Mary hires Murray's daughter to do some basic stuff in the newsroom. Lou is dead set against it, but Mary is feeling empowered. The problem is twofold. For one thing, she can't seem to get the hang of her responsibilities and keeps making mistakes. The other is that Murray jumps in every time there is a goof up. He starts doing her work and ignoring his. Obviously, any criticism is going to hurt Murray because he is protective of her. The funniest scenes, as usual, are in Lou's office when he asks to "see" Mary. This is a pretty routine episode with a kind of funny confrontation where Murray wants to fight Lou. This is the best part of this show.
3 Reviews
A great episode that just may ring a few bells...
ronnybee211210 November 2022
Warning: Spoilers
This is a pretty funny episode. We've all witnessed,or at least heard about the horrors of hiring relatives or friends. Yes,it can and does sometimes work out just fine. But that wouldn't make much of a show,would it? Of course not.
So instead we are treated to scenario 2 in this episode,the hiring of a relative that doesn't go too well. Murray's daughter Bonnie is hired by Mary,to do work and help out in the office and it isn't going very well. That is bad enough,but Murray keeps covering for her mistakes (everyone else in the office is helping her here and there also).
Murray's daughter Bonnie is as nice as can be and she's reasonably sincere about doing a good job in the office. There is no doubt about that. However,she is only 15 years-old and probably not ready to do all the work they've put on her.
(Apparently she is old enough to date the 19 year old college athlete that Ted Baxter is kind enough to fix her up with,and apparently Murray is OK with it too🤡) Nobody wants to be the 'bad guy' and be the one to fire Bonnie,because Murray is protective of his daughter and pretty much blind to her faults.
It culminates in a mistake happening on the air,which of course is a very big deal. (I agree with earlier reviewer Rrrobert,it seems rather unlikely that Bonnie would be given important jobs to do that might actually affect the broadcast of the show over the airwaves,particularly after she's made so many mistakes with the little things ! ) I have left-out several things,but this is the gist of the story. I liked this episode,I promise you will get some good laughs !
85/100.
So instead we are treated to scenario 2 in this episode,the hiring of a relative that doesn't go too well. Murray's daughter Bonnie is hired by Mary,to do work and help out in the office and it isn't going very well. That is bad enough,but Murray keeps covering for her mistakes (everyone else in the office is helping her here and there also).
Murray's daughter Bonnie is as nice as can be and she's reasonably sincere about doing a good job in the office. There is no doubt about that. However,she is only 15 years-old and probably not ready to do all the work they've put on her.
(Apparently she is old enough to date the 19 year old college athlete that Ted Baxter is kind enough to fix her up with,and apparently Murray is OK with it too🤡) Nobody wants to be the 'bad guy' and be the one to fire Bonnie,because Murray is protective of his daughter and pretty much blind to her faults.
It culminates in a mistake happening on the air,which of course is a very big deal. (I agree with earlier reviewer Rrrobert,it seems rather unlikely that Bonnie would be given important jobs to do that might actually affect the broadcast of the show over the airwaves,particularly after she's made so many mistakes with the little things ! ) I have left-out several things,but this is the gist of the story. I liked this episode,I promise you will get some good laughs !
85/100.
Forced
Rrrobert22 October 2019
Few laughs in this very negatively-toned episode.
Murray suggests Mary hire his daughter Bonnie to do simple tasks like making coffee. Mary does so but Lou, who wasn't consulted, goes on the warpath. Lou is against hiring relatives, plus he can't act himself with a 15-year-old girl - who is also Murray's daughter - in the newsroom. Worse, Murray is soon running around fixing Bonnie's mistakes.
Lou and Mary's 'can I see you Mary?' meetings get plodding and talky but aren't too funny, though I liked Mary's 'Oh am I?!' bit about being sarcastic. But overall the situations seemed forced.
Bonnie was hired to make coffee but is soon messing up timesheets and forgetting about a film of TV commercials? They get halfway through a live news broadcast and the news director, tape operators, other crew members, don't notice there's no film for the commercials? I mean in reality they'd not only check it was there but would even pre-run part of it to cue it up etc...
Bruce Boxleitner has a brief bit as a 19-year-old station employee who asks Bonnie out.
Murray suggests Mary hire his daughter Bonnie to do simple tasks like making coffee. Mary does so but Lou, who wasn't consulted, goes on the warpath. Lou is against hiring relatives, plus he can't act himself with a 15-year-old girl - who is also Murray's daughter - in the newsroom. Worse, Murray is soon running around fixing Bonnie's mistakes.
Lou and Mary's 'can I see you Mary?' meetings get plodding and talky but aren't too funny, though I liked Mary's 'Oh am I?!' bit about being sarcastic. But overall the situations seemed forced.
Bonnie was hired to make coffee but is soon messing up timesheets and forgetting about a film of TV commercials? They get halfway through a live news broadcast and the news director, tape operators, other crew members, don't notice there's no film for the commercials? I mean in reality they'd not only check it was there but would even pre-run part of it to cue it up etc...
Bruce Boxleitner has a brief bit as a 19-year-old station employee who asks Bonnie out.
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