Episode Report Card Niki: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can you say "anticlimactic"?
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2001
Jake and Tiffany make awkward small talk once Grace and Spencer are gone. Then she gets to the point and says she wanted to give him something. She hands him the little leather daybook she's been clutching. She says she bought it a while ago and it's monogrammed, and she wrote all his important dates in it, so she wants him to have it. Jake stares at it, seeming genuinely moved, and tells her that it's "very sweet." Her eyes tear up a bit, and she smiles sadly as she wishes him a happy birthday. He asks if she wants something to eat, and then says she has to stay for a drink, at least. She looks grave and says, "Well, Jake, the thing is, there's something I want to tell you..."
And cue the unstable busboy. He interrupts before Tiffany can finish dispensing the news, pushing his way through the customers waiting in the foyer. He storms past Jake without a glance. Jake tells Tiffany to wait just a second and tears off after Benny, who's striding around the restaurant searching for someone. Jake intercepts him, but Benny's not going to be deterred. He tells Jake to get out of his way. But he does say please, so at least he's not mentally unsound and rude. Jake physically restrains Benny and tells him to go home. Benny says he's going to talk to Giancarlo, and then he'll leave. "Okay, okay, let's go," Jake says quietly, trying to force Benny toward the door. Benny wrenches himself free and then yanks a small gun -- a pistol? -- from his pocket, brandishing it to let everyone know he means business. A woman shrieks, and a tense buzz moves through the restaurant. Benny demands to see Giancarlo. Meanwhile, customers are sneaking toward the front door. Benny gets wise to this movement and spins around, ordering everybody to freeze. Benny is clearly growing agitated and looks a little like a caged animal. Jake talks to him soothingly.
A waiter rushes into the kitchen, announcing in hushed tones that "Benny came back." Grace and Spencer stop and look up from the slice of cake they're adorning with candles. The waiter adds that Benny "pulled a gun on Jake." He then says they've all got to get out of there, and leads a stampede for the back door. Grace wants to know where her dad is, but suddenly there's no one there to answer her.
Jake is still where we left him, staring down the barrel of a gun. Benny is shouting that he wants to see Giancarlo, and he wants to see him now. Jake glances around the restaurant, hoping he can remain cool despite the fresh load in his pants. "Okay, okay," he keeps repeating, softly, as we fade to black and head to commercials.
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