I'm thrilled that Mary Worth has passed judgment and approved of Emily's parents. Though I'm not sure how she did it since she doesn't seem to have ever been at the police station. And great move by the police to haul Emily down to the station to visit with addicts and prostitutes while she waits for her goodly parents to arrive, instead of letting her wait at Diner with a free bowl or rainbow swirl ice cream. I wonder if they took her down to the hoosegow in the same car as Wayne the Kidnapper.
Today's Full Strip
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Today must be Reader Appreciation Day over at Mary Worth Inc. Instead of the full week of aimless cruising and self-congratulatory platitudes, Moy and Giella have switched course and given us what we've been asking for: the happy ending/reunion scene that Maude Findlay was requesting, and a dinner at the Bum Boat, totally called by KitKat. So don't give up hope, everyone. Keep asking for The Return of Jill!
wv: hampath - the shortest road between WIlbur and his next sandwich.
Did anyone else think that Jeff's boat yesterday looked eerily like the one Dexter uses to dispose of his *trash bags*? If we're lucky, Jeff and Mary tossed their platitudes overboard.
Also, I'm trying to tie up Moy's many tangled loose ends. Was the evil internet somehow responsible for Emily's kidnapping? Were the eyeless purse thieves were involved or related to Emily? Are any of the Drs. Cory licensed therapists - or will Emily live happily ever after without any counseling?
Today's observations: Either the table and chairs are very high, or their waiter is 4 1/2 feet tall. Mary is about to pour her wine down her black-sleeved arm. That comb-over on the waiter kind of creeps me out.
If Mary did go along to the police station, we missed out on a panel where one of the parents says, "We can never thank you enough!" (Cue "Reunited" by Peaches and Herb.)
More to the point, will I do this Mary worth thing to myself again?
Yes. Yes, I will.
*sigh*
wv: fishas... when the boat goes down, with whom they will sleep
Oh, how the mighty have fallen! James Lipton, formerly maitre d' at Bobby's Hotel's Restaurant, is now a lowly server at the Bateau d'Hobo.
I like the Bum Boat, Waiter McCombover and the glasses of blood that Mary and Jeff always drink.
Ahh, life back to normal...
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Re the Smith Family: Happy is the only way they know how to be.
Re Mary and Jeff: Although it must be some time since they disembarked from the S.S. Minnow, got to the Bateau d'Hobo (thanks Meg @ 9:02 AM!), ordered, and have been served, they're still having the same conversation. Boy, are they in a rut!
That waiter looks glum. Mary needs to make him her next project. An introduction to the orange-haired Bree, perhaps?
Yay!!! Mary and Dr. Jeff are at the Bum Boat!! Welcome back to the strip, Bum Boat! :-)
And Punky, maybe we'll find that LiZa has given up her schooling at that business school and now she's working at the Bum Boat as a waitress. If Karen Moy followed the Worthies, she'll know that we want LiZa! :-)
Thank goodness Emily's parents are pronounced "Good People" by almighty Mary! We can breathe a sigh of relief. I shudder to think if that girl's mother was a single-mom, or if the parents were overweight, had bad skin and lived in the Goleta trailer park!
Knowing they were from Goleta, Mary was very worried that the parents would not be good people. I'm glad she took the time to check them out personally. I wonder if she interviewed them or just liked their hair?
Whatever. Now it's time to forget all of that and eat the celebratory carrot.
Emily's dad appears to be climbing into the scene... from 1963.
Mary would have gone to the police station to give her statement. Am SO hoping there will be a trial where Mary is the star witness and we can relive every single thrilling moment in glorious deja vu.
I don't hang out at police stations - thanks god - so I don't know if cops still wear those caps. Do they, or have we returned to 1940's Santa Royale?
Sandi Ego, a trial would be FANTASTIC! Just imagine all the finger pointing, face touching, shuddering, grimacing, watching the kidnapper's features & weight change every day. It would also give Mary a chance to meddle in the lives of the jury, the lawyers, the judge, the court bailiff & guards, and maybe we'd even see a glimpse of the kidnapper's long suffering mother- who did the best she could, but hey, she's no Mary Worth!
Mary also needs to have a chance to lecture Emily's parents about vigilance. Remember, vigilance will keep our purses and kids from being snatched. There's not enough vigilance nowadays.
Speaking of which, are those people really her parent's? Hugs are a distant second to face touching when expressing emotions.
So exactly how long this evening have Mary and Dr. Jeff been discussing the reunion and all the related platitudes and moral standards? It sounds to me like a 5 minute chat on the boat would be enough; does it really need to continue into dinner?
Maybe Moy/Giella are waiting for Chinese New Year to commission a new plot.
Dave in Parma, there is no Chinese New Year in Santa Royale. Anyone of any consequence in the Worthiverse is a WASP. (Mama Baroni was simply a plot device.)
Could Mrs. Smith be Jill Black's twin sister who got the loving husband, beautiful child, white picket fence -- making Jill even more bitter and prone to drunken tirades. Different haircut, sure, but hey, they both like purple.
point taken Kit Kat
If Santa Royale had a Chinese restaurant, it would be called something like House of Rice. A typical combination platter would have Sweet & Sour Salmon Squares, Kelk Fried Rice, and Ham Filled Egg Rolls. All the fortune cookies would have the same fortune- ''You will soon meet a white haired wise woman. She will help you, due to her superior moral compass.''
Yipes, today's view of the Smith Family Reunion is creepy. Emily's profile reminds me of (gasp!) Aldo Kelrast. Mother Smith is looking more and more like the standard-issue Giella purple-garbed blonde. Father Smith appears to be attempting the Vulcan mind-meld with his daughter ("Emily, what did you and Wayne do when you weren't coloring in diners?"). And, what's with the menacing police figures in the shadowy background?
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