The last 5 minutes of this show stand out as one of my top favorite television scenes. To be totally honest, the rest of the episode is not one of their best, but that last few moments makes up for it. From the moment Bernice comes out of the bathroom with Donna Jo (and Charlene's "Oh put her back!") I was dying laughing. I was not expecting the end--I did expect Suzanne to be keeping her crown--but they waited until the absolute last minute to let us know how. The moment everyone in the show realizes the implication of the old judge's comments ("this little lady gave me the best night of my life" and "that one wouldn't give me the time of day") I had my jaw in my lap like everyone else in the show. I don't know, the timing was perfect, the surprise on everyone's faces was totally believable--you felt like you were in that moment of surprise and triumph with them. I enjoy that moment over and over again in the reruns.
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A whole person's identity is challenged in one of the series best episodes.
mark.waltz18 March 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Even though she's not the featured star of the episode, Alice Ghostley steals every moment she's on screen, whether it be her gift to Charlene at the baby shower or her pulling out the hysterically funny Marji Martin (later an interim nanny on "The Nanny"), topped off by Charlene's reaction, really a throwaway line but made hysterical by Jean Smart's delivery. Meshach Taylor, too, with minimal screentime, is very funny, especially with his reaction to Charlene's preparations for the shower.
The episode actually surrounds Suzanne discovering that through a clerical error, she was not chosen Miss Georgia. Of course, there's a dramatic delay in her being told, with the other women genuinely afraid of how she will react. A practically perfect episode in each detail, everybody gets a chance to shine, from Charlene's analogy of the situation with a cat story to Mary Jo's use of the shower presents in an amusing manner. Delta Burke really makes the most of the situation, going from denial to acceptance, especially with a hysterically funny twist at the end.
The episode actually surrounds Suzanne discovering that through a clerical error, she was not chosen Miss Georgia. Of course, there's a dramatic delay in her being told, with the other women genuinely afraid of how she will react. A practically perfect episode in each detail, everybody gets a chance to shine, from Charlene's analogy of the situation with a cat story to Mary Jo's use of the shower presents in an amusing manner. Delta Burke really makes the most of the situation, going from denial to acceptance, especially with a hysterically funny twist at the end.
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