#4: Nice Guys Finish First
Original airdate: September 30, 1997
Production no.: AM-104
Written by: Martin Vale & Elise Pritchard
Directed by: Leonard K. Ames
Guest stars: Helen Drake as Judge Hopkins; Victor Bell as opposing counsel
Screen capture from my EP tape. Please credit this site.
THE WHOLE STORY (SPOILERS!!!)
Alan has been nice for eleven days and believes this entitles him to a woman. He keeps a ledger of favours with interest. When he realises the award is for kindness without expectation, he casts Merces Debita to make every woman he has ever held a door for owe him a date. The dinner turns into a dozen increasingly uncomfortable dates.
The trophy keeps engraving DANIEL. Ronnie, treasurer of the campaign, finds the ledger and a column labelled “debtors.” Continuity: the Codex keeps its own books.
⚖ CASE OF THE WEEK
The Boston Bar v. Kindness: Alan is nominated for Nice Guy of the Year.
💭 INSIDE ALAN’S HEAD
Alan keeps a ledger of favours. The Reflection is listed under 'debtors'.
📖 CODEX LORE
THE LEDGER: the Codex runs on debt. Alan's kindness ledger is a miniature copy.
My Two Cents
Funniest of the season so far!! The ledger bit is amazing. Also a little sad because Alan really thinks kindness is a transaction. Ronnie for president. I give it 🍔🍔🍔🍔 out of five burgers.
Best Quote
ALAN: I've been nice for eleven days. Where is my prize?
Continuity Watch / Theories
Engraver's name on the trophy was changed between takes. Is that on purpose? I paused it 9 times.
A second screencap from my VHS archive
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