Airdate: 5/1/86
Sam and Diane’s respective
dates seem to resemble competitions these days, and this sets the stage for
jealousy to rear its ugly head, on the pretty face of Diane. Sam lands a date
with the campaigning conservative councilwoman Janet Eldridge, and the two start
dating, despite Diane’s vehement objections to her party affiliation, and to
her potential exploitation of Sam for political gain. She and Frasier start
stumping for her opponent, Jim Fleener, who loses, and in Edridge’s victory
speech she smooches Sam madly.
Razor-sharp script by David
Angell highlights this beginning of the three-part season finale. This time,
it’s Diane’s turn to be jealous, and she most certainly is if the look on her
face in the last scene is any indication. Kate Mulgrew is, of course, superb in
her role as Janet, and the scene between her and Diane, in which the two
discuss the pros, and cons, of the man they both love, is dense with dramatic
tension and jokes which support, not undermine, it.
Cold open: Carla challenges
Woody to an Italian arm-wresting match, which ends with the challengee striking
himself in the head. Woody just thinks he won the match.
Norm’s opener: Woody: “What’s
happening, Mr. Peterson?” Norm: “Question is, what are you and why is it
happening to me?”
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