User Reviews

So we start where the last season ended. Sam and Diane decide to date and they figure out where to go for their first encounter. After they announce it to the rest of the bar but they are not too enthusiastic. And the first date really doesn't go too well. So Sam breaks into her apartment and acts all macho but she tells him she called police. After they talk it out.

Well, Diane seems even more annoying in this episode than ever. And lots of the things in the episode were annoying, except of how it ended, that scene was hilarious. Greatly performed and very funny hope there will be more of those.

I suppose some might find this episode funny but I thought it was pretty aggravating. Shelly Long is a very good actress and she plays the Diane character as quite a Jekyl+Hyde character indeed. On some episodes Diane is sweetly charming and fun. On other episodes Diane is maddeningly pompous,annoyingly self-centered and lacking any self-awareness or humility.

The long-running back and forth between Diane and Sam is somewhat entertaining but it is overdone,overplayed and it gets old. In this episode it is ridiculous. According to the plot of the series,Sam can have almost any woman he wants,anytime. It is simply not realistic that Sam would be that interested in the flaky and neurotic Diane. It is even harder to believe that Sam would employ her at his bar and have her around almost all the time.

After several months of flirting Sam and Diane decide to possibly become intimate. Sam suggests the office couch and then his apartment but they finally settle on Diane's place.

Instead of simply being discrete about it like anyone else they announce their tawdry intentions to the entire barroom,as if it is a royal wedding (or anyone else's business).

From there things only get worse. At Diane's house,she gets cold feet and begins stalling. Sam is treated to a name by name introduction to Diane's large stuffed animal collection. When Diane runs out of stalling material she starts an argument with Sam and throws him out before anything has a chance to happen. Sam leaves and goes back to the bar,undoubtedly disgusted.

At this point,anybody else would write Diane off and ask her to please find another job. Not our Sammy. Sam goes back to Diane's for even more mind-numbing nonsense.(from both of them) Eventually it appears that Sam and Diane do spend some intimate time together but it's such a long and rocky road there that it is almost impossible to believe it was worth the trip.

This episode surely sets the stage for future episodes of sorry nonsense between Sam and Diane. This episode makes Sam look like a complete fool and does Diane no favors either. It also serves as a warning for what is surely to follow in the upcoming episodes. 3/10.