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The Strange Loves of Shelley Bumstead

Episode Number: 4    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Friday October 29, 1999    Prod Code: 63554
Adam breaks up with Shelley after learning about a man from her past -- whom she happens to be married to -- and moves in with Pete and Jenny, while Shelley does likewise with David and Karen. Meanwhile, Karen falls hard for an author whose manuscript she has to edit -- after seeing nothing more than his photo on a dust jacket. And David is caught between a rock and a hard place when Ellen blackmails him.

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Writer: Kerry Ehrin, Craig Munson
Director: Joe Napolitano
Star: Jean Louisa Kelly (Shelley Sullivan),  Alicia Coppola (Karen Chandler),  David Sutcliffe (Adam Williams),  William Keane (Pete Lombardi),  Anthony Starke (David Chandler),  Dina Waters (Jenny Lombardi (as Dina Spybey))
Guest Star: Holland Taylor (Katherine Whitaker),  Maria J. Cruz (Ramona),  Matthew Nielsen (Joshua),  Jacob Nielsen (Joshua),  Andrew Johnston (Walter Kobek),  Irene Miscisco (Charlene Powell),  Michael St. John Smith (Dr. [Arthur] Van Gellar),  David Adams (Erscon Godfrey),  Morgan Brayton (Waitress),  Guy Fauchon (Box Office Clerk),  Jonathan Slavin (Clyde),  Jane Sowerby (Ellen Farnsworth),  Peter Wingfield (Conrad Gordon),  Gary Dourdan (Kris Bumstead),  Danielle Milne (Cover Girl Model)

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Features a clip from The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and one from a Detroit Red Wings hockey game. (edit)
Kerry Ehrin and Craig Munson previously collaborated on the screenplay for Mr. Wrong. (edit)
This episode pulled a 7 share. So on November 1, 1999, NBC pulled the plug. (edit)
Music: "17 Again" by The Eurythmics; "Brand New Day" by Sting; "I Can't Stand It" by Wilco; "Perfectly Good Guitar" by John Hiatt. The Sting, Eurythmics and Wilco songs were promotional considerations hyped by NBC after the end of the episode. (edit)
Holland Taylor is credited with "Special appearance by." (edit)

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Karen: Uh, excuse me. I love you. I mean, um, I love your work. I'm Karen Chandler. I'm editing your new book.
Conrad: Oh, I'm so pleased to meet you.
Karen: Me, too. (edit)
David: Bumstead?
Shelley: I've never used it. Would you? (edit)
Karen: Honey, what happened?
Shelley: Adam moved out. We had a huge fight.
Karen: I thought he hadn't moved in yet.
Shelley: Oh, shut up! (edit)
Adam: I just don't know how she could've kept this a secret from me.
Jenny: Adam, all couples have secrets from each other.
Pete: Yeah... They do?
Jenny: Well, we don't, but most couples do. (edit)
Adam: And you would be Shelley's... husband. Sorry, I didn't expect you to be...
Kris: Black?
Adam: ...here. (edit)

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