Airdate:
10/20/83
Diane has taken
one too many ribbings from Carla, and is disheartened when Sam doesn’t
automatically defend her, so she resigns and lands a job as a publishing house
proofreader. Only catch: she needs a recommendation from Sam, who sings her
praises, and is asked what she looks like naked. Shocked, Diane berates her
would-be employer and accepts her job at Cheers when Sam re-offers it. After
thinking about it (uh-oh!), she considers that Sam’s job offer is just as
sexist and objectifying as her publishing boss’s; Sam counters that perhaps he’s the one being objectified, given
that she doesn’t think much of his looks. Diane’s proposal, that they each
absolve carnal pleasures with each other to test their platonic, mutual
respect, lasts all of 3 minutes as they rationalize it right out of existence!
More pillow
talk, Cheers-style, keeps the
Sam-Diane relationship as maddening as it is irresistible. Both
characterizations are true, especially Diane’s, whose personal, righteous
philosophy is what always keeps her head held high, and the cause of most of
her troubles. Subplot involving Norm’s breakup with his wife is an interesting
twist – its lack of resolution could also signal an episodic treatment of this
storyline. We shall see.
Norm’s opener:
(Coach: Like a beer, Norm?) Something in a size 54 – sudsy.
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