Airdate: 2/5/87
With Eddie now
in a nine-game slump, tongues are wagging that quite possibly his relationship
with Carla is a jinx. Of course, no one at the bar has the guts to tell her, so
Norm, by luck of the draw, has to be the bearer of bad tidings. Once she’s sure
it’s her, Carla breaks up with her beloved Bruin, but secretly hopes he still
plays poorly to prove she’s not. But Eddie is back to his winning ways, and
when he comes back to Cheers, he leaves a tape with Carla so she can remember
him. In the epilogue, we discover they still go out, but ritualistically “break
up” before every game to keep his streak alive. In other news, Diane is
appalled when the wife, who accused her husband of attempted murder at the
trial Diane was juror on, drops all charges. She’s even more horrified to see
the couple ordering drinks at the bar, but elated to see them arguing
ferociously, proving her own judicial intuition to be accurate after all.
Good wrapup to
all things considered, except for the final tag (showing Carla and Eddie sill
“dating”); they should’ve left it with the scene of her listening to his tape.
Peccadilloes aside, this is solid stuff, even extending the Diane subplot about
her jury duty.
Cold open (and
best scene): Sam checks his voice messages, which include Carla’s announcement
of her lateness, and Woody’s relaying of Diane’s “I love you” message, which he
qualifies as not being his own sentiment.. but on second thought… maybe it is.
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