Who's the Boss?: Car and Driver

Who's the Boss?: Car and Driver
ABC
December 1, 1987
Sitcom
DVD
B-

Donley & Graham wrote the teleplay, based on a story by a writer who didn't contribute to any of my other shows.  Jesse and Sam are helping Tony in his project to deliver meals to senior citizens, using Tony's van.  Unfortunately, Jesse lets Sam drive and she gets into an accident where another teenager is at fault.  The case goes to trial and Jesse has to decide whether to lie to protect Sam or to do the right thing.  This is the episode where we find out that Tony's middle name is Morton, and a studio audience member can be heard repeating it in amusement.  (By this point, studio audiences, with some exceptions, were more subdued than they'd been in the '70s.)

Anthony Peck, who's Jack Smith, was Mugger #2 on Mork & Mindy.  Prosecuting Attorney Michael Keys Hall played Chad McCann's father.  Bailiff Frank Pesce had appeared as two different characters previously and would be Dave in the final season.  And, yes, that's Molly Cheek of It's Garry Shandling's Show as the Defense Attorney.