1.15.: Domestic Trouble

Bub is called out of town. So, the guys decide to get a Lady in to help...but there's some chicanery! And, Steve almost gets a wife!

Well, I know. It sounds like this one might overdo the corn but it has its charms. The best bits are the "Chain of Command" moments. Bub says Steve needs to take him to the bus station in the middle of the night. Steve gives the car keys to Mike. Mike gives them to Robbie. Robbie gives them to Chip. The same sort of thing happens when Chip ends up calling the "Domestic Bliss" agency rather than the "Domestic Aid" place.

The actual plot is as old as the ages. The Domestic Bliss lady thinks Steve wants marriage. And, no one in the house knows that she is trying to get Steve married. And, when the Domestic arrives (a large, blousy woman, possibly Bub in drag), she is put in the Master Bedroom by Chip due to some goofballery earlier on. There is some nice "not quite meeting up with people in the house" shtick. The woman from the Domestic Bliss place is comically indignant when she talks to Steve. And...there is so much confusion...

In the end, it's another OK episode. The thing that surprised me was that it seems to move quicker than the other episodes. The resolving of the conflict comes on pretty fast once everyone is assembled. I guess because there are a bunch of different things happening here. In the end, the "Don't Pass The Buck" lesson was better when it was shown, rather than told explicitly in the final scene. I think this one feels more sitcom-like than the best episodes so far. The whole thing, in fact, seems very sitcomy. And, it's all right but, if the show is going to be like this for much of its run, I don't know if I can travel with it.

I need an atypical episode soon, please.