The Other End of the Telescope

Season 2, Episode 14, Aired

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Tensions between Benny (a busboy) and Giancarlo (the chef) at Jake's restaurant boil over. Jake separates the two and tells Benny to go home. He returns with a gun to confront Giancarlo. But he isn't there and can't be reached, so Benny holds everybody hostage. Over the course of the night, Tiffany hands Jake some surprising news, Grace and Spencer (who's there for his grandma's 75th birthday) become closer, and Lily realizes her feelings for Rick and accepts his proposal.moreless
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  • Jake the Negotiator

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    By sh811a, Mar 15, 2007
    I'll admit the only thing I really didn't like about this episode was the plot itself. It just didn't really work, I just felt like the whole hostage sittuation ploy has been done to death and misplaced like it was for another show.
    But most of all I just didn't completely buy into it, supposedly the story was trying to make us feel sorry at times for the emotionally unstable bus boy but he just comes of as being plain pathetic in a rather unrealistic sometimes annoying sense. Also another thing I don't buy about this episode is Grace suddenly in the sittuation begining to start up a romance with Spencer a character we barely know, give me a break. However what makes this episode decent and one step away from being trash are the two couples in the story who develop as well as the character Jake to shine though. The Jake character really shows a sense of selflessness by playing the negotiator role doing everything in his power to keep a really tense sittuation undercontrol. We see in his eyes and his voice he is just struggling to keep himself calm and control his fear, without losing it. It was great when I saw him actually exersise anger toward the busser, and make a very selfless (almost self sacrificing) act by getting him to let everyone go and to keep himself. And of course Tiffany reveals she's pregnant and Jake is a little shocked but happy in a small way, this plot thread of course will play a bigger role in the third season. I like seeing Lily's heavy concern for her daughter who is in there which feels believable as well as her finally accepting Rick's proposal. So all in all, there was forward movement with the characters, I just wished that the writer/s could of found a better way to do it.moreless
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