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"Ellen" The Puppy Episode: Part 1 (1997)
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30 April 1997
(Season 4, Episode 22)
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Ellen senses a kindred spirit in herself when she meets an openly gay woman, named Susan, through Richard...
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Lesbian
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Photographer
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Bookstore
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Sitcom
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Coming Out
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Historic...and very funny
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(Episode Credited cast) | Ellen DeGeneres | ... | Ellen Morgan |
 | Joely Fisher | ... | Paige Clark |
 | David Anthony Higgins | ... | Joe Farrell |
| Clea Lewis | ... | Audrey Penney |
 | Jeremy Piven | ... | Spence Kovak |
 | Laura Dern | ... | Susan |
| Steven Eckholdt | ... | Richard |
 | Oprah Winfrey | ... | Therapist |
| Patrick Harrigan | ... | Waiter |
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23 min
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The show became famous because the lead character came out as a gay woman during the fourth season. The episode where she came out, called the "Puppy" episode (4.22) was the highest rated one the show ever aired and won an Emmy for writing. The episode had guest turns by k.d. lang, Billy Bob Thornton, Demi Moore, Melissa Etheridge but no puppy.
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Ellen:
Susan, wait! Don't say anything, I just want to tell you something before you leave. The other night in your hotel room I... I... I get the joke about the microwave oven.
Susan: Are you trying to say what I think you're trying to say?
Ellen: What do you think I'm trying to say?
Susan: Oh, no. I'm not going to say it again so you can lash out at me for being wrong.
Ellen: No, you're not wrong. You're right. I just wanted to tell you that I... oh, why can't I say it? I've just been living with this thing my whole life without acknowledging it. Why? Why can't I me true to myself? I'm 35-years-old. I just... Susan...
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Susan: Are you trying to say what I think you're trying to say?
Ellen: What do you think I'm trying to say?
Susan: Oh, no. I'm not going to say it again so you can lash out at me for being wrong.
Ellen: No, you're not wrong. You're right. I just wanted to tell you that I... oh, why can't I say it? I've just been living with this thing my whole life without acknowledging it. Why? Why can't I me true to myself? I'm 35-years-old. I just... Susan...
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Ellen Moragn (Ellen Degeneres) realizes she's a lesbian after meeting an attractive woman (Laura Dern) who, sort of, comes on to her. After talking it over with her therapist (Oprah Winfrey) she decides to come out to everybody.
This show may seem like nothing new in the wake of "Will & Grace", "Queer As Folk" & "The L Word"...but they might not exist if this show hadn't aired. The ratings went through the roof and major cities had Ellen parties at gay bars where the episode was aired. If you were a gay woman or a lesbian in your 20s on up you probably remember this.
Politics aside this is a smart, funny, extremely well-made episode. The script never condescends and, after dancing around it, Ellen admits she's gay...and the audience went wild. Nowadays gay actors are coming out left and right...and people could care less. But this show paved the way. Historic...and VERY very funny! A must-see.