Soap: Episode 68

Soap: Episode 68
ABC
March 20, 1980
Dramedy
DVD
B-

In this Harris & Silver episode, Mary, who still hasn't told Burt, confesses to Jodie that her baby might be Alien Burt's.  Jessica finds out she has only a few days or weeks to live.  Burt (offscreen) makes Sheriff Prentice give himself up.  And Eunice, having heard about Jessica's illness, returns, but considering how much nicer Corinne is, and that Canova looks stunning in the bedroom scene, Dutch's indecision here and later has always been inexplicable to me.  Dutch crying over Jessica's illness (he doesn't yet know she's dying) and Leslie's suicidal/homicidal threats are starting to get annoying, although not as bad as they will be.  Note that the studio audience takes a moment to get Eunice's line about Dutch acting like a dog and "hiding a bone" in Corinne's bed.

Deborah Combs makes her first of four appearances as a nameless Nurse.