Smoke Gets in Your Thighs 

A worried Kelsey goes to McKenzie and Kuzak to try to get Markowitz removed from a stressful tax case while at the same time, she represents a gay man suing the parents of his terminally ... See full summary »

Director:

Richard Compton

Writers:

Steven Bochco (created by), Terry Louise Fisher (created by)

Stars:

Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Harry Hamlin	...	Michael Kuzak
Susan Dey	...	Grace Van Owen
Corbin Bernsen	...	Arnie Becker
Jill Eikenberry	...	Ann Kelsey
Alan Rachins	...	Douglas Brackman, Jr.
Michele Greene	...	Abby Perkins
Jimmy Smits	...	Victor Sifuentes
Michael Tucker	...	Stuart Markowitz
Susan Ruttan	...	Roxanne Melman
Blair Underwood	...	Jonathan Rollins
Larry Drake	...	Benny Stulwicz
Richard Dysart	...	Leland McKenzie
Nina Foch	...	Marcia Schwartz
Denis Arndt	...	Jack Sollers
Amanda Donohoe	...	Cara Jean 'C.J.' Lamb

Storyline

A worried Kelsey goes to McKenzie and Kuzak to try to get Markowitz removed from a stressful tax case while at the same time, she represents a gay man suing the parents of his terminally ill lover who's dying from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis for visitation rights. Meanwhile, Becker and Abby try to retrieve the money Benny donated to a questionable religious order. Grace debates a marriage proposal from Sollers. Murray paints the mens room and later moves in with Benny, and Brackman gets burned in an unusual place after smoking on a turpentine-filled toilet in the newly painted mens room.

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Plot Keywords:

lighting a cigar | testimony | cross examining a witness | alzheimer's disease | explosion | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1990 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Stage 5, 20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

20th Century Fox Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

47 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title refers to the song "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" written by Jerome Kern and Otto A. Harbach for the musical Roberta.

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Quotes

Ann Kelsey: Mr. Campbell, how did you meet Thomas Young?
James Campbell: On a blind date through a men-seeking-men collum in the LA Times. We both expected the worst. But to our surprise, the date went well and we ended up falling in love.
Ann Kelsey: Did you make a commitment to each other?
James Campbell: Yes. We tried to formalize that but the state of California would not give us a marriage license. We got married in a church in Hawaii on May 1, 1981, over two months after we first met.
Ann Kelsey: And you two have been living together ever since?
James Campbell: Yes. We ...
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