Just awful!
I hope that this isn't considered a "spoiler", but the entire episode is basically about Mary Jo feeling sad about having to put her dog to sleep. The Bernice thing is silly and lasts all of two minutes. Bernice always makes me laugh, but she couldn't even save this clunker of an episode.
This episode is a good example of why the 7th and final season just didn't work. It was not plotted well. It seemed to go off on a weird tangent what with the dog story and the supporting characters calling England to listen to the secret Princess Di tapes. And it simply wasn't funny. The 6th season was hysterical and contains some of my all-time favorite episodes. Getting rid of the Allison character was a mistake. She was spoiled and uptight, but I thought that it worked. She was a good foil to Anthony and especially to Julia. BJ is completely dull. Her and Julia are too much alike: opinionated, out-spoken Democrats. She brought nothing to ths show.
Sadly, many of the 7th season episodes are a chore to sit through. And don't even get me started on "Gone With a Whim"...moreless
Episode Summary
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After eye surgery, Bernice overhears the gals talk of putting Mary Jo's dog out of its misery and figures they're planning her own mercy killing, so she barricades herself inside the storeroom. Meanwhile, Julia gets caught listening to a London phone line which plays tapes of Princess Diana's private conversations with her boyfriend.moreless
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GUEST STAR
Beans MoroccoJim Rockford
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Meshach Taylor
Anthony Bouvier
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Annie Potts
Mary Jo Shively
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Judith Ivey
Bonnie Jean 'B.J.' Poteet
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Dixie Carter
Julia Sugarbaker
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Jan Hooks
Carlene Frazier Dobber (Seasons 6-7)
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Bernice: I feel so sorry for that Princess Diana. B.J.: Boy, I don't. The way I figure it, if you're going to marry a man who looks like a horse, you gotta expect some manure. Julia: B.J.! That's a terrible thing to say. B.J.: I'll tell you what, I bet the only thing the Queen carries in that jumbo size pocket book of hers is sugar cubes and carrots to keep her kids happy. Carlene: Well my heart really bleeds for Princess Diana. The saddest part is that she married Charles because she really loved him, but he only married her because she was the last virgin left in England. Julia: I've heard enough about Diana! Yes, she's the future queen of England, and yes she may have a bad marriage and be little more than a royal brood mare, but the fact of the matter is, the woman is entitled to some privacy. Carlene, if you call that number (To hear the Princess' sex tapes), all you'll be doing is perpetuating this repulsive media circus. Carlene: So, you're saying you don't want to listen?
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Some sources credit Dee LaDuke and Mark Alton Brown as writers.
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Season 6 on DVD: 3rd of april, 2012
01/09/121
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It's back in Styndication
10/04/111
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Season 5 DVD Info
09/10/111
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Season 4 on DVD - 14th of September :)
05/26/101
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Dixie Carter has passed on at the age 70
04/12/105
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