Airdate:
11/10/88
Martin Teal, the new executive VP, wants to see Rebecca in
his office. The main man, however, looks all of nineteen – but that doesn’t
stop him from putting the moves on Rebecca. Turned off by his youth but
grateful that he just promoted her to sole manager of Cheers, she finds herself
in a sticky situation, one she remedies, for the time being anyway, by lying
that she and Sam are together. Teal calls Sam to “size up the competition,” but
sensing that he’s being used, Sam “breaks up” with Rebecca, leaving the two to
date – and face harassment by the Cheers gang for their age difference. No
one’s laughing, however, when Teal bestows his beloved with a perfectly sinful
diamond ring – as a proposal of marriage. To be continued…
Rebecca’s on her way back to head honcho, but there’s a
catch, as there always is: figuring out what to do with an ever header-honcho
that’s half her age. Teal seems a bit modeled after Michael J. Fox,
particularly his Alex P. Keaton character, or the one he played in The Secret of My Success. He’s good, but
his scenes are handily stolen by the man playing his assistant – an older gent
trying to be dignified but all too obviously a yes man, even though Teal “hates
yes men.” Subplot involving Woody’s beekeeping is quite funny – best scene:
Frasier frantically rips off his shirt when Carla tells him there’s a bee under
it. (When will the Cheers gang ever stop listening to Carla?)
Cold open: Cliff’s new idea: a postal worker-themed
amusement park, which salutes the brave and noble men and women carrying the
mailbag. That’s where the real money is – not in the current dead end job he
currently has!
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