The story in a nutshell: Nathan Kraft and his wife are getting a divorce, but her divorce lawyer, Betty Russell, feels that the marriage is worth saving and wants to hire Blue Moon to prove that Mr. Kraft's affair with his secretary isn't really a substantial love relationship. Dave and Maddie follow Mr. Kraft long enough to realize that his secretary is seeing both him and another man. The divorce proceeds, and under oath, Mrs. Kraft admits that she was sleeping with her husband's business partner. And then it turns out that the business partner was the same man who was the secretary's other man. At this point, the business partner is found dead, and Mr. Kraft is suspected of his murder. But (as always happens in cases like these), it turns out that Mrs. Kraft set this all up to frame her husband. As Betty Russell points out, "With [Mr. Kraft] in prison and the partner dead, you'd get the company. Why settle for alimony when you can have everything?" A chase ensues, Mrs. Kraft is (presumably) found guilty, and Nathan Kraft and Betty Russell live together, happily ever after.
But what's really much more interesting than that storyline is the accompanying stuff that goes on between David and Maddie:
David accuses Maddie of lacking generosity, because she has never bought him a gift. In response, she goes shopping for him, trying to find him just the right thing. Eventually she gets him a very small car, which he pretends to like, but which he goes to great lengths to destroy. In particular, he sends Bert on a life or death mission into most crime-ridden part of town. Thugs in that neighborhood take all of Bert's belongings and clothes, but they aren't interested enough in the little car to bother stealing it, and Bert returns it safely to David, much to his disappointment.
Maddie accuses David of having been a rough kisser. He feels challenged by this, and feels the need to test out her accusation. The scene in which David asks the female office staff to evaluate his kissing style is priceless. At the end of the episode, she gives him a passionate kiss, and comments, “Not bad. You've been practicing. Thank the girls for me.”
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