Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Sex, Lies, and Bugaboos
By Niki | Season 1 | Episode 4 | Aired on 10.11.1999
Karen and Naomi are heading out of Karen's place loaded down with brown grocery bags. Apparently, Karen's in charge of the snacks for...something. She's being her usual self, nagging Naomi not to let the punch crush the cupcakes and worrying that she doesn't have enough of them. Maybe some fell on the floor, eh Wing? ["Heh. It happens. But I doubt Karen would have eaten them (like you're supposed to); she would have just thrown them in the garbage." -- Wing Chun] Karen complains that Jessie promised she didn't eat any of them and asserts that she's "never volunteering for anything again." "Well, that's the spirit," Naomi says dryly. As they load the bags into Naomi's car, Karen shoots out, "She's still seeing him, right?" Naomi freezes. "Just one question," Karen promises, insisting that she'll never bring it up again. Naomi sighs and says Rick and Lily are still seeing one another as far as she knows. She reaches for the bag Karen's clutching, but Karen doesn't seem to want to let go of it, among other things. "Is she not very bright?" Karen asks. Naomi's horrified by the question. She starts to say something, but Karen cuts her off, adding, "No, I mean, because that's what he thinks he wants."
Soliloquy Karen tries to justify her bitchy self: "I've got certain very basic needs right now. I need to hear that she's a miserable, shallow person who will make his life a living hell." She should hang around our boards more often. Oh, I'm kidding. I know we all love Lily in our own complicated, convoluted ways. Karen quickly adds that she's kidding. No, she's not. "Sort of," she concedes. Uh huh.
"How can you ask me that?!" Naomi exclaims. "What?" Karen innocents. "I've got stupid friends." Naomi defends Lily's intelligence, saying, "She's not stupid, Karen. She's...." She must sense the ass-pole's rising agitation and wisely tries to deflect its wrath by asking, "What do the kids think of her?" Karen finally lets go of the grocery bag and says that they haven't even met her. Naomi latches onto that as proof that the relationship can't be anything serious. Karen and the ass-pole are appeased. She changes the subject back to her snacks, asking, "Are these the worst refreshments ever?" Is she kidding? Cupcakes? Add a few uninterrupted hours of the Game Show Network, and you've got yourself a good time. ["That's damn right." -- Wing Chun] Naomi assures her that her offerings are fine, and Karen gravely thanks her, adding that she "owes [Naomi] one."