Three's Company: The Brunch

Three's Company: The Brunch
ABC
December 7, 1982
Sitcom
DVD
C+

Things I like about this episode:

• Janet and Terri's "wholesome" outfits and how all the compliments on Janet's offend her;
• Earl Boen's performance as Reverend Gilmore, who I suspect is a belated parody of the sort of hypocritical clergymen who objected to the series early on (he's distracted by money);
• That it finds a way to work both Mr. Angelino (Jordan Charney) and Felipe (Gino Conforti) into the new setting of the bistro.

Things that bug me about this episode:

• There are too many cooks, on and off the screen, with Grossman & Burditt having written the teleplay based on a story they co-wrote with two men who have no other writing credits;
• When Jack sees Mr. Furley fighting with Felipe and then guzzling champagne, why can't he send him home?
• It's obvious that as soon as Larry comes in with a woman dressed like a stereotypical librarian that she's going to go wild in some way, but the pay-off isn't executed as well as the bits with the honeymooners.
• Miss Arlington (Irene Tedrow, who previously was Martha) skips out without paying, despite being rich, and no one notices.