Grace decides to try to change, but as her competitive edge fades, Will's emerges and he brings back the old Grace after admitting that he's just as competitive as she is. Together, the two beat Rob and Ellen at bowling.
Meanwhile, Karen tells Jack that Stan nearly choked to death at a restaurant the other night, but was saved by a busboy. Stan's near death was a wake-up call for Karen, who fears what she'd do if she ever lost him. Jack offers to teach her CPR, using a dummy named Resuscit-Annie and "C-T-A-P-T-N-T-T-H-A-B-M-T-M", or C-T-A: Check the airway, P-T-N: Pinch the nose, T-T-H: Tilt the head, A-B-M-T-M: And begin mouth-to-mouth.
Karen learns the skill and her new talent is put to the test when Bernie, a blue-collar workman at Grace Adler Designs, needs CPR. Greatful that there are no cameras to catch her, Karen (reluctantly) saves the man's life.
Quotes
WILL: I wish they wouldn't take it so seriously.
GRACE: Yeah, it's just a friendly game.
WILL: Yeah. We kicked their asses, though.
GRACE: Like the dogs they are.
BERNIE: Uh, so, uh, what kind of work do you do here?
KAREN: Honey, [POINTING TO HER BLOUSE] Silk collar... [POINTING TO BERNIE] Blue collar. They don't even mix in the washing machine.
BERNIE: Uh, lady, I'm only trying to make polite conversation here.
KAREN: Buh, buh, buh, buh, fix the heat. Our relationship is already too involved. Next thing I know, I'm gonna be getting Christmas postcards from you and your red-eyed brood.
JACK: [ENTERING] Hi, Kare. Oh, well, look at that. Butt crack theater. Let's just hope it's a one-act.
JACK: Wow! Did you see God? Is she mad at me?
KAREN: Oh, yeah, he's fine. Javier the busboy gave him the Heimlich. Gosh, I should probably get him something as a thank-you. Maybe the rest of his family from Cuba.
JACK: My god, Karen, that's awful. I mean, to watch your husband almost choke to death right in front of your very eyes. Sidebar--that outfit is fabiola.
KAREN: Isn't it? I got it in 3 colours.
BERNIE: My cousin Rosie once choked on a piece of sausage bread.
KAREN: Oh, that's lovely. You should remember that and tell it at dinner parties.
JACK: Well, Karen, if you had invited me to dinner, which you didn't, thank you very much, busy anyway... I could have saved Stan's life. I know CPR.
KAREN: You know CPR?
JACK: Oh, yeah. I had to do it on my father when I told him I was gay... Only I think it just confused him even more.
JACK: Kare, her name is Annie. Resuscit-Annie. Or in a perfect world, Resuscit-Andy. Ha ha!
KAREN: Honey, I can't remember my kids' names, ok? What's going on? What do I do? How do I bring it to life? Oh, wait. That sounds like me on my wedding night. Uh-ha-ha. Ha ha.
KAREN: Hey. Honey, honey, I'm not putting my mouth on this thing. Who knows what those paramedics use these dolls for while they're sitting around waiting for a fire. Besides these lips don't touch anything in a track suit.
JACK: Karen, even fashion victims can be choking victims.
KAREN: Are you sure? Maybe it's nature's way of thinning out the herd.
JACK: Don't say that. Every human life has value.
[BEAT]
JACK AND KAREN: [LAUGHING] Ha ha ha ha ha!
Did You Notice...
~In this episode, Jack tells Karen that he came out to his father and it shocked his father so much, Jack had to give him CPR. But at this point, Jack hadn't come out to his mother, and in many episodes after this one, Jack insists he isn't close to his father, so this was either a lie (which is odd, since he had no reason to lie to Karen this time) or at some point in his life, Jack came out to his father before he told his mother, for some reason.
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