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icecream · 12-19-2020, 02:36 PM

I just saw the episode where Andy's grandmother plagiarizes Natalie's story and wins $500 for it. Natalie had every right to be upset here, and she would have won the lawsuit. Yet her friends try to tell her it's no big deal and to let it go. So what if this loser was old? She still shouldn't be able to escape from the consequences of her illegal actions.

TV Guy · 12-19-2020, 02:55 PM

This is one of the episodes that was produced by Richard Gurman and Katherine Greene at the beginning of the season, before they were fired (it was held to air in the middle of the season). So NBC was apparently in agreement with you.

80s Dude · 12-19-2020, 03:20 PM

Sounds like a recycled plot from the Emily Dickinson episode.

RetroGuy2000 · 12-19-2020, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by catsrule

I just saw the episode where Andy's grandmother plagiarizes Natalie's story and wins $500 for it. Natalie had every right to be upset here, and she would have won the lawsuit. Yet her friends try to tell her it's no big deal and to let it go. So what if this loser was old? She still shouldn't be able to escape from the consequences of her illegal actions.

"Write or Wrong". It is indeed a terrible episode, and is flatly contracted a few episodes later, when Andy has no relatives to take care of him, and has to be adopted by Beverly Ann. This episode doesn't even exist, in my personal FOL canon. The show makes more sense without it.

Now let us never speak of it again.

Lorimar Television · 12-19-2020, 11:52 PM

Agreed it’s bad

Impressions · 12-20-2020, 04:02 PM

Yeah, it was so bad. This was so out of character for Andy and was so out of the narrative for The Facts of Life.

RetroGuy2000 · 12-20-2020, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Impressions

Yeah, it was so bad. This was so out of character for Andy and was so out of the narrative for The Facts of Life.

You raise a good point about it being out of character for Andy. I agree. Andy always felt like a talker. Here he says nothing, for most of the episode.

And the way Natalie finds out about the plagiarism feels so contrived. It's almost like the writing was backwards. She should have received the letter stating that they had already received the submission, but from another author. They do not tell her this.

12-19-2020, 02:36 PM	#1
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12-19-2020, 11:52 PM	#5
Lorimar Television Member Forum Veteran Join Date: Dec 06, 2007 Posts: 7,034	Agreed it’s bad
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12-19-2020, 02:55 PM	#2
TV Guy Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 25, 2001 Location: Boston, MA, USA Posts: 3,419	This is one of the episodes that was produced by Richard Gurman and Katherine Greene at the beginning of the season, before they were fired (it was held to air in the middle of the season). So NBC was apparently in agreement with you.

12-19-2020, 03:20 PM	#3
80s Dude Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 24, 2019 Location: Toronto Posts: 3,823	Sounds like a recycled plot from the Emily Dickinson episode.

12-20-2020, 04:02 PM	#6
Impressions She died the way she lived Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: May 08, 2002 Posts: 4,640	Yeah, it was so bad. This was so out of character for Andy and was so out of the narrative for The Facts of Life.