Writer:	Maryanne Melloan
Director:	Jorge Montesi
Star:	Kristin Dattilo (Yola Gaylen),  Chris Isaak (Chris Isaak),  Jed Rees (Anson Drubner),  Kenney Dale Johnson (Kenney Dale Johnson),  Rowland Salley (Rowland Salley),  Hershel Yatovitz (Hershel Yatovitz),  Greg Winter (Cody Kurtzman),  BobbyJo Moore (Mona),  Jennifer Calvert (Vivian (Season One))
Guest Star:	Marisa Rudiak (Polly),  Lillian Carlson (Elderly Lady),  Alexz Johnson (Jennifer),  Anders Hedman (Matt),  Spencer Achtymichuk (Gavin),  Andrew McIlroy (Airline Rep),  Rick Poltaruk (Big Man #1),  Jim Bremner (Big Man #2),  Paul Bittante (Security Guard),  Lev Kaplov (Diminutive Man),  Ellie Harvie (Stella),  Blake Shelton (Himself),  Tiffani Timms (Woman in White)

Songs featured in this episode:

"Playboys of the Southwestern World"
Live performance on the plane with Chris and Blake Shelton.

"Beautiful Homes"
Live concert setting at Bimbo's with Blake Shelton. (edit)

Quote #1:

The band entering the gate waiting area at the airport:

Roly: "Woho… I think I'll go back to that spa and get a massage. Who's comin'?"

Kenney: "I don't want airport people touchin' me, it's creepy. Besides, I get it for free back at security."


Quote #2:

Cody, approaching Chris and Yola after Anson's unfortunate incident required the terminal to be evacuated:

Cody: "Hey, Yola, Chris! Wow, that was pretty wild, huh? I wonder what happened?"

Yola: "An irresponsible child was left unsupervised, that's what happened." (edit)

1.  With all the
overhead announcements made throughout the cast's time in the airport, none of
them are the obligatory security announcements that airports in the US are
required to make every few minutes.

2.  The bottle of
water that Kenney gave the Elderly Lady appears to be full as she gets up to
head to the ladies room… 

3.  As Yola takes her
seat on the plane, we see that she has the outside seat in an exit row.  The Elderly Lady follows after Yola to take
the seat beside her.  As this IS an exit
row, most airlines usually require that the person(s) seated there have the
physical ability to open the door in an emergency.  It's doubtful that this woman would have been able to do that, so
Chris' request to switch with her may (in reality) have been supported by the
airline staff aboard the plane.

4.  Okay, BIG one
here… :-)  As the passengers on the
plane wait to depart, Hershel gets hungry and pulls out a wicker picnic basket
full of food, wine, plates and utensils. 
Among the flatware are… knives. 
Nice touch for the scene, but there's no way that would be allowed on
the plane.

5.  At no point
during the cast's trek through the airport terminal is anyone but Roly carrying
an instrument, and he's got "the baby guitar" (as Rosie O'Donnell once called
it,) at that.  So… where did Chris'
customary Gibson acoustic come from for his onboard performance with Blake
Shelton?

6.  There appears to
be a teleprompter on the floor between Blake's and Chris' microphones, and it's
on, displaying text across its screen. 
Blake seems to be looking at it several times during "Beautiful Homes."

7.  In the closing
scene, where Chris goes to Olivia's place with the thought to maybe work things
out, he arrives via taxi.  My first thought was that he was arriving
immediately from the airport; all indications from his earlier conversation
with Mona would seem to indicate that.  (Since we never really
saw Chris struggle much with his luggage in this episode, it may be safe to presume
that manager Yola handled logistical details like transporting luggage,
equipment, etc.  They were returning from a gig, after all...)  So,
considering from where he'd (apparently) just arrived, the taxi ride isn't
all that unusual.  However, as he exits the car, we see that he's
wearing a different shirt.  The jacket is the same, as are his pants and
shoes, but he's wearing a blue shirt there, not the green/gray print one he was
wearing on the plane.  The pattern is
the same for both shirts, but they're clearly different colors.  It's my
guess then, that this scene may have been filmed during one of Alice Evans' later
episodes ("Taking Off" was filmed before Alice was required on the set,)
and edited into this one.  (Chris' wardrobe then, may have been
an honest mistake...)  Another interesting point...Alice
Evans wasn't credited, even as a cameo, for her role as "Olivia"
in this episode...

(edit)

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