Episodes:
Ep1: Pilot:
Potsie accidentally crashes in the City of London. The mayoress mistakes him for a genius and appoints him for a Super High Mayorae Advisor. A jealous Professor Dorkus (Mayoress Tyler's former lover and old supreme advisor) vows to destroy him.Professor Dorkus has the mayor's guards take Potsie to the Palace of Pain. While he's there, he has a daydream of him laying on a bed in a house (Possibly Bree Van Der Kamp's house from the series Desperate Housewives long before the later show aired). Then, Professor Dorkus wakes him up and Potsie fights a giant of a man. He throws a blueberry in the man's mouth and he has an allergic reaction to it. He falls down and the mayoress claims him free. Potsie gets into his jet but it explodes and Potsie falls into Professor Dorkus's arms. Dorkus get's angry by this and tries his first attempt to destroy Potsie. Professor Dorkus brings Potsie into The Valley of Unpleasant Holes (Essex). He leaves him there with a French (vicious in Potsie's case) poodle but later, a blonde woman named Lady Estella saves him from it. Potsie befriends a Jewish would-be scientist called Hymie, the local diner owner Jake and tough guy Jimmy who agree to help Potsie as long as he can get back to Milwaukee in his jet but there's one problem - the jet is broken!
Ep2: Harder Than It Looks:
Potsie, Jimmy, Jake and Hymie form a vigilante team and are hired by Mayoress Tyler to rescue Sharon who has been kidnapped by a group of IRA terrorists who are now demanding a large ransom. Jake assures the team that the job will be "a piece of cake" but things turn out harder than they look when they find that the girl is reluctant to be saved because her ex-boyfriend (Robbie Coltrane) is one of the kidnappers and her mother only wants her saved to also help save London.
Ep3: Sugar and Spice:
Potsie and Mayoress Tyler visits Sarah's public school for speech day. Potsie is approached by one of the girls (Phyllis Logan) to sell some erotic art sketches which he quickly deduces have been stolen from the school. When he tries to report the theft to the headmistress (June Whitfield), she angrily denies that the sketches belonged to the school.
Ep4: I Am Not the Fine Man You Take Me For:
The candidates for mayor deliver their campaign speeches. As Potsie refuses to genuflect, Jimmy gives him a personal demonstration of his influence and power. Doc Cochran (Rodney Bewes) tends to an ailing Sarah as her mother's fears grow. Lady Estella shares her exploits with the schoolchildren at Hymie's behest. Johnny has an uncomfortable reunion with his ex-wife Teresa (Susan Jameson).
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