Episode Report Card Niki: C+ | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Can you say "anticlimactic"?
By Niki | Season 2 | Episode 14 | Aired on 03.06.2001
"It's time for you to wake up," Jake says. "There are police out there. And they are very angry. And yeah, I'm very angry. It's time for you to do the right thing." Benny gapes at him. "Benny, you know what the right thing is. You've known it all along. You're a good boy. So come on. Do it!" Benny still stares at him. "Benny, I'm telling you, son, when this is all over, you've got nothing unless you can look back and say that you did the right thing." Benny looks down, chastised, and then slowly looks Jake in the eye. "I just want it to be over," he says numbly. Me, too, Benny. Me, too. "Exactly," Jake says, his voice full of understanding. Benny stares dully at some point on Jake's chest, then looks him in the eye. His arm suddenly pops up and he points the gun directly at Jake's chest, only a few inches away. Jake jumps and gasps, as do the rest of the hostages. "Everybody out," Benny orders, tossing Spencer the keys. "Everybody but him," he adds, looking at Jake.
The hostages spill out the front door as the officers call, "Hold your fire! Hold your fire!" Spencer holds the door for everyone, then rushes back to help his grandmother out. Tiffany and Grace are left with Jake. Grace shouts that she's not leaving, and he orders her to go. She refuses. Jake gives Tiffany a silent half-nod, and she grabs Grace around the waist and drags her out the door. Grace grabs the doorframe, but Jake peels her fingers off while she shrieks, "Get off me!" She's still shrieking, "Daddy! Daddy!" when officers surround her and Lily rushes up to the police tape to call Grace to her. (When did she end up on the other side of the barricade?) They hug across the police tape. Grace pulls away and turns back to the restaurant, crying, "Daddy's in there! Please, we have to do something!" Lily holds her while Grace breaks down. Tiffany stands silently beside them.
Inside, Jake leans exhaustedly against a post and tells Benny that he "did good." "Yeah, right," Benny says. Jake insists that he's proud of him, and apologizes for yelling. Benny eyes him coolly and says it's okay. He moves to a seat at the bar and stares at his feet. Jake says he wants to help him -- he'll get him a lawyer, and then Benny can start his life over. "Things like that don't usually work out for me," Benny says flatly. Jake tries to convince him that he doesn't know that, but Benny snaps that he does know. "You should leave, Mr. Manning," he says evenly. Jake's face changes as he realizes what Benny is saying. "Benny, come on..." he says, stepping forward. "I'll get you some help." Benny stares at him and says decisively, "No. I don't want that. Please leave." Jake begs Benny to come with him. Benny replies by again pointing the gun at Jake's chest and screaming for him to get out. They stare at one another for a few seconds, before Jake abruptly turns and moves for the door.
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