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Title: Episode #1.2 (20 Sep 1977)
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| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jimmy Baio | ... | Billy Tate | |
| Diana Canova | ... | Corinne Tate | |
| Billy Crystal | ... | Jodie Dallas | |
| Cathryn Damon | ... | Mary Campbell | |
| Robert Guillaume | ... | Benson DuBois | |
| Katherine Helmond | ... | Jessica Tate | |
| Richard Libertini | ... | The Godfather | |
| Robert Mandan | ... | Chester Tate | |
| Richard Mulligan | ... | Burt Campbell | |
| Arthur Peterson | ... | The Major | |
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Kathryn Reynolds | ... | Claire |
| Jennifer Salt | ... | Eunice Tate | |
| Robert Urich | ... | Peter 'The Tennis Player' | |
| Ted Wass | ... | Danny Dallas | |
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Rod Roddy | ... | Announcer (voice) |
After her tennis lesson, Jessica lunches with Mary, who mistakes her sister's glow for a facelift. At the office, Claire catches Chester wooing his newest mistress via telephone. Claire threatens to tell Jessica; when that fails to scare Chester, she also threatens to call the SEC. Jodie comes out of Mary's closet wearing one of her outfits and blonde wig. Mary tells Burt that Jodie wears her outfit better. . . and that is not Jodie's big surprise! Burt ran into his long lost son at a sporting goods store; he is coming to dinner that evening to meet the family. Danny has a surprise: the Godfather says he has to kill Burt in order to get out of the Mob. Benson is the only one who has fun when the Campbells gather at the Tate home for dinner. As the epithets and fists fly (and Jessica glows) Benson opens the front door and admits Burt's son, David. Jessica and Corinne are both shocked; and Jodie is titillated. Tennis, anyone? Written by LA-Lawyer
Episode two and things are already getting very complicated for the Tates and the Campbells: Jodie wants a sex change, Chester's secretary is blackmailing him, Danny must kill Burt if he wants to leave the mob, and Burt's son Peter turns out to be the tennis player who is schtupping both Jessica and Corinne. The always excellent butler Benson can only look on in amusement.
Brilliantly written with great performances all round, this is classic comedy that never gets old. By now, I'm sure you'll have your favourite characters: for me, it's the hilarious Burt, played by Richard Mulligan (his reactions to gay stepson Jodie are priceless), and Benson, played by Robert Guillaume, whose sarcastic asides are amongst the show's funniest moments.