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John Saxon returns as a man who wants to discover a mermaid. Roarke delivers in the form of a dangerous siren named Nyah. Fun moment where he has been thoughtful enough to put Nyah in a bathtub with chemicals mimicking sea water, but adds bubble bath because who knows if that's dangerous to sea life, right? He ends up kissing her moments later. His wife bangs on the door and he goes after her, claiming, "It's not what you think!" Dude, you were kissing her so I'd say it's exactly what she thinks. Will married love be strong enough to break Nyah's spell?

Joan Prather plays a woman who just wants one date with a charming man she met once. Roarke admits he almost didn't grant her fantasy, warning her that he thinks the man is dangerous, but only tells her that he doesn't let James Darren live on Fantasy Island and that he has no proof of wrongdoing. This is where transparency is really important, if Roarke is really concerned about his guest's safety. Unfortunately, though Roarke says he'll send a car to pick her from her date, we have no idea if that car ever shows up or if Roarke bothers to have security watch the bungalow since Darren sedates Joan and whisks her off to his island where he is the Jeffrey Epstein of his own private sex trafficking scheme. Since there is some evidence that Roarke lets this happen so he can sic the authorities on Darren, it's only moral luck that Joan isn't violated by one of Darren's customers. An out-of-proportion lesson for someone who just wants a date.

This episode had 2 interesting stories going, one story has a man named Harold DeHaven,(John Saxon)who is a marine biology professor, on the hunt for something scientific to garner him respect by his colleagues. What he finds is a mermaid(Michelle Phillips), and he falls in love with her, much to the chagrin of his wife Amanda, played effectively by Mary Ann Mobley. My last comment for this decent segment is the lack of chemistry between the married couple, even though it ended well. The better segment stared someone I never heard of, Joan Prather, as a woman who has a fantasy to date a man she only met once, as he's played by James Darren. I didn't see this story going in the direction it did, and that was a welcome surprise. It turns out that he drugs her during their date, and she's taken hostage in a prostitution ring! Look for a few familiar faces in Robin Riker(Alligator, 1980), Yvonne De Carlo, Cliff Carnell, and one of the final performances by Dorothy Stratten. Out of both stories, this one was slightly better in my eyes, but most of the performers did a credible job.

I liked this episode. Very little Tattoo and no stupid story in the beginning of one of his schemes. First story arc was Harold a professor who comes with his wife looking for a new discovery . She is just there, i assume to be ignorant of what he is up to. Mr Rourke warns Harold to stay out of the ocean, its dangerous, crappy fantasy not to be allowed to play in the ocean. This is the second episode i ve seen with this Harold guy. I mentioned it last review, he looks like Jeff the Bartender i used to know. ALways got peeved when you asked for something. I tipped him poorly. Thought i saw him in Quick Chek the other day and made brief eye contact and wasn't sure cause a lot of guys have shaved heads and you cant stare at someone in that store cause its the convenience store of people who are dealing, did time or are about to do time in my opinion but I'm getting off topic.

Some things to know about Mermaids i learned here. Mermaids wear pink lipstick, eyeliner, even when ready to die. Harold should have thrown water on her, like a whale, to keep her living. she didn't die. She even called Harold a mortal, that would lead me to assume she cant die. Harold saw her boobs and fell in love. Harold is a boob man cause I'm assuming the mermaid has no private parts or a butt, probably just a little hole in her upper to lower back fin and poops string poop that floats in the water that other fish eat and then spit out (i had a fish tank once). Harold did a great job surprising me and making the salt content in his bathtub just right for her. His wife , who just seemed to ignore he was carrying a women from her view on the shore, seems to use the bathroom to little and needs more hydration. She as probably like "Harrold, i have to poop , what are you doing in there for so long" , they clearly never had a 15 year old son and even if that was it, it would still be shocking he was nursing a mermaid. so then he went under the sea (minus Ariel song) with the mermaid and didn't get killed, eaten by all the underwater threats and was seduced by her to spend eternity with her as a Merman. Do you loose your thingy? They do the thing where Rourke says he will die with her so the wife fights for him, and its all seems unbelievable and she doesn't win over Harrold based on her genitalia or ownership of a Butt but the love thing. Poor mermaid. even pervert Tattoo rejects her.

Other story arc was pretty good and surprisingly dark. Some lady spends lots of money for a fantasy of meeting some dude named Michael duval she dated four years ago and still cant get over. Knowing women, thats surprisingly believable. What wasn't was my shock when this story started getting legs. I was like "why is he drugging her when he got her to go on a date, to his suite, he could probably get an---" and then he drugs her in a classy school ring with a secret compartment full of drugs. I thought it was going a kidney stealing thing, but She wakes up and some chic that looks like the guy in a wig ( who i thought was him as a girl and this episode was going really really creepy in a buffalo bill silence of hte lambs way,) turns out out be a bunch of women who are sex slaves. So all the women, including the buffalo bill butch chic are sitting at dinner eating salad (good move MIchael Duvall)and she rejects cooperating and is brought to a punishment room. She is told to put her hands through hoops hanging from a chain. Sexy. But then they do a close up of her back. I suspect she was whipped on the back? i thought she would be spanked. I have no idea, we will leave that for our imaginations and will never really know. SO she talks the other women, who all seem to be together all the time and not prostituting rich men for money, and the form a revolt. One woman seduces Victor, with all his Mr T chains who if i was MIchael Duvall , would be a eunuch. Then you see this poorly driven delivery van come out the mansion, i thought it was one of the women. surprise it was actually the delivery guy. they steal his van, drive it better somehow away and the Mercedes chases them but Rourke intervenes now that he has "proof" and they are arrested for a happy free the women ending. Even the mentally abused chic seems totally fine. yay.

so great episode.