating-diamond necklaces. John starts barking at her and sticking his finger in her face. Billy jumps up and tells John that's enough. John makes a super-scary face like the Crypt Keeper or something. Then he asks the court to note that he had a big finish planned.
The Fish-Cagers leave, arguing about everything. They're still arguing when they get to the office, causing Elaine to pop some wood. Richard stomps off to his own office and slams the door. He stands at his window and looks verklempt. John stomps in and asks whether Richard was displeased with his performance. What? I thought John was Nelle's lover. Richard says no, that John was "a little piranha." John asks what the matter is. They have a long, sappy conversation about the sad state to which the firm has come. John was mean to Georgia. They're fighting a war they can't win. Then...oh, man. Richard turns into Young Richard. He wants to know what happened, why working at his little firm isn't fun anymore. Ugh. Greg Germann, can you please be on a show that I can palate?