Airdate: 9/25/86
Picking up where the end of
the previous episode left off, we find out who’s on the other end of the line.
Of course it’s Diane, and she’s taken quite aback by Sam’s marriage proposal,
as she’s wearing a face mask ad curlers. Insisting on a more romantic setting,
she convinces her would-be fiancé to rent a sailboat and do it up right. Moored
on the Charles, over shrimp cocktails and champagne, he pops the question, and
she says… no. Infuriated, he gets her to jump ship, and tosses her a line:
“What’s a nice girl like you doing in an ocean like this?” Back at the bar, she
reconsiders her decision, but Sam informs her of the statute of limitations on
his request. She ignores him, and decides to surprise him on his boat, but she
accidentally surprises a monsignor who Sam had decided to let go in his place.
Diane still harbors dreams of their life together in conjugal bliss.
Good follow up to last
season’s cliffhanger, with the expected result of no-marriage but unexpected
laughs along the way. Best scenes involve Frasier (who finally gets his name in
the opening credits), who can all to easily identify with being rebuffed by
Diane after a marriage proposal. Both he and Carla are horrified at the prospect
of a Malone/Chambers union, and equally euphoric after hearing of their
breakup.
Cold open: The above
mentioned dénouement to the cliffhanger.
Norm’s opener: Woody: “What’s
the story, Mr P?” Norm: “Boy meets beer, boy drinks beer, boy gets another
beer.”
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