"Soap" Episode #1.18 (TV Episode 1978) Poster

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(1978)

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9/10
Episode 18 introduces E. Ronald Mallu
kevinolzak20 April 2010
Episode 18 finds Corinne out of jail,receiving a final visit from Father Tim,who announces that he's going away permanently.She manages to kiss him goodbye,but still remains heartbroken,as she's turned her back on her family to live with Ingrid Svenson,a woman she does not know.Burt and Mary have a close encounter in the bathtub,where he explains how he becomes invisible(even without the ring of power),figuring it doesn't work when he's wet.Chester pays a call on E. Ronald Mallu,apparently the most expensive attorney money can buy,who is thrilled to take such an impossible case that no one would expect him to win.Strapped for cash,Chester asks his blackmailing secretary Claire to give up the new car that she doesn't even drive,but is rebuffed,forcing him to fire her for good; she spitefully carries out her bluff and turns him in to the SEC(this was her last appearance on the show).Jessica believes that she is a burden to everybody and that she doesn't matter,but both Benson and Mary convince her that she is loved,so she decides not to fly to Rio as she had intended.
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7/10
Pretty funny, not quite as sharp as the earlier ones.
Sleepin_Dragon12 November 2023
The Campbells are worried sick about Burt, who's been locked in the bathroom for a day and a half, and believes he has powers of invisibility. Chester hires an attorney for Jessica, the best that money can buy.

I'm not sure why, but some of the polish seems to have come off, quite literally when the opening credits changed, somehow the gags just aren't flowing as freely as they once were.

It's still not bad, I think the bar was just set so high in the first dozen of so episodes, what I'm missing are the belly laugh moments. Better than the previous episode, hopefully the upward trend continues.

A little more serious, but there are still a few moments of humour, Benson definitely steals the show, he provides most of the laughs, and shows his caring side

7/10.
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