Ellen: Alone Again...Naturally

Ellen: Alone Again...Naturally
ABC
January 8, 1997
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Ellen babysits Ed's daughters Willa and Emily (Sarah Dampf and Cristine Rose) for New Year's Eve, but she makes a resolution to "live dangerously," which means going to a romantic French restaurant on her own and taking a pottery class.  The writing in this Mark Wilding story is pretty solid, including the Ghost parody, but I had to mark it down from a B because of the subplot where Spence and Joe accidentally and stupidly burn Paige's kitchen.  Note that Ellen finds a bathroom attendant to be a better therapist than the professionals she's paying $75/hour (which honestly doesn't sound that much for L.A., considering what Bob Hartley charged in the '70s), and even shares a dream about K.D. Lang (another fourth-season hint/tease).

Bob Saget again plays himself, this time filming a Canadian movie for Lifetime, with Paige overseeing the budget.