Episode Guide

Season 4

Episode 44- Cool Hand Dave- Part 2

The Case

There is none.

What's Really Going on Chris?

David's still in prison. His cellmate dug a secret tunnel to get out, but David just wants to call Maddie. Prison has made him realize that Maddie is "essential" in his life . He uses the tunnel to find a phone to call her and tells her to get a judge to spring him and marry them. Unfortunately, it's Mrs Hayes who answers the phone. While waiting for Mrs Hayes to wake Maddie up and call back, David sees a guard involved in selling untraceable license plates. David gets caught (and never gets to talk to Maddie) but before the guard can kill him David pulls the alarm. David tries to convince the warden that he's not Huntley- to no avail. The guard discovers David's real identity (when Huntley is caught) but he doesn't plan on helping David get out, he wants to kill David to protect the illegal license plate operation. He's about to kill David when the warden walks in. A prison riot ensues and David is released. He returns home and listens to his messages while packing to go to Chicago. Maddie left 2 messages. The first was pleading with him no tot come to Chicago. The second was thanking him for not coming and respecting her feelings. She tells him that she loves him. He plays it twice and then starts unpacking.
While David was gone Agnes and Bert got worried and went looking for him. They found Huntley at David's apartment (pretending to be David's "cousin" Scott) and both Agnes and Bert were fooled.

Chris's Obsessive Analysis

David is seriously thinking about marrying Maddie (this shouldn't come as a surprise, he did it before with Tess.) That's what the musical number is about and why he tells her to get a judge to marry them (this can't be the proposal David tells Mr Hayes about in the next episode because he actually says it to Mrs Hayes and not Maddie.) Unfortunately Maddie never sees how difficult it is for David to honor her wishes and stay home. It's completely against every emotional, implusive bone in his body. But he does it, as a testament to his love for her.

Memorable Moments

beginning sequence of ABC executives looking for David Addison. This reflects the 3,000 actors ABC went through initially casting the part. It is rumored that Bruce Willis plays one of the guys auditioning for the part. This has never been confirmed, but I believe it's true. I think it's the guy singing "snappin' her fingers and shufflin' her feet" after the asian actor sings "do wat ditty". The hair is messed up, and he's wearing sunglasses, but listen to the voice. I believe it's Bruce Willis.
the guard whistling the "Moonlighting" theme song
Scott Addison/Huntley conning Agnes and Bert
The 'Gilbert and Sullivan' type musical number- I love this!! I laughed so hard at the song I had to know all the words. So I rewound a million times and here they are (for anyone who cares) :) Is this show great or what!?!

Cool Hand Dave Part II Song
(spoken)
True, we are heinous felons, not a one of us is nice
But you'd do well to hearken to our sage advice.
Forget Sam, your wounded ego, and the rest of that baloney
There's a woman and a baby, say yes to matrimony!
(music starts)
This wench so fair who he calls Maddie
is the blonde and buxom owner of the agency.
The epitome of virtue, lady of rare grace
and this Dave is always straining for a glimpse of lace.
He begged and pleaded for her sugar and spice
but she blunted his desire with a glare of ice.
Hearing sly innuendo and allusion to his bed,
she looked at him and told that he ought to drop dead.
But he pressed his case so diligently
that he and Maddie now enjoy a pregnancy!
A blessed event save for one needling bother,
the guy is not certain he's the baby's father.
Seems Maddie took a tumble with an astronaut
now a jailhouse brother is overwrought.
But a man worth his salt, a man of any meddle
would rescue his fair lady from this awful fellow.
Though she's fled to Chicago, the relationship a mess
you sir hold the key to her happiness
You'll be happy as a psycho on a killing spree
once she's an honest woman and you're on bended knee.
Call collect Chicago, area 312
and don't you dare hang up until she says I do!
And you know what to do!

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