Episode #210 "The Odd Couples"

  Sean enjoys making small talk and confiding in Cybill. During one talk, he reveals that he and Zoey have taken a vow of chastity with each other. Later, he arrives to hang out with Cybill while Zoey is at the library. Cybill tries to teach him how to play football and he gets a black eye. Zoey finds out Sean’s been confiding in her mother and forbids it from continuing. Meanwhile, Cybill’s new neighbor, Ed Philo, has been stealing her mail and her bougainvillaea. The police won’t do anything about it so when the guy steals her mailbox, she decides to retaliate and steal it back. Sean acts as a lookout. When Cybill and Sean are brought home by the police, Zoey gives them a lecture. When Sean reveals he likes being with Cybill because she reminds him of Zoey, all is forgiven. Later, Cybill enlists Zoey’s help as a computer hacker to get back at her burgling neighbor. Together, they re-route the guy’s mail, have him donate a thousand dollars to Greenpeace and enlist him as a foot soldier in the Michigan militia. Meanwhile, Ira’s suffering from writer’s block. Inspired by a book about F. Scott Fitzgerald, he dreams of having a muse like Zelda for his writing. The only person he can find who is lunatic enough to inspire great art is Maryann. He accompanies her on a mission of Zen vandalism – and they bury Dr. Dick’s stereo in dirt and molasses. Inspired by her actions, Ira plans his own act of Whimsy. Dressed as Gatsby and Zelda, he and Maryann meet in a cemetery at midnight to play croquet and do the Charleston among the headstones. After their experience, Ira begins writing again. Maryann fancies many more years of musedom together, but Ira tells her now that his block is gone, he won’t be needing her. He kisses her tenderly and they part friends.