"Look who just slithered in: The Corporate Cobras featuring Evan "The Snake" Drake."
Only the great John Ratzenberger could take a line like that and make it unbelievably hilarious. God bless Cliff... This episode feels like the writers suddenly realized: "Whoa! It's Season Finale time and we haven't wrapped up Rebecca's romantic plot line!" The episode feels rushed and cobbled together, but it's still a winner.
Rebecca is finally forced to express her feelings for Mr. Drake when he is suddenly transferred to Japan. Tom Skerritt plays it perfectly as the man who knows about Rebecca's crush but wants to spare her the humiliation and pain of the inevitable rejection. Season Six ends with even more broad sight gags as Sam locks Evan's chauffeur in the Topcoat Closet and Rebecca hijacks and crashes his limousine. Somehow it all works, especially Kirstie Alley's confession afterward: "If only I'd just resisted arrest and he shot me dead..."
It was very wise of the producers to refrain from a season-ending cliff-hanger... the series was still rebooting and it's nice to end this transitional period with a period instead of a question mark. Cheers would be back in Season Seven and find new life with a new style, but this episode was a fitting finale for a shaky season.
GRADE: B+
Only the great John Ratzenberger could take a line like that and make it unbelievably hilarious. God bless Cliff... This episode feels like the writers suddenly realized: "Whoa! It's Season Finale time and we haven't wrapped up Rebecca's romantic plot line!" The episode feels rushed and cobbled together, but it's still a winner.
Rebecca is finally forced to express her feelings for Mr. Drake when he is suddenly transferred to Japan. Tom Skerritt plays it perfectly as the man who knows about Rebecca's crush but wants to spare her the humiliation and pain of the inevitable rejection. Season Six ends with even more broad sight gags as Sam locks Evan's chauffeur in the Topcoat Closet and Rebecca hijacks and crashes his limousine. Somehow it all works, especially Kirstie Alley's confession afterward: "If only I'd just resisted arrest and he shot me dead..."
It was very wise of the producers to refrain from a season-ending cliff-hanger... the series was still rebooting and it's nice to end this transitional period with a period instead of a question mark. Cheers would be back in Season Seven and find new life with a new style, but this episode was a fitting finale for a shaky season.
GRADE: B+