Soap: Episode 54

Soap: Episode 54
ABC
November 8, 1979
Dramedy
DVD
B-

J.D. Lobue, who had directed one episode before, takes over from Sandrich and I think this contributes to the trend towards more obvious humor in Season Three and particularly Season Four.  It's still Harris and Silver writing, so we still get nice talking scenes, like the one between single parents Jodie and Corinne with their babies in the park.  As if they've realized they've written themselves into a corner, H & S have Millie simply leave Danny because his family's crazy.  And Mary thinks she's going crazy because of what the two Burts are putting her through.  Meanwhile, Leslie's ex-husband Charlie (Kip Gilman, who, much more clean-shaven, would be Jeffrey Michaelson on Who's the Boss?) shows up when she has Billy over.