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
Back in the pressure cooker, Benny's scavenging cake. "You gonna eat that?" he asks one lady, and scoops her dessert. He digs in as Tiffany sidles up to Jake. She takes a seat next to him and starts in again with the "there's something I have to tell you" bit. She says she "kind of chickened out before," but now that she could die at any second, I guess, she feels like she might as well tell him. "What?" Jake says mildly, smiling. Tiffany takes a deep breath, closes her eyes, and dives in: "I'm pregnant." She opens her eyes and looks cautiously at Jake. His countenance is frozen. Tiffany's face falls a little as she registers his absence of a reaction. She glances at the floor then straight ahead, and her eyes are burning like she's thinking she knew he'd be a dick about it. "Oh," Jake finally manages, thinking maybe a bullet from Benny's gun wouldn't be so bad after all. It takes him a few more seconds of blinking and making fish lips before he can stammer, "I thought...you couldn't...that you couldn't..." Tiffany is matter-of-fact about it, shrugging and saying, "Yeah, well I couldn't, but then I did, so apparently I am." "Pregnant," Jake says, as if to be sure. "Pregnant," Tiffany repeats.
Cut to the white TV in Manning Manor's kitchen. The camera pans back, and a gorgeous fluffy white cake comes into view. Judy's leaning on the counter next to it, watching the news coverage. Zoe marches resolutely into the kitchen and announces, no-nonsense, "Judy, I want to go down there." Judy, shaken, says that they can't go, and turns her attention to the cake, going at it with the frosting knife. She tries to distract Zoe with it, without luck. Zoe levels her with an insulted expression, turns on her heel, and marches out of the kitchen, announcing, "I can't just sit here." Judy races after her as Zoe heads for the front door. Zoe grabs her coat and turns to Judy, saying, "Mom just doesn't want me there in case they get shot." Her voice is choked. Judy stares at the kid, seemingly unable to speak. Zoe moves to the front door, but when she opens it, she finds Karen and Jessie standing on the stoop, reaching for the doorbell. Judy furrows her brow, looking puzzled. "We were...worried," Karen says softly. "Hey Zoe," Jessie says softly. "What are you doing here?" Zoe demands, and for the first time ever, she doesn't look happy to see Jessie. "Just wanted to see if you're okay," Jessie says. Zoe glares and storms away wordlessly. Jessie takes a tentative step and glances at Karen, who nods her encouragement. Jessie follows Zoe upstairs. Judy closes the door behind Karen, and keeps her face averted, trying not to cry. Karen puts a sympathetic hand on her shoulder and says that she's so sorry and it's just so horrible. Judy turns and puts her hand over her eyes, breaking down. "It's awful!" she sobs, as Karen envelops her in a hug. Wow, these two are good. It's the first time in the entire episode that I felt any sense of the weight of the situation. They even brought a tear to my eye, which most days is no mean feat.
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