Episode Report Card Niki: A | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Booklovers
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 2 | Aired on 10.30.2000
Inside the store, Karen's looking at the picture board and she tells Judy it's a great idea. One of the photos catches her eye. "Oh, I don't believe it -- Lloyd Lloyd," she mutters. "Who?" Judy asks. Karen explains that she used to go out with him. Judy asks the question that was burning in my mind, too: his name is Lloyd Lloyd? "So what happened?" Judy asks. Karen says there was no chemistry on her part. I don't think that's what Judy meant, since she immediately asks, "So his parents named him Lloyd, knowing that their last name is Lloyd?" How the hell did I miss this little tidbit last season? My god, the poor, poor man. No matter what else you've got going for you, you're screwed with a name like Lloyd. And to get it twice? Just pack it in, man. The ladies chuckle over Lloyd's unfortunate name, then Karen catches herself and insists that he's a very nice man (please refer to my comments above: it doesn't matter how nice he is, he's cursed). Black-and-white Karen makes a three-point-two-second appearance to inform us that she felt so guilty, before the full-color Karen says she hopes he meets somebody. B/W Karen adds, "Just seeing him hanging up there...like he'd done something wrong," Judy's leveling her Polaroid at Karen and says that she hopes Karen finds someone too. Karen spins around and ducks her head when she spots the camera. She hems and haws a bit, while Judy prods, and finally Karen reminds Judy that she's involved with someone. Judy says she knows and asks if Karen will think about it. Slightly embarrassed, Karen laughs and nods her head. Judy tells Karen that Lily won't be there for the meeting later. Karen says that wasn't why she wasn't planning to come. Judy says she knows, but we all know that it really was at least a bit of a factor.
Back at the restaurant, Zoe sighs that she wishes she could go to the Booklovers thing. "Because Will might be there?" Grace teases. Zoe tells her to shut up. Jake wants to know who Will is, in case, like Jake, he also has a thing for little girls. "Will. Gluck," Grace says, pronouncing his name like it's one of those action words they draw in comic books. Gluck! Bam! Pow! Zoe rushes to her hero's defense, swatting Grace with a stack of linen napkins. Jake quickly intervenes. "Not with the napkins," he admonishes. "Use fists." He asks the girls what Booklovers is, and Grace excitedly explains the concept, adding that Lily thinks it's a big waste of money. "I think Will Gluck is nice," Zoe proclaims to no one in particular. So do we, honey. So do we. Jake muses that maybe he should do the Booklovers thing. The girls point out that he's not single -- he has Tiffany. Something tells me he's getting a little tired of The Mickey Mouse Club, though.