Soap: Episode 60

Soap: Episode 60
ABC
January 10, 1980
Dramedy
DVD
B-

In this Harris & Silver episode, Burt of course doesn't tell Mary he's dying.*  Mary is happy about her pregnancy until, in a scene with a great calendar/colander misunderstanding with Jessica, she realizes that the baby might be Alien Burt's.  Danny and Polly, who can't have been dating that long (see below), declare their love for each other, despite some people not accepting them as, as Danny puts it, "a bisexual couple" (meaning biracial).  And Billy is thrilled to have discovered sex.  Now, remember, Danny had not yet tracked down Polly at the time of Billy's birthday party.  So either Billy is spending Christmas Break at Leslie's, or Danny and Polly fall in love on like their second date.  In any case, two weeks top, if we assume that the threads on the show run somewhat independently of each other.

The Major, Eunice, and Corinne are absent.  And, yes, that's 36-year-old Kurtwood That '70s Show Smith as the Guy in Laundromat.


*Honestly, considering that they're presented as the best couple on the show, these two have terrible communication.  Does he think she won't notice?