Airdate:
11/18/76
Jim Bob, with a
knack for fixing and operating anything with wheels and an engine, wants to
enter a motorcycle race, to be publicized by the Blue Ridge Chronicle. Olivia,
naturally, is against the idea, but changes her tune when she understands how
Jim Bob is different from his brothers. Borrowing Ike’s motorcycle, he enters,
but he’s clearly a underdog, given the state of Ike’s hog next to those of his
competitors. Of course, he wins, proving everyone wrong.
In the parallel
plot, Ike and Corabeth adopt a baby boy, but when they go to the agency, the
baby’s mother has a last minute change of heart. While there, the couple sees
an orphaned girl named Aimee, whose parents died when she was young; they
decide to adopt her instead, but before she can assimilate she and Corabeth
have a heart to heart talk.
Rollicking
episode is relatively John-less (he appear for about two minutes). The big race
at the end is fun, if predictable, and major points awarded to Rachel Longaker
as new cast member Aimee Godsey, who is cute but not overbearing. Clearly
acting skills are on the producers’ minds these days: not-so-hot thespian
Debbie Gunn has been quickly replaced in the role of Patsy Brimmer, Jim-Bob’s
new love interest. She’s now played by Eileen McDonough (no relation to Mary).
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