Last Rites

S06E02

Carol converses with Luka without looking at him, in order to convey her superiority. Yuck. She asks if it isn't a sin to fake a sacrament (in this case, I assume it's last rites, although I don't know what that sounds like in English, much less in Latin). He says it was a blessing, and that anyone can give a blessing. She says, "Not posing as a priest." Well, report him to the Vatican, why don't you. Use your hotline to the Pontiff, Your Holiness. Or, shut up. He says that Vanessa's faith was what's important. Carol asks how he knew what to say. He says he faked it, with a little bit of Latin, and a little bit of Croatian. She says he faked it well. Then she says, "Ooh," and he asks if she's all right, and she says the twins are just active, moving around down there. He says, "May I?" She gives him this weird look, and then pulls her arms away as if to say, "Have at it, my good man." From this I suppose we are to deduce that unlike the nosy old lady in the café in the season premiere, she now regards Luka as a friend who has full womb privileges. Well, maybe not full. Yet.

Carter and Elaine go at it in semi-shadow. Yecch. They stare at each other while breathing kind of heavily, and she smooths his hair off his face and then stops, and holds completely still. He says, "What?" She sits up very slowly (still straddling him. I'm just saying), and says, "You know." Well, of course he does, and you obviously wanted him to, or you would have gone to another (to say nothing of "a better") hospital; I hear there's a few in the greater Chicago area. He says nothing. She crosses her arms over the breasts we can totally see, semi-shadow or no, which is pretty risqué for TV. He says, "Yes." She stares at him, looking (I assume) distressed (but I can't really tell because of the light). She gets up and puts on her robe, and walks to the door to tell Carter he should "just leave now." He says, "Elaine..." but she flicks her head and stalks out, slamming the door behind her.

Benton walks up the stairs to the El. Carla hurries down the street behind him, calling his name, and when he turns, she asks if he hired a private investigator. He plays dumb. Carla says some guy talked to someone named "Dafina," and asked her if Carla had ever done drugs. Benton says the only person he hired was his lawyer. Carla asks if the lawyer sent someone around to check into her background, and Benton firmly says, "No," and then admits, "I don't know." Mournfully, Carla asks why Benton is "doing this." Benton sort of scoffs and says, "Why am I doing this?" Carla mentions the restraining orders and the lawyers, and Benton angrily replies, "Carla, I only have one son! Roger can get another damn job." Carla says this is a great opportunity for them. Benton asks if she ever thinks about Reese: "You want to take him away from his father?" Carla spits, "You may not even be his father."