User Reviews

Welcome to Season 4. And this is one episode I actually remember quite well, the main portion of which being J&J sleeping thru the bad guys hijacking their bed while they're actually still sleeping in it, then waking up on the open road, naked in bed! I always had a love/hate relationship with that whole thing. I can only suspend disbelief just so far. BUT. That's OK, there's a lot to love from a fangirl perspective on this one. Such as the fact that there's a slew of location scenes that were shot in San Francisco where oodles and and oodles of fans and onlookers watched Stefanie & RJ film their scenes. Everything from a rotating trolley car to Fisherman's Wharf, the gawkers are front and center. I was also sad to see that RJ had aged a bit over hiatus. It's only fair, considering that they guy was in his 50's before the age of skin peels and quality moisturizers plus mourning the tragic death of his wife, so ... I should just digress. But wait, there's more corny goodness! At one point, there's a cheesy effect of the dust cover flying off the bed as it gets towed down the road. There had to be a better way to pull that thing off. There's audio/vid unsync'd later on, and then there's a whole car chase with the bed in tow behind the yellow Mercedes, then just the bed! And that's just the first half hour! So, yes, this first episode of the fourth season is nutty, even in ways I haven't begun to recount. But there are so many sweet parts and adorable looks, and the whole interaction between the two during the bidding process is adorable. Plus, it's just hammy fun. So, I give it relatively higher marks, anyway. It doesn't get crazier than this!

Highly tongue-in-cheek episode with the Harts traveling to Napa Valley to retrieve a bed, but it's not any bed. It's their honeymoon bed. Jonathan had thought he got Jennifer the 'bed' for their anniversary but Jennifer says it isn't the honeymoon bed. So off they trot to a resort in Napa for the bed, but end up purchasing the whole resort. To their surprise there are others who want the property -namely the bed- and will go to any lengths to get it. This is zany one with some slapstick shenanigans as the Harts drive away with the bed with others in pursuit. It's got a strong comic touch and it's fun while it lasts. When it came to sheer entertainment, Hart to Hart and other 70's & 80's shows meant business and delivered that in spades, unlike today's rather drab and grim TV offerings.

I didn't see this one live; I was away and college and I'm glad as it would have depressed me about the fate of the show as it entered a new season.

Watching J&J flying down the highway on their wedding-night bed, smashing through a fruit stand and other assorted obstacles, only to be suspended at the edge of a cliff (for what turned out to be no big deal) maxed out my action-comedy appreciation for the next ten years. This type of slapstick works well when Gilligan and the Professor have a snafu driving in their little island car, but not on this show. The fact this is somewhat repeated later with a Volkswagen tells me this is not a one-time aberration, and I worry about the future of the series. It seems like it's morphing into a fifties-style madcap comedy program, and it's an awkward look.

Aside from that silliness, there are other creative weaknesses in the episode. For example, why start it with Jonathan buying the wrong bed and then having Jennifer point out that it's missing the headboard design? That scene took up about 15 minutes of the episode and was totally unnecessary. Why not just have J&J reminisce about their upcoming anniversary, decide to go to Napa, and then get the idea to buy their honeymoon suite bed? This is non-economical writing.

Other gripes: When Jennifer opens the barn door, I am aghast at her outfit. The jacket and pants clash horribly! And while another poster has mentioned RW's supposed aging, I am much more concerned about his hairstyle. Was there a Wardrobe and Makeup Department strike this year? Lordy. Bring Back Season One!

I am normally a big fan of the series, but the writers must have been high on drugs when they wrote this particular episode!! Just horrible!

What we thought was entertainment back in the 80S. We just had no options...but this show took total advantage of us!!!