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8/10
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Bolesroor29 April 2011
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"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+
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7/10
Backseat Becky, Up Front (#6.25)
ComedyFan20104 June 2014
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Evan Drake announces that he is moving to Japan. Rebecca throws a good bye party for him and also plans to tell him how she feels. Only they never get to be alone. So she drives him to the airport but finds out that he goes there with a woman. She is all heart broken but Sam helps her and after finding out that he is her best friend doesn't try to hit on her.

Well it was not a very fun episode even thought it had some great acting in it. At least Evan Drake is wrapped up, unless he may come back later. I also hope that this episode is the end of Sam going after Rebecca. Now he should just be her best friend.
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7/10
So Long Mr. Drake
Hitchcoc27 August 2019
Rebecca is so desperate to hook up with a man who wouldn't give her the time of day. Drake is totally indifferent, only acknowledging her because she works for him. So this whole episode makes her look more pathetic than ever. She is frustrating because while smart in so many ways, she is out to lunch on this relationship. Sam has all he can handle in his life when it comes to sex and yet he can't tolerate not having Rebecca.
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5/10
Thank God it's over
zombiemockingbird15 January 2023
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I'm really glad they ended the Evan Drake/Rebecca story line. It was getting painful to watch Rebecca, who is supposed to be an intelligent, strong, business-woman, act like a blithering idiot over Evan Drake. It was amusing for a while, but it kept getting worse to the point of just being ridiculous. It's embarrassing to watch someone humiliate themselves over and over again. I also hope they end the Sam relentlessly pursuing Rebecca story line because it also is getting tiresome. I know, Sam's a ladies man, but relentlessly pursuing someone who repeatedly tells you no, starts bordering on harassment, and it's also embarrassing to watch.
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