Episode #518 "This Little Dick Went to Market"

  Sally is taken aback when she encounters Janice, a veritable superwoman, at the police gym. She thinks Janice is all show until Don sets her straight. Janice is smart as a whip and tough as an ox. She’s like Robocop. Dick walks in while his teaching colleagues are discussing the killings they’ve made in the stock market. Not to be outdone, but without a clue what they’re talking about, Dick invites Mary on a six-day vacation in Cancun to be paid for with his stock market Profits. Dick tells Tommy about his great money-making idea. He thinks that if he acts immediately, he’ll be able to make enough for the vacation. Tommy advises diversifying, but Dick insists they put all their money in one stock. Sally is worried that she’s no longer the toughest woman in Rutherford. She’s not happy when Harry says that Janice could definitely kick her butt. Dick and Tommy buy 100 shares of Eversoll, Inc. online. It immediately goes up an eighth, and they’re convinced that they’re brilliant. Sally shows up at the police station and challenges Janice to an arm-wrestling match. Janice, who says the whole thing is silly, wins easily. Dick takes Mary shopping and encourages her to go crazy. He’s tracking the stock on his pager and is alarmed when it begins to drop. Tommy tells him that CNN broadcast a rumor about the company’s overspending and that was responsible for the stock going down. Dick and Tommy show up at Eversoll’s corporate offices and try to whip things into shape. They stumble into a board meeting, and Dick tells everyone that they’re fired. Security guards are called to escort them out. Sally confronts Janice who starts crying and confides that everyone tries to take her down and no one pays any attention to the person inside Janice was hoping that she and Sally could be friends. Mary finds Dick on the roof about to jump off. When she learns that there’ll be no vacation, she encourages him to go ahead. Sally learns from Janice that she can be vulnerable and still keep her edge.