Guess I’m just one of those suckers (i.e. I really thought it was going to end on a happy note with her not gambling again. She remembers a horse named Washington Flyer, so calls her bookie immediately.Ī nice, enjoyable episode. She gets a call from her husband that he suddenly has to fly to Washington. He offers to place another bet for her, but she tells him she is through forever. After a day more antic than the 4th Indiana Jones movie, the bookie shows up and Fran pays him off. They found the $20 and put it in her purse. She flees the scene, but leaves behind her purse which allows the police to track her to her apartment. She hits him in the face with her purse, causing them to swerve into a light pole. He says to “pretend I’m your husband for a few minutes”, so she nags him he’s going too fast. She doesn’t know how to thank him, but he says, “I’m sure you can think of something if you put your mind to it.” He peels off a $20 and drops it in her lap as he admits he is not a cop, but can still help her out of a jam. As they are driving, he offers to give her a break. Outside, a man busts her and puts her in a car. Seeing that she will never make it to $26 that way she shoplifts a $50 compact. men), but a woman getting off the bus tells her to ask the police for money. A pretty snappy dame when she smiles, she goes downtown and tells a series of strangers that she forgot her purse and needs $.15 for the bus. Maybe if she had gone through the bookie’s pants, her problem might have gone away. In the closet, she goes through her husband’s pants but finds nothing. He comes over, but Fran is only able to come up with $1.55. She hasn’t even been to the track since it re-opened, so I’d say this is the most patient bookie on earth. There is the small - literally small - matter of $26.40 she owes to him. Luckily, she is able to control hersellf and hangs up.Ĭoincidentally the bookie calls her seconds later. Armed with this ironclad information, she calls her bookie to place a bet. Picking up the newspaper, she notices a horse named Pink Angel, then hears a song on the radio by that name. She wants Fran to come back to the track with her today, but Fran tells her Ed threatened to divorce her if she started betting again. Lana is ecstatic as she hit the Daily Double yesterday, presumably not on Jeopardy, for $268. When she gets back home, her partner-in-gambling Lana Shank is waiting at her door. Ed tells her that if she is betting again, there will be no excuses, and no tears - they are through! You know, unless she hits the trifecta.Īfter Ed leaves, she goes to the pawn shop and gets her watch back. This would be one pro-active chick - not even waiting for the bookies to threaten her, she is hocking her watch before the track opens just to get some scratch. He asks her if that is why her watch is missing. Ed mentions that the race track has just re-opened and questions whether she might be going there today. He notices that she is not wearing her watch and she says that it is being fixed.
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