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| Oh, and Jackie is studying for a trucking exam, and Darlene is still wearing black but seems less depressed. |
ABC
October 15, 1991
Sitcom
DVD
B-
I don't know what it is, but the writing and/or directing quality seems to decline slightly when it's about the Baumans (Meagen Fay and Danton Stone again). According to IMDB, Mull's "original [sic] extremely tight script" that he cowrote with Maxine Lapiduss went through several other writers. I suspect that the original had more resolution for the subplot about Leon's live-in boyfriend of three years, Steven (Michael Des Barres again), and Leon's unseen visiting mother. Still, there are some cute moments and good lines. Yes, the lines about Jackie hypothetically being gay are ironic in retrospect.
Carl Franklin makes his first of two appearances as Officer Gil Robbins. Bob Hope, then 88, appears in the tag. This is the 1200th show I've reviewed that aired on ABC, still the dominant network in my collection.
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