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| Fishers |
ABC
October 16, 1996
Sitcom
DVD
B-
In this Newman & Stark story, Ellen is still having trouble accepting her parents' separation, so she concocts a scheme that's like Hailey Mills and, as Spence notes in the umpteenth I Love Lucy comparison, like something out of classic TV. But I thought of Gilligan's Island, where the scheme to recreate a romantic date for a couple in late middle age actually works, sexy redhead entertainer (Ginger rather than Paige) and all. Here, they even get Eddie Fisher (Joely's father) to sing as he did in Cuba 1958. But Harold and Lois can't be reconciled, yet anyway. And Ellen goes back to Dr. Whitcomb (Paxton Whitehead), but he wants her to see other therapists, which she will, throughout the season, with surprising results. Meanwhile we hear the word "gay" on the show for the first time, when Spence is being rude to Barrett while working for Paige.
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