Episode Report Card Niki: B+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Flirting with Disaster
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 12 | Aired on 02.06.2001
Over at Rick's office, Lily pulls him out of a meeting. He asks whether everything is okay. "No, it isn't," she answers cryptically, "but it will be." She gestures toward the conference room and tells him it can wait until after his meeting. Hang on while I pick myself up off the floor. Rick takes her by the arm and leads her away, saying that he wants to know what's going on. "I just wanted you to know that you're not insane," she says. "Well, thank you," he answers. "You can pull me out of a meeting any time to tell me that." She rolls her eyes and clarifies: "I mean you haven't been imagining that something's wrong. Something is very wrong, and I'm going to deal with it..." "Tell me what's wrong. What is it?" Rick demands. "It's a work situation," she says reluctantly. "It's complicated." Rick asks, "You gonna tell me or torture me?"
Lily takes a deep breath and then just comes out with it. "Graham has been making my life very difficult," she says. Rick nods, getting revved up. "He has," he says. Cut to a shot of David, watching the scene through the conference room's glass wall. The camera spins around to his perspective, and it turns out those walls aren't too soundproof. We can faintly hear Lily say, "I feel so humiliated. Why is that?" Rick tensely paces around. He points in the direction of the door, his head bobbing with attitude, as he asks, "You want me to go over there and talk to him?" Suddenly, the camera's back next to them, as Rick continues, "Because I will gladly go over there and talk to him." I think Rick wants to do a little communicating with his fists, don't you? Lily begs him not to, saying she can handle it. He tells her that she can't just expect him to do nothing. "Yes, I do," she answers. Wow, this is a new and improved Lily, isn't it? Fighting her own battles and everything. She waits until he calms a little and then stares into his eyes and says, slowly and clearly, "I can handle this." He wants to know how. She says she's not completely sure, but she will handle it. "Well, while you're thinking about it, I could be over there smashin' his face in," Rick says, trying for menace. Dude, get yourself a massage and a nice lavender candle and chill out. Lily assures him again that she doesn't want him to help her. He says she can't just tell him about this and then leave. She puts her hands on his face and says that she just needs to know that he loves her. Rick softens, the tension easing a little, and sighs. "You have no idea how much I love you," he whispers. She strokes his face, smiles, and kisses his cheek. Then she's off to kick some ass. She is woman, hear her roar!