Who's the Boss?: Cardinal Sin

Who's the Boss?: Cardinal Sin
ABC
February 7, 1989
Sitcom
DVD
B

This Braunstein & Perlow story has Angela accompanying Tony to St. Louis for a Cards "Old Timers" reunion game.  Unfortunately, Betty, a groupie that Tony is still attracted to and scared of, also shows up.  So Tony pretends that Angela is his wife, but that doesn't discourage Betty, especially with Tony's teammates egging her on to dance with Tony.  This episode, in the exact middle of the season, finds Angela still hiding her love for Tony and he seeming unsure what he wants from her, or Betty.  Note that they discover they both like the movie The Way We Were, which would have a callback of sorts in the final season.  Also notice that it now seems like Sam is the babysitter, with Mona more of an adolescent than she was in the first season.

Gwen Van Dam, who was Jan's teacher Mrs. Watson on The Brady Bunch, plays the nameless older woman who, with her husband, keeps catching Tony at embarrassing moments.  Lionel Mark Smith, whose debut was Big Al on What's Happening!!, plays Davey.  Jane Daly, who was Midge-Ann on Soap, is Pam here.  Kevin Scannell, who played "MacArthur" on the M*A*S*H finale, is Burl.