Janet asks Chrissy to help her entertain a business prospect but gets jealous when the young, handsome prospect takes a liking to Chrissy.Janet asks Chrissy to help her entertain a business prospect but gets jealous when the young, handsome prospect takes a liking to Chrissy.Janet asks Chrissy to help her entertain a business prospect but gets jealous when the young, handsome prospect takes a liking to Chrissy.
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- GoofsWhen Mrs. Roper and Chrissy open the girl's bedroom door, there is clearly a wall right behind them and not an open space to the living room as there should be.
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Chrissy Snow: [clad in low-cut pink top, hot pants, momentarily strikes pin-up pose when he's not looking , then gives it up] Jack... do I look okay?
Jack Tripper: [big smile at pleasing sight] Everything seems to be there.
Chrissy Snow: Thanks. I'm going to a beach barbeque.
[bends over to put on her shoes]
Jack Tripper: Uh-huh, I can see what's gonna eat up the cold.
[she looks back at him over her shoulder]
Janet Wood: [enters, carrying big bag filled with groceries] Oh, boy, am I glad that you are both home.
Jack Tripper: We're not home for long!
Janet Wood: Oh, what?
Chrissy Snow: Yeah, we are both going out.
Janet Wood: Oh, no! No, no, no, no, no, you can't!
Janet Wood: Because I have a date coming tonight and I need you to help me with him.
Jack Tripper: What do you want us to do? Hold him down while you have your way with him?
Janet Wood: Cute. Cute. Listen, it's not romantic, it's strictly business. He's the new assistant manager for the new Carlyle Hotel.
Jack Tripper: So...?
Janet Wood: So, this is the guy who orders all the flowers for the rooms, the lobbies, the restaurants, the whole thing.
Chrissy Snow: Hey, a man like that could be a good customer for you.
Janet Wood: [with irony] Yeah, I thought of that.
Chrissy Snow: [face drops] Aw, you thought what I did before I did.
A subplot has Helen asking to sleep in the kids' apartment, since the Ropers' place is being painted, and Helen can't tolerate the smell of the paint. She's ever-mindful of the fact that Stanley is NOT the romantic he once was (she opens the episode by reading some of his old love letters). One of the best lines in 'The Rivals' occurs when she says to him, "Make a game of it. See if you notice I'm not there." (Meaning not in their bed.)
There are some very big laughs here, especially involving John Ritter. The viewer will be amused at the amount of times Jack gets a door slammed in his face. Still, 'The Rivals' is good the way that it shows how much he values the girls' friendship, the way that he works at getting them to speak to each other again. Then, of course, there's a classic 'Three's Company' misunderstanding when Helen walks in on Jack & Janet in the girls' bedroom, and makes an understandable assumption.
Best of all is the hilarious coda when the kids finally think that they're going to get some sleep...but they're denied.
Seven out of 10.
- Hey_Sweden
- Mar 15, 2022
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