While
both cases today are of the “I think my significant other may be stepping out
on me” variety, they end up being a bit more original than that. When one of their clients disappears after
confronting her boyfriend about what they found, Elly and Dee are frantic to
find her. They’re forced to go to the
police for help, where they’re subjected to all sorts of derisive remarks about
P.I.s in general and the two of them in particular.
Hardly
anyone on this show seems to approve of Elly and Dee’s work. Although they’re definitely growing on Larry,
he often regards them as inexperienced amateurs (and occasionally minor
nuisances when they need help.) Dee’s
husband thinks being a P.I. is “inappropriate” and resents having to pitch in
with housework and childcare because his wife, gasp! has a career. Elly’s friends think she’s going through a
bizarre post-divorce phase. And now the
police think they’re tawdry snoops who are just playing at being investigators.
This
contact with the police leads to the second case of the episode: the husband of the officer investigating
their missing client asks Elly to follow his wife and see if she’s having affair. Despite everyone, including Elly, pointing
out that this notion is Bad Idea Jeans (a bit hard to anonymously tail someone
who’s already met you and knows you
tail cheating spouses,) she agrees to take the case.
We might
blame Larry for that. She regards his
advice – essentially, don’t be ridiculous, because you’ll make an enemy of the police if things go south – as doubt of
her abilities. Naturally, since she’s
Elly and she very much needs to prove herself capable, this leads her to accept
the assignment. Once she’s committed, though,
Larry does pitch in; he immediately
starts instructing her on the finer points of creating a disguise.
Other
than that, not a whole lot for Larry today.
One small scene that I’m fond of – he pops up in the background
(suitably camouflaged) while Dee meets with a potentially sketchy contact. The two don’t interact before or after the
meeting, so we don’t know if a) Dee asked him to come, b) Dee told him about it
and he offered to come, or c) Dee told him about it and he just decided to
come. Either way, it’s nice to see him
looking out for her. Regardless of how
much he rolls his eyes sometimes, he really is fond of Chandler & co.
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