Episode Report Card Sobell: B- | Grade It Now! YOU GRADE IT Road trip romance -- dead!
By Sobell | Season 2 | Episode 5 | Aired on 09.17.2006
Well, it turns out Kellerman can cook -- or he picked up some good take-out. As Dr. Sara swirls her chopsticks around a bowl, she asks, "Do you know who I am?" Kellerman looks up, and for a moment, it seems like he's wondering if he's been found out. Then he's back to playing Rupert Everett to Dr. Sara's Julia Roberts, and he says that he did happen to see the news, yes. He adds archly, "I don't care. I've got some skeletons in my closet too. One of them wears a dress." I'm trying to remember what Mrs. Hale was wearing when we saw her last; I have an unpleasant feeling she did not survive her visit with Kellerman. Dr. Sara thanks Kellerman for being so cool, adding, "I appreciate your lack of judgment." Kellerman then pulls a master move guaranteed to make Dr. Sara sing like an American Idol contestant with, "From what I can tell, you did nothing wrong. And you don't have to talk about it."
So Dr. Sara does, saying, "The whole thing... I just never meant for this to happen." Kellerman puts down his plate, crosses his legs and leans forward like he's Barbara Walters, and says, "You do not have to answer this question, but were you and that guy, uh... " He trails off delicately and lets his eyes widen suggestively. Dr. Sara instantly tells him everything he needs to know when she says, "You know, you're right -- I don't want to talk about it."
Kellerman continues his manipulation by batting his eyelashes. His eyes limpid pools of brown, he asks, "Does it worry you that he's... out there?" Unfortunately, before Dr. Sara can reply, there's a knock at the door. It's Governor Dad!
As Dr. Sara says, "Dad," Kellerman stops drinking, an Oh, shit expression on his face. He recovers by the time Governor Dad comes in, and manages to make nice with the guy. Dr. Sara and her father go to talk in the kitchen. Dr. Sara has told Kellerman to make himself at home, and he does, if by "make yourself at home," you mean "rifle through Dr. Sara's mail, find the origami crane, then photograph its message for future reference."
In the kitchen, Dr. Sara explains that in her program, they've been talking about making amends, and that's got her thinking about her choices -- cut to Governor Dad, hands shoved uncomfortably in his own pockets as he mentally reviews his own choices -- and that she called him to say she's sorry. Governor Dad automatically replies, "You don't have to say you're sorry." Dr. Sara insists that she does, saying. "It must be hard to understand why I did it." We get a shot of Kellerman eavesdropping as Dr. Sara explains that she thought she was helping thwart a conspiracy that had wrongfully convicted someone. Dr. Sara concludes, "I'm fine, but I'm scared." Governor Dad moves in and hugs her, saying, "I'm going to help you through this. We're going to get through this together. I promise." I am just suspicious enough about him to wonder if Governor Dad's really just preparing to sell his daughter down the river.