For the only time in the series, Sam leaps into the character of a black female. This time it is 1963 and Cherie is a 15-year-old in Chicago who has two friends trying to start a singing group by performing in a nightclub where they hope to win a contest. Al tells Sam that in two days, the lead singer, Lynell, will run away from home because her father, a church pastor, is trying to keep her from nightclubs and such things until after she finishes high school. The original history on Lynell is that she becomes a drug-addicted slave to the night club owner, who also works as a pimp.
As the episode plays out, Lynell has plenty of evidence that Bobby Lee is a sleaze, including when he tried to seduce her against her will, but up until the ending scene she seems blind to the sort of "nozzle" (as Al says) that he is.
This episode was written by producer Deborah Pratt. As is usually the case with her episodes, there is scarcely a laugh to be found in the entire episode. The better episodes mix in humor and drama.
The resolution to the problem seemed obvious, and yet, we don't really see what caused Lynell to come back to her father. She seemed dead set on going with Bobby, but then showed up at the end apparently having realized her father does love her.
This was another episode with too much music. Sam seems to keep helping people who want a career as a singer and we get several songs from that person, I guess to prove that they can sing.
To sum up: The solution was obvious, there were essentially no plot twists, the story was really simple, and there were essentially no laughs. One of the series worst-a 3 out of 10.
As the episode plays out, Lynell has plenty of evidence that Bobby Lee is a sleaze, including when he tried to seduce her against her will, but up until the ending scene she seems blind to the sort of "nozzle" (as Al says) that he is.
This episode was written by producer Deborah Pratt. As is usually the case with her episodes, there is scarcely a laugh to be found in the entire episode. The better episodes mix in humor and drama.
The resolution to the problem seemed obvious, and yet, we don't really see what caused Lynell to come back to her father. She seemed dead set on going with Bobby, but then showed up at the end apparently having realized her father does love her.
This was another episode with too much music. Sam seems to keep helping people who want a career as a singer and we get several songs from that person, I guess to prove that they can sing.
To sum up: The solution was obvious, there were essentially no plot twists, the story was really simple, and there were essentially no laughs. One of the series worst-a 3 out of 10.
