Small Wonder season 5 - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

KurtfromPitts · 11-21-2017, 11:35 AM

Season 5 of SW begins with Joan trying to adjust to life without Ted [Dick Christie quit in a bitter creative dispute]. In the first of a 2-parter Joan, after hearing a story about an affair Ted, at a party saluting his winning an award for his work, had with someone named Marianne, who according to someone who told Joan, was a furrier by day and a jazz drummer by night. After Joan threw Ted out, she is informed that a despondent Ted had jumped off a bridge somewhere and fell to his death. At the funeral, Joan overhears Brandon and Art Jacobs [Sam Anderson] laugh at how they made up the story-no affair and no Marianne. When Brandon shows up at the Lawsons' Joan is so angry at Brandon that she throws objects at him while Jamie and Vicki try to stop. Brandon flees the house afterwards. Not even encouraging words from Jamie and Vicki soothe Joan, who has a breakdown at the end of part 1.

KurtfromPitts · 11-22-2017, 11:59 AM

Part 2 has Joan visiting a crisis management center where she relates her story and is befriended and comforted by Lydia Elliott-a recurring role played by Gail Edwards. Lydia's horror story is similar in a few ways to Joan's-only Len, Lydia's husband-shot himself to death with a gun, leaving Lydia's son and daughter without a loving father. Meanwhile Harriet screams at Jamie for what Joan did to Brandon, causing Vicki to slam a window sill on Harriet's hands. Joan invites Lydia in for some chit-chat and then Ida Mae and Harriet-now with bandages on her hands-accuse the Lawsons of cruelty. Lydia gives Ida Mae a piece of her mind and accuse her, with Joan's approval, of irresponsibility. Joan and Lydia then form a strong bond. At the end Joan, Jamie and Vicki pay their last respects to Ted.

11-21-2017, 11:35 AM	#1
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,530	Small Wonder season 5 Season 5 of SW begins with Joan trying to adjust to life without Ted [Dick Christie quit in a bitter creative dispute]. In the first of a 2-parter Joan, after hearing a story about an affair Ted, at a party saluting his winning an award for his work, had with someone named Marianne, who according to someone who told Joan, was a furrier by day and a jazz drummer by night. After Joan threw Ted out, she is informed that a despondent Ted had jumped off a bridge somewhere and fell to his death. At the funeral, Joan overhears Brandon and Art Jacobs [Sam Anderson] laugh at how they made up the story-no affair and no Marianne. When Brandon shows up at the Lawsons' Joan is so angry at Brandon that she throws objects at him while Jamie and Vicki try to stop. Brandon flees the house afterwards. Not even encouraging words from Jamie and Vicki soothe Joan, who has a breakdown at the end of part 1.
	Last edited by KurtfromPitts; 02-28-2018 at 11:54 AM.

11-22-2017, 11:59 AM	#2
KurtfromPitts Member Senior Member Join Date: Feb 10, 2006 Location: Carnegie PA Posts: 1,530	Part 2 has Joan visiting a crisis management center where she relates her story and is befriended and comforted by Lydia Elliott-a recurring role played by Gail Edwards. Lydia's horror story is similar in a few ways to Joan's-only Len, Lydia's husband-shot himself to death with a gun, leaving Lydia's son and daughter without a loving father. Meanwhile Harriet screams at Jamie for what Joan did to Brandon, causing Vicki to slam a window sill on Harriet's hands. Joan invites Lydia in for some chit-chat and then Ida Mae and Harriet-now with bandages on her hands-accuse the Lawsons of cruelty. Lydia gives Ida Mae a piece of her mind and accuse her, with Joan's approval, of irresponsibility. Joan and Lydia then form a strong bond. At the end Joan, Jamie and Vicki pay their last respects to Ted.