Airdate:
10/27/88
Confident Sam struts into Cheers, certain that this will be
his lucky day with Rebecca. Initially resistant (as usual), she succumbs to his
charms and agrees to a date, owing more to a broken TV and stove than anything
else, but when the new corporate VP walks in, she butters him up and wants him to
deliver the news that she’s been expecting – her promotion. Unfortunately, the
fickle finger of fate has something else in mind; it turns out the bar was
making more money under Sam’s ownership, so he’s been made the new manager,
while Rebecca gets her walking papers. The date idea is a bit sour now, and Rebecca’s
devastation is readily apparent in her disheveled appearance. Additionally, Sam
hates his new position, as the new computerized bookkeeping system is a far cry
from the old spiral notebook days., but Carla hatches an idea – as long as Sam
wants to appeal for his job back, why not arrange for Rebecca to resume hers
and convince her, aphrodisiacally,
it was his doing? A great plan, but once again the VP blows the date by
listing the conditions she “agreed to” by returning. She leaves Sam a bit stiff
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and races downstairs to Cheers, adamant she’ll never return – but then there’s
that newly bought Mercedes she needs to pay for – and so she changes her mind,
ready to wait tables with the best of them!
Fun twist switches the power grid a bid – as Sam now resumes
his old managerial duties and Rebecca’s taking Diane’s old job (which was never
filled anyway). Personally, I think she should have been busted for nearly
killing Evan Drake and going nutso on him, but I guess all involved overlooked
her behavior, all things considered. Of course some things never change: Sam
and Rebecca come so close to hooking up, but then there’s always something!
Cold open: The beginning of the plot – Sam is convinced he’ll
score with Rebecca. The scene ends once he enters his office, with the
heretofore supportive bar gang now voicing their collective doubts of his
success.
BTW: Opening credits are exactly the same, but this season
gets a late start due to the writers’ strike over the summer (during the Seoul
Olympics). As such there are only 22 episodes this season.
1 comment:
I was surprised that Sam actually knew the story of John Henry.
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