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3-19 2002.04.15 |
Chance of a Lifetime There's a baby, a wedding, a new romance, and whole lot of tears. Okay, so the last part's just Niki, but still. |
| 3-19 Recap |
Chance of a Lifetime
Chance of a Lifetime - There's a baby, a wedding, a new romance, and whole lot of tears. Okay, so the last part's just Niki, but still. |
2002.04.15 2002.04.20 |
A+ |
Niki |
| 3-18 Recap |
Losing You
Losing You - Lily's mom visits and starts to show the early signs of Alzheimer's Disease. Lily decides to pack Manning Manor to the rafters by insisting that Babs move in. |
2002.04.08 2002.04.13 |
A- |
Niki |
| 3-17 Recap |
Experience Is the Teacher
Experience Is the Teacher - In a cringe-tastic series of events, Grace makes her feelings known to Creepitri. He doesn't exactly encourage her, but he doesn't exactly discourage her, either. |
2002.04.01 2002.04.05 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-16 Recap |
Two Makes a Home
Aaron's List of Dreams - Aaron wants to live with his bipolar girlfriend, Miriam, and have tea cups and shoe trees and all the other accoutrements of domestic bliss. Lily doesn't see how it's possible, but she comes around in the end, when she realizes that Aaron may never be healthy, but he should at least be happy. |
2002.03.25 2002.03.29 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-15 Recap |
The Sixty-Minute Miracle
One Step (Parent) Backward - Sam's bratty kid decides he hates Judy, and there's only sixty little minutes to repair the damage and set Sam and Judy on course for a happy ending. |
2002.03.18 2002.03.21 |
C+ |
Niki |
| 3-14 Recap |
Disoriented
The Gay/Straight Alliance - Questions of sexuality wreak havoc on Jessie's nice, tidy self-image. Lily is shocked to learn that she's a bigot -- and thereby not a perfect parent -- when she's less-than-thrilled to "realize" that Grace is a lesbian. Lily's so busy trying to accept her gay daughter that she doesn't notice Grace is actually crushing hard on Creepitri. |
2002.03.11 2002.03.17 |
A+ |
Niki |
| 3-13 Recap |
Falling In Place
Falling In Place - Karen finds herself physically weaker, but mentally stronger than before the accident. As she begins physical therapy, Eli takes the first step -- very belatedly -- toward repairing their fractured relationship. Lily reassures everyone that their feelings are normal. Thanks for that, Lil. |
2002.03.04 2002.03.11 |
B+ |
Heathen |
| 3-12 Recap |
Gardenia
Gardenia - Life plays a sick joke on Karen while reminding us all to look both ways. |
2002.01.11 2002.01.18 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-11 Recap |
Taking Sides
Taking Sides - Sam just about blows it with Judy for good but, sadly, manages to redeem himself. |
2002.01.04 2002.01.11 |
A- |
Niki |
| 3-10 Recap |
Pictures
Pictures - A blizzard wreaks havoc with everyone's holiday plans, and forces Tiffany to give birth to her Christmas baby smack dab in the middle of Manning Manor. |
2001.12.14 2001.12.19 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-9 Recap |
All's Well That Ends Well
Tough Love - Grace and Eli suffer through their own growing pains this week. The girl seems like she's got it all together until her teacher pulls the plug. The boy continually messes things up and lies to everyone he cares about. In the end, Grace sort of finds her footing while Eli sits around feeling sorry for himself. |
2001.12.07 2001.12.10 |
B |
Ragdoll |
| 3-8 Recap |
The Sex Show
The Sex Show - Everything you ever wanted to know about everyone's business, and then some. |
2001.11.30 2001.12.07 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-7 Recap |
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory - Thanksgiving plays out in two very different ways for Lily and Karen. Lily dishes out a little martyr syndrome instead of the traditional turkey, while Karen dons her nightie, wallows in a little depression, and gives the ass-pole the day off. |
2001.11.23 2001.11.30 |
B+ |
Niki |
| 3-6 Recap |
Jake and the Women
Jake and the Women - Jake's at the end of his rope as the women in his life make constant demands on him. Lily makes him realize that it's only 'cause they love him. Aww. |
2001.11.09 2001.11.15 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-5 Recap |
Destiny Turns On the Radio
Destiny Turns On the Radio - All it takes to make it on the radio is a love for the sound of your own voice and a conviction that your opinion is never wrong. Lily's a natural, obviously. Too bad she's so busy trying to help everyone else that she doesn't notice Grace is feeling totally overshadowed by Jessie. |
2001.11.02 2001.11.06 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-4 Recap |
Acting Out
