Episode #209 "Local Hero"

 A Russian family is huddled around a TV, watching their favorite actress, Cybill, battle bullies in Island Cop. Rachel comes over to Cybill’s house with William and a suitcase -- she’s mad at Kevin. Cybill tells her she has to talk to Kevin, otherwise he won’t know she has a problem. At the trattoria, Cybill tells Maryann about her new role in a TV movie with Kenny Rogers. Kevin buys them both salads -- he wants to talk about Rachel, but decides to let the whole thing blow over. Cybill takes Maryann and Zoey with her to the soundstage, only to find out that she’s being replaced and that she parked in Betty White’s parking space, so Betty White had her car towed. As a result, Cybill, Maryann and Zoey have to take a cab home. The cabbie is Marina! One of the Cybill worshipping Russians! An excited Marina tells Cybill how her family and country love her and invites Cybill (and her associates) to dinner at her Echo Park home. Cybill accepts. After meeting Marina’s extended family, Cybill explains that she is touched, but asks why her. With her family, Marina re-enacts a scene from Island Cop and tells Cybill it’s been the number one show in their country for seven years. This confuses Cybill because they only did six episodes. While Cybill is showing Marina pictures of her family, she explains to Marina that Rachel and Kevin aren’t speaking. Marina suggests she interfere. Maryann tips the bottle with the men and invites them all to live in her big, empty house. Meanwhile, at Cybill’s house, Rachel tries to help Ira overcome his fears -- tomatoes, claustrophobia and his phone. After successfully overcoming these first two fears, Ira calls his publisher and comes clean about his writer’s block. As a result, he is now expected to return the advance -- which he has already spent. Upon her return, Cybill interferes and forces Kevin and Rachel to talk.