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
Karen says she feels like it "should be building toward something." Judy smiles wryly and asks, "Like getting married and having children?" Karen realizes she's being ridiculous, and follows Judy to a bookshelf, saying that she could never start over again -- certainly not with Leo. "What's a person supposed to do when her biological usefulness is over?" she wonders. Judy suggests, "How about relax and enjoy yourself?" just as the bell rings to announce Leo's arrival. He introduces himself to Judy and says to Karen, "I like her better than her sister." Judy smiles widely and says, "Well, I like him better than the sister's boyfriend." Well, maybe these two should get a room. Karen diplomatically halts things. Judy tells them to have a nice lunch, but before they go, Karen suddenly remembers that she's supposed to take Jessie to the library that night to research the pyramids, and she forgot that she has to work late. Judy says she has lots of books on the pyramids, and Karen thanks her, but part of the assignment is to research at the library. Leo says, "Oh, I could help. I mean -- Karen, could I help?" Hee. The sad thing is, I don't think he was joking. He offers to take Jessie to the library, and to the museum. He then says that they should go, and heads past Judy, telling her it was nice to meet her. When Karen passes, Judy mouths, "He's great!" Yeah, sell it to someone who's buying, sister. Karen makes a froggy face and departs.
Meanwhile, over at PagesAlive.com, Graham is busy strutting around and filling out the belly of his shirt. He approaches Lily in the staff room, where she's spooning coffee into the filter. He comments on the soon-to-be coffee, letting her know he'll need it, because he's going to be there for the next eight hours. ["Pfft. Rookie." -- Wing Chun] Lily admits that she's not very good at making coffee, to which he replies, "That's obvious," before taking over and showing her how it's done. He flirts. He asks why she's there so late, and Lily tells him that her "girls are with their father" so she thought she'd stay and catch up on some stuff. He asks how old the kids are -- "toddlers?" She tells him they're ten and sixteen. "No way!" he exclaims. "Way," she verifies, just before monkeys fly out of her butt. "You're not going out with the boyfriend?" Graham asks, pretending to occupy himself with the coffee can. She tells him that "the boyfriend" is really busy. "As all boyfriends should be, or turn out to be, or something like that," he answers. She asks what he meant by that, and he backs off explaining. She rubs her hands with a paper towel, licks her lips in a goofy yet flirtatious way, and says that she should get down to some work. She reaches past him to grab something off the counter, and he doesn't move an inch, but instead stares at her hair like Single White Co-Worker. She says she'll see him later, and he answers, "Yes, you will. I'll be here quite late." She stops and asks whether the magazine is in more trouble than they thought. He says no, "it's more along the lines of [his] having no discernable personal life at the moment."