Airdate:
11/17/88
Rebecca staves off Teal’s proposal by admitting lingering
feelings for Sam. It works, for now, but Teal gives Sam a one-month bartending
job down in a Cancun resort, partially to test his fidelity. Of course, he’s
having the time of his life in sunny Mexico, and has no interest in coming back
– so he doesn’t. After a month, with no Sammy in Boston, Rebecca goes down to
convince her betrothed beloved to do at least one nice thing, and if her
pleading doesn’t work, perhaps a gun will!
Ultimately Sam returns, smooches a very drunk Rebecca to cement the ruse, and
Teal is convinced. Could this be yet another opportunity for Sam? Nope, Rebecca
passes out cold.
Good wrap-up, with all loose ends tied, and the hilarious
revelation tat Teal’s subversively ironic admin is really his father! At the
end of the resort scene we actually do get Sam’s admission that beneath his
constant lust for Rebecca he really does care for her too. Kirstie Allie looks
pretty natural pointing a handgun (although the action is a bit farfetched) –
actually, this was he same year she was in an action thriller Shoot to Kill, so maybe it’s a residual
trait.
Cold open: Rebecca delivers a recap via her call-in to a
radio talk show. She wants advice, but it’s a gardening show she’s called.
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