Two's Company: Series 02 (1977)

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Back after a year's absence (save for the 1976 special "A Loving Christmas"), the British sitcom Two's Company still stars Elaine Stritch as Dorothy McNab, an abrasive and demanding American mystery writer living in Chelsea, and Donald Sinden as Dorothy's "veddy" proper butler, Robert Hiller, who makes no secret of his disdain for Dorothy's temper tantrums and has a delightfully wicked habit of speaking his mind at all times. The first of season two's seven episodes is "The Reluctant Traveller," wherein Dorothy is obliged to make a return trip to America -- but Robert's fear of flying may put a crimp in the journey."The Burglary" finds Robert the prime suspect when Dorothy's home is robbed. In "The Rubbish," Dorothy and Robert are at war again over household trivialities. Despite its title, the episode "The Honeymoon" is anything but. In "Robert's Record Player," Dorothy is sued for "noise pollution" as the result of Robert's devotion to Bach (at top volume). "The Guests" offers another choice example of Yankee boorishness colliding head-on with British propriety. And in "The Cleaning Ladies," Dorothy's peculiar habit of alienating anyone who works for her boomerangs disastrously -- and hilariously. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi