After a party at Mary's home, where something always seems to go wrong, Betty White, making her first appearance, is taken home by Lars Lindstrom. He begins to have an affair with her while Phyllis tries to figure out what to do. White is phenomenal as the almost psychotic host of the show. She seems to be about as nasty as one can be and also has no conscience. Watch her close the door on the oven after taking a soufflé out. There is some funny stuff in the newsroom. A reporter has been embedded in a police car for three and a half weeks and has not been there for one arrest (just a stop to help a wino tie his shoes). There is also a great scene where Ted blabs to Phyllis that Lars and Su Ann are carrying on right at the station. But the best scene in the show is the confrontation at the very end. I believe Cloris Leachman won an Emmy for her performance in this first episode of the fourth season.
Review of The Lars Affair
