Who's the Boss?: Tony, Can You Spare a Dime?

Who's the Boss?: Tony, Can You Spare a Dime?
ABC
January 14, 1992
Sitcom
DVD
B

Braunstein & Wolff wrote this story that ranges from broad comedy (including huge props) to sweetness between T & A.  Although the Recession obviously didn't hit the Bower Agency with the kind of realism you'd see on Roseanne, this episode does acknowledge "the economic slump," including its impact on consumers.  Angela has Tony take over the household finances but doesn't like him managing her credit cards and preventing shopping therapy.  He's very supportive when she tells him how her identity is connected to her job, bringing up how he had to rebuild his life after his baseball injury.  Robert Mandan returns as Reed Hamilton, who gets along a lot better with Mona this time, wink wink.