6/10
The Trouble with Harry
19 September 2022
Warning: Spoilers
David and Maddie have a dead client (named Harry Stoffer) who supposedly has one half of a winning lottery ticket. He promptly dies in Maddie's office. As usual, the "case" is just a hanger for the episode's banter to dangle upon. Along the way the entire office is made so uncomfortable that they fall into giggles when the coroner arrives, then the pair are trapped in the cemetery (where Harry's grave marker is magically in place in less than 24 hours), and we get another bit of Hitchcock musical theme. Harry's partner shows up, Bruce breaks the fourth wall a few times, and Cybill is threatened by a dog who might need to go. Bruce sings "Cabaret" (badly), and there's a dream sequence which for real film buffs, loosely references the cinematography of The Red Shoes.

All in all, it's better than average tv (especially in 2022) but you definitely get the feeling that Glenn Gordon Caron was tiring of the grind.
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