Airdate: 2/4/88
Evan Drake’s deal fell through and now he’s alone on his
yacht for the weekend – so he invites Sam to come… along with Rebecca, whom he
presumes Sam is dating. Sam ignores the suggestion and instead asks a gorgeous
blonde named Julie along, but Rebecca already got the word she got an invite,
so now there’s a quartet on board – but the four don’t quite couple up
according to plan. Julie, posing as Sam’s sister, gets seduced by Evan, leaving
Sam and Rebecca along and frustrated that their respective potential paramours
have found greener pastures. In their shared misery, Sam and Rebecca almost
kiss, but Evan barges in, regretful that he succumbed to his “urges” and
averring that “nothing happened.” Rebecca resumes her torch-carrying and
Sam-hating ways, but Sam can’t resume her play for Julie; she’s bedding the
chef! Subplot: Gullible Woody gives away free beers to anyone claiming it’s his
birthday; Cliff and Norm get in on the ruse, only to face the wrath of Carla
when she finds out.
So close – yet so far away! The long-awaited assignation of
Sam and Rebecca’s sexual tension takes another detour as her on-again,
off-again infatuation for Drake goes through a few fluctuations. Clearly, their
bedding will change the spin of series, as it did with him and Diane, so the
writer’s are apt to be careful in using it for a story. In the meantime, we get
a finely crafted bedroom farce – asea, in this case – full of the necessary
elements: pajamas, timed opening and closing of doors, misunderstandings and
misbehavior.
Cold open (the show’s funniest scene): Cliff and Norm
excitedly prepare to watch some classic 50’s sci-fi movies, only to have
Frasier sour their anticipation with a socio-poliitical deconstruction of each
and every one of them.
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