Season: 5 Episode: 9 Production Code: AM-509 First Air Date: January 14, 2002 Writer: Roberto Benabib, Constance M. Burge, Cindy Lichtman Director: Rachel Talalay # of Times Richard said Bygones: 0
Guest Stars: Synopsis: Hallelujah! (In the non-religious but similar sentiment kind of way.) The meaning behind the above will be saved for last (like you can’t guess). For now, the stuff I would have left on the cutting room floor like the guy, Ally’s Client Michael Walker (French Stewart) who is so in love with his wife that every time she speaks, to him, it sounds like a song. He’s so in love that he’d spend gobs of money until he had to commit fraud in order to keep up his habit. Clearly guilty, he was found not guilty and the wife dumped him. Jenny slept wrong so she had to use a neck brace (?). Coretta sent her to a chiropractor with an orgasmic chair, Nelle followed suit. Glenn was really jealous of the chair. Onto the ones with more buzz and staying power. The wayward wind led Ally and her cute hat to her dream house (much like Donna Reed’s in It’s A Wonderful Life, only you throw a stone and hit a pretty boy rock star). Everyone, absolutely everyone, told her a house is man repellant and that she’s just trying to fill some space with it. Richard was at least kind enough (or not) to help her out by splattering paint and sanding off her walls. Are you enjoying Richard and Ally’s closer friendship? His hard truths are far more interesting than John’s agreeableness, don’t you think? Anyway Richard made amends, got the whole gang together (the great bickering could have replaced the entire singing wife thing) to remodel the house complete with the coat rack that Ally said would make it a home. Lovely as they did, one would rather be left in the hands of a professional who looks something like Jon Bon Jovi. Victor is a Mr. Fix-it, and when he announced to smitten Ally that the "electricity" is good, well, you could just about faint right there. Do you think Ally and Victor had immediate chemistry or should she still pine for Larry? Larry or Victor, you still can’t help but get the feeling she’ll be eating ice cream all alone in that great big house.
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