That Girl: The Reunion

That Girl: The Reunion
ABC
February 26, 1970
Sitcom
DVD
C+

This Turteltaub-Orenstein story is another that could've been good with stronger writing.  There's the continuity problem of Ann having her five-year high school reunion, when she's been in New York three or four years.  Did she never graduate from college?  And what was she doing teaching in '63 and working as a meter maid in Fenwick in '64 or '65?  OK, some of that's not the fault of this episode, but it doesn't help.  Even something minor like the school mascot going from the Brewster Roosters to the "Giraffees" (with that spelling) is just odd.  And the episode could be about worrying over offending Lew by not holding the reunion in his restaurant, but that's sort of dropped.  Or it could be about Ann taking stock of her life after five-ish years out of high school, as I suspect it would've been had this aired in the first season or two.  As it is, it's both confusing and forgettable.  Still, the tag scene is one of the more suggestive ones, with Donald and Ann dancing in her apartment in the dark, and she says she could dance all night.  Since the censors usually put pressure on the producers to show Donald leaving Ann's apartment and saying goodnight, I'm not sure how this slipped by.

Harrison Page, who plays Mark, would later be Policeman #2.  Florence Mercer, who's Estelle Webber here, would play an Autograph Fan later.