Three's Company: The Apartment

Three's Company: The Apartment
ABC
March 22, 1983
Sitcom
DVD
B-

In this Shelley Zellman story, Mr. Angelino is about to cheat on his wife with Daphne Smith (Ilene Graff).  He's chosen the small apartment over Jack's restaurant for the tryst, unaware that Jack is planning to sleep there.  So when his wife shows up, he pretends that Daphne is Jack's girlfriend.  And then Terri and Janet show up after the Angelinos leave, bringing blankets and for some reason a potted plant.  They catch Jack sitting on the bed, sharing a drink with Daphne.  Then both Daphne and Mr. Angelino show up at Jack's apartment.  I believe the apartment of the title is meant to be a reference to the Billy Wilder movie, although it's not nearly as dark and Daphne does not attempt suicide.  Graff gives a nice performance in what could be an unsympathetic role, and a very different one from her fembot-like one on Mork & Mindy  the year before.  Note that Jack tells Terri that she's "the reasonable one," which certainly wouldn't have happened with the previous blonde roommates.