Acting Out - Grace lets the green-eyed monster get the better of her and tries to sabotage Jessie's shot at the lead in the school play. Judy finally stops lying to herself, and admits that a casual fling with Sam just isn't enough for her. Sam and his groin can hardly believe it, but we all know it'll take them less than ten minutes to recover. |
2001.10.19 2001.10.26 |
A+ |
Niki |
| 3-3 Recap |
Kind of Blue
Kind of Blue - Sam's back, and he's single. Too bad he's also messed up. That doesn't stop him from hopping into bed with Judy, of course, or suggesting to Rick that they become partners in a new hotel deal. |
2001.10.12 2001.10.18 |
B+ |
Niki |
| 3-2 Recap |
The Awful Truth
The Awful Truth - Jessie's jealous of all the time and attention Eli's suddenly giving Grace, thinking it's because they're hot for each other. The rest of us cross our fingers and hope that Jessie's wrong. Judy takes over Phil's and offers Jake a job, which does wonders for his ego, and Lily takes a job for yet another crusty-ass boss. |
2001.10.05 2001.10.11 |
A |
Niki |
| 3-1 Recap |
Reefer Madness
Busted - Looks like that old propaganda film was right. Pot can make you crazy. If you're the anal-retentive, over-protective, super-control-freak mother of the teenager caught with it, that is. Dude, someone needs to pass Karen the bong. |
2001.09.28 2001.10.05 |
A |
Niki |
| 2-22 Recap |
The Second Time Around
The Second Time Around - Well, it's the end of the season, folks, and Rick and Lily decide to go out with a bang after a whole lot of whimpering. And griping, and complaining. The whole blended-family thing is a nice way to start out the next season, though, isn't it? Isn't it? |
2001.05.02 2001.05.10 |
A |
Niki |
| 2-21 Recap |
Go Greyhound
Movin' On - And if your name happens to be Wannabe, make sure it's a one-way ticket. Hell, we'd all be happy to chip in, wouldn't we? |
2001.04.25 2001.05.01 |
A |
Niki |
| 2-20 Recap |
Won't Someone Help George Bailey Tonight?
Won't Someone Help George Bailey Tonight? - Rick's not being indicted, but he is on the verge of bankruptcy. We learn that Rick isn't as perfect as we once thought: he hits the bottle, wallows in self-pity, blames everyone else for his problems, and pushes away the one person who wants to help him. George Baily? Not hardly. |
2001.04.18 2001.04.25 |
B+ |
Niki |
| 2-19 Recap |
It's The End Of The World As We Know It...
Armageddon - Well, it is for Rick and the Sammlers, anyway. And Lily. Maybe. See, Rick's been dragged into an investigation of the Atlantor project, and there's a chance he could be indicted -- even though he did nothing wrong (his words, not Niki's). |
2001.04.11 2001.04.18 |
A- |
Niki |
| 2-18 Recap |
If You Love Something, Let It Run Free
Best of Enemies - If it doesn't return immediately, nag it to death. Right, Karen? |
2001.04.04 2001.04.11 |
A |
Niki |
| 2-17 Recap |
Forgive Us Our Trespasses
Forgive Us Our Trespasses - Everyone's feeling like a victim this week: Judy with her hang-up calls and rattled doorknobs; Lily with her pervy sort-of boss, Graham; and Jake with his ex-girlfriend's unwanted pregnancy, business woes, nosy ex-wife, and repair bills for Lily's house. Something's gotta give, and boy, does it. |
2001.03.28 2001.04.02 |
A |
Niki |
| 2-16 Recap |
Aaron's Getting Better
Aaron's Getting Better - But not as much as Lily would like to believe. She's excited by the progress he's made, and is so eager to have her old brother back that she pushes him too hard. In the end, she seems to realize that life isn't always picture perfect, and that the best she can do is take things -- and people -- as they come. |
2001.03.21 2001.03.24 |
A+ |
Niki |
| 2-15 Recap |
'Til The One Day When The Lady Met This Fellow...
Standing Room Only - Everything's coming up Brady, once and again. Lily and Rick embrace some some contrived plot device as a good reason for all of them to move into her place, and after a few inital bumps, Marcia, Greg, Jan, and Cindy asppear to be fine with it. But where the hell is Alice? |
2001.03.14 2001.03.17 |
C+ |
Niki |
| 2-14 Recap |
Can you say "anticlimactic"?
The Other End of the Telescope - Well, everyone makes it through the hostage "crisis" okay. Oh, and Lily accepts Rick's proposal. That seemed like an afterthought, didn't it? Yeah, well, it did on the show, too. |
2001.03.07 2001.03.12 |
B- |
Niki |
| 2-13 Recap |
Edifice Wrecked
Edifice Wrecked - Everything Rick's worked for threatens to crumble around him. |
2001.02.14 2001.02.21 |
B+ |
Niki |
| 2-12 Recap |
Flirting with Disaster
Suspicion - Lily learns all about office flirtations this week, and Judy helpfully coaches. Karen, meanwhile, decides that two kids are enough for her, and she kicks Leo to the curb. |
2001.02.07 2001.02.14 |
A- |
Niki |