Episode 88 Morals

In plain English, these are the morals from Episode 88:

Will comments true be seen as sage, as Dru her husband must assuage?

There are lies and then there are lies. I can't believe Neil continues to make a fuss about a lie that had no consequence--probably Dru couldn't have kids, and yet she `lied' and said she couldn't have kids. Big deal. But especially when Neil said that Dru had been lying to him in bed I had to laugh--as if bedtime was a time for total truthtelling. I mean, gee--what would fantasy be if it involved only raw truth? Well, we explored that here and it didn't come out well for Neil now did it? My conclusion: lying, like everything else in the world, isn't always as black and white an issue as it's sometimes cut out to be.

If I were to take a political stance, I might broaden my discussion at this point to talk about U.S. President Clinton and his problems with truth because I think there are some related issues there. But I'll spare you. Bad enough we have to suffer the occasional on-air soap preemptions without borrowing such a bad idea into this other medium!

Will Grace with child play Mrs. Dash, or will she see she's been too rash?

Oh, this whole thing with Grace running off elsewhere is ridiculous. With what money? Does Newman Enterprises pay so well that she's piled up a sizable nest egg in the last couple of months? With what prospects for a job? Is she perhaps going to call up Newman and ask for a letter of reference after her second time bolting without notice?

But on balance there's Paul Williams team of part-time investigator and part-time comedians. I rolled on the floor laughing (well, figuratively) when this guy Dave, who was told not to let Grace and Cassie get on the plane, decided to `go park his car' when he saw them going into the airport. If it was that important, wouldn't he have just parked curbside at the risk of being towed? What a bunch of bumblers. Good thing there are bumblers on both sides, I guess.

When first Nikki with Sarah at bay leaves, imagine the effect finding Sarah at play achieves!

Though this `Saronica' plot is actually kind of fun, I'm a little bored with the straight-line progress of it all. For example, Nikki tries to fire Sarah, but Joshua intervenes. Seems to me it would have been more fun to let Nikki win a local victory only to have Sarah reappear as a non-employee dating Miguel. I did only a little of that here, but you can imagine the fun of having her have to endure Miguel's dates, and of her being around both Miguel and Joshua with Nikki no longer able to order her around.

Will Jack be sought for business acumen, or will someone just require his cumin?

What in the world was the point of having Jack along with Nikki at the prime time event? It looked to me like she was out of place either way and only succeeded in making Jack look like an accomplice the way she did it. I felt bad for him. If they're going to involve Jack, they should make a reason for it--as I did here.

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All in all, I expected a lot more spice from the Prime Time episode and I didn't get it. It seemed as if some plots were artificially manipulated to be "ready" for that episode--mostly by stretching, but that finally we'd have some motion. But no. And I just don't get it. It was very unsatisfying after all that wait. And trying to look at it from an outsider's point of view (i.e., a potential new viewer), having Nikki come into a room and say "I think my husband and I will work on a baby" is not exactly the suspense moment that I'd be talking about for weeks unless it was in the form of "What was that all about?" It was obvious a lot was spent on direction, costumes, lots of outdoor shots, etc. But all in all, I think this was a mostly wasted opportunity.

That's all for Episode 88's morals. Don't miss Episode 89 and its morals!
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