Hats Off to Larry

Season: 4

Episode: 12

Production Code: AM-412

First Air Date: February 05, 2001

Teleplay: David E. Kelley & Melissa Rosenberg

Story: Barb Mackintosh, David E. Kelley & Melissa Rosenberg

Director: Jeannot Szwarc

# of Times Richard said Bygones: 0

Guest Stars:

Robert Downey Jr. as Larry Paul
Anne Heche as Melanie West
Chayanne as Sam Adams
Lisa Edelstein as Cindy McCauliff
Albert Hall as Judge Seymore Walsh

James Eckhouse as a lawyer
Constance Marie as Miss Cortez
David Dorfman as Sam Paul
Rosemary Forsyth as a Judge
Todd Eckert as Cindy‘s Fiance
Mark Moses as a lawyer

Synopsis:

Ever had one of those dreams where everything was so right that you just knew Mick Jagger would pick up and leave you for some Brazilian model...

Okay, Larry’s admittedly tons sweeter but in Ally’s night-fright he left her with nothing but a note, ever so Rolling Stone of him. Ally sulked off to work and encountered a scratchy voiced moppet behind her desk. The over-bright kid wanted to sue his parents for emotional distress, oh, and his last name is Paul.

Unlike most Fox kids, Sam isn’t obnoxious, would you like to see him stick around?

Elsewhere, the other new Sam (Chayanne) entangled himself with Nelle again, this time he needed a lawyer because his partner stole his "dance" moves. Turns out the moves were mastered during the heat of passion, which’s how he finds his muse. The suit was sacked and Nelle ultimately gave Sam the boot in spite of his hip swiveling abilities.

Remember Cindy? (She has a penis and makes Richard’s skin crawl). She found herself a man and wanted to go to the chapel with him so she hired Richard, of all people. However, even Mark’s shaking off his envious green pallor to speak on her behalf didn’t help, but Richard performed a not quite legal ceremony and happiness ensued.

Are Richard’s remarks funny to you in the harmless Survivor Rudy way or is it offensive?

Returning to the story that’s truly the heart of the matter, Larry tried to play the fun weekend dad complete with unicycle but those puppy dog eyes were the only thing needed to show it wasn’t working. Ally told Larry to go to Detroit, and the pair packed up his office while fighting back tears. Emotional drenching never felt so good.

Though Larry has a severe allergy to goodbyes, he left a snowman at Ally’s stoop with the message that he’ll be back. And, outside the bar he told her to remember the song he wrote, "Don’t forget." "Don’t you forget." We won’t.

©2001 Almost Human

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