Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Judy Needs a Good Gluck
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 10 | Aired on 01.23.2001
After commercials, we find Judy back at the bookstore. Karen comes in, and she's just percolating energy. She asks whether Judy would mind helping her find a book for the book club, and Judy says she'd love to. Now, hold up, here. Does this mean Karen's officially putting herself out there, and Leo's out of the picture or soon to be? ["I think she means the book club she started with that friend of Lily's, Naomi, that Lily was not invited to join -- from the season finale." -- Wing Chun] Whatever the deal is, she looks pretty damn happy about it. So anyway, Judy agrees to help, and they move further into the store. Karen notices the crammed picture board and is blown away by how much the club has grown. Judy says she feels like she invented Viagra: "It needed to be done, but still." I don't know what that's supposed to mean, so I'll just chuckle knowingly along with Karen. Karen asks whether Judy's met anyone. "Well..." Judy says. Karen gets all girlfriend on her, wanting to know the details. "He's, um, very together," Judy beams. Karen agrees that that sounds good (and thinks to herself it's exactly what Baby Leo isn't). Judy says she really likes him, "But?" Karen asks. Judy replies, "Two weeks ago, no man in sight, and now all of a sudden..." "You mean there's more than one?" Karen's head just might explode. Judy gets embarrassed and self-conscious, and moves to the counter. She starts going over Paul's list again, mentally placing a gold star next to every quality: "He's really smart, and funny. He dresses really well, my friends would like him." "Bachelor number one," Karen quips. Seriously, what is she on, and where can I get some? She's so not beige today. "And the other one," Judy continues, breaking into a huge smile at the thought of him. "Will." "Bachelor number two," Karen says, waiting for the dish. "He's not right for me," Judy says way too quickly, trying to convince herself. "He's wrong. He doesn't read, didn't go to school. And I don't know if he dresses well, because every time I look at him, I picture him naked." Karen, insisting on making my head spin, steps closer to Judy and says, "Wait. Naked is good." Judy says she knows, but she's been there and done that. "It's a well-known fact: eventually, you have to get dressed," she intones. "Who said that?" Karen smart-asses.
Over at Manning Manor, Lily's decked out in sweats and cradling the phone on her shoulder while she sets the table. It's Rick. She asks where he's been all day. "Buried," he sighs. He complains about Miles Drentell and makes some lame joke that likens him to a pharaoh. As if that's not bad enough, Lily caps it with, "Let my boyfriend go." It's the one time I've ever disagreed with Sela's delivery. If it were me, I'd have said it in a booming, Technicolor-movie voice, but she just kind of says it. Then again, maybe she just wanted to get it out of the way as fast as possible so that no one would notice it's a stupid joke. Rick says he can still fix her closet on Saturday, and she can pay him in sexual favors. Right, except that Will got there first. To the closet, I mean. So Lily suggests that they go to a movie, and then she'll "render sexual favors just for fun." Will pops up behind Lily's shoulder. Oops. "You've got enough on your plate with the pyramids, and all," Lily says, trying to get rid of Rick. She promises to call him later. Rick looks a little disheartened when he hangs up. What's up with that?