Soap: Episode 39

Soap: Episode 39
ABC
January 4, 1979
Dramedy
DVD
B-

The best thing about this Harris & Silver episode is the interaction between Guillaume and Helmond, whether he's pretending to be her husband to protect Eunice and Dutch, or comforting her over her actual husband's death.  (And we know he hates Chester.)  It turns out that Chester is actually alive but still amnesiac.  Meanwhile, Burt tries to gently dump Sally, who first threatens suicide and then swears revenge.  And Danny wants revenge on Elaine's killers.  Note that Elaine was buried only a day or two after her death.  (Peter's funeral was similarly rushed.)  Also note that Benson and Billy think Eunice can't cook, although she told Walter she could.  And further note that Burt and Danny already had a conversation about their gun knowledge, when Danny tried to kill Burt.

GW Bailey, who plays the Hobo, would begin his recurring role as Rizzo on M*A*S*H later that year.  Richard Stahl, who plays Officer Hickey, would appear on an early episode of Who's the Boss?, again working with Helmond.  Corinne, Tim, and the Major are absent.