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
Soliloquy Rick tries out a few expressions of curiosity. Badly. It's embarrassing.
Judy spins to face Rick, beaming, and says, "Rick --"
Soliloquy Rick stands there looking awkward and wondering what the hell his hands are for.
"I want you to redo my father's restaurant," Judy finishes. Rick tries out his surprised reactions for real, and they're just as smelly as his practice runs. He mimes and flails, and Judy prods, "Is this a good surprise?" She studies him closely. He insists that it is. Judy nods her head and knowingly says, "So, she told you." Rick's goofy smile fades and he insists, uncertainly, "No, she didn't." Judy asks whether Lily told him "there's, like, zero budget." Rick says they'll work it out. Judy finally notices the hotel pictures strewn across the floor and wonders whether it's a good time, since it looks like Rick's in the middle of something. Rick says it is, and Judy remembers that she left her list of ideas for Booklovers in the car. She makes for the door, and Rick lamely tries to stop her, asking if she thinks "that's wise." "Is what wise?" she asks. Rick's mind races, but all he can up with is, "Going to the car like that." Judy wonders what Rick's on, and sarcastically asks, "Do you recommend a different outfit?" He knows he's lost, and tells her she looks fine, so she heads for the door, careful not to turn her back on the crazy man.
Outside, it's pissing rain. Judy breaks for her car, and is soaked by the time she crawls inside. She scrambles around, looking in the back seat for her files, and glances out her side window in the process. Somehow, through her rain-streaked windows, she manages to spot Sam sitting in his car, which also has rain-streaked windows. He's on his cell phone, but their eyes lock. He ends his call, and they roll down their windows. He acts surprised to see her there, and they both explain that they're there visiting Rick. Judy stares at him for a second and asks, "What's that saying?" "I don't know. There are lots of sayings." Judy wracks her brain while Sam makes cracks, until she blurts, "There are no accidents! That one. Which is crazy, because there are. So many accidents." She asks how he is. He's okay, and she's "never better." Haltingly, they discover that they're both working with Rick; they agree that Rick is "very good," and that it's good they're both working with him, since maybe they'll run into one another again. After an uncomfortable pause, Judy finally asks, "How's your life?" He thinks about it for a few seconds and answers, "Okay. It's okay." Judy manages to say, "Good," although I don't think his answer is what she'd been hoping for. "Well..." he says, starting his car. She starts rolling up her window, and he pulls away. Once he's gone,. Judy covers her mouth to keep herself from screaming. She turns to watch him drive away as we fade to commercials.