Breaking Bonaduce

Due to Danny's past behavior Gretchen has built a wall around her preventing the couple from achieving any real intimacy. She keeps her self on the go and very busy with; the kids, the house, errands and, more recently, planning her own 40th Birthday party. Danny struggles to cope with Gretchen's cold and distant behavior. His fear and pain eventually drive him off the rails and into a state of binge drinking and destructive behavior.

Needless to say on the night of Gretchen's "all-girl-slumber-party" 40th Birthday, Danny decides to go out with friends with the sole purpose of drinking until he blacks out.

While on his way to doing just that, he finds out that male strippers are on the guest list for Gretchen's party. Danny, is very angry and upset, he demands a halt on production of the show until he can get his wife on the phone to discuss the strippers.

As Danny is stewing, the show fades to black …….. we must wait until the next episode to find out what happens