Can I just say I'm loving season 2 Diane and Sam? Not only is their relationship (which we all know does work out in the long run) going well right now, but their bickering and banter at work has gotten to wittier and cleverer levels.
A few highlights so far:
1. Mayday refuses to throw out his little black book because it contains "business contacts," leading to this exchange:
Diane: What emergency service does Wanda Mildredsen render?"
Sam: She's an all night plumber.
2. Diane's drunk in her apartment singing Dylan's "Just Like A Woman" (God, I love her!) when Mayday enters, surprised to find his main squeeze in nightgown and hammered:
Sam: Hey, you're drunk!
Diane: Hey! You're stupid! And tomorrow I shall be sober.
3. An old rich man has graced the bar with his presence one particular evening and is the person Diane originally addresses:
Diane: You made a wonderful gesture and now these people are asking you to repeat it.
Sam: You ask that of me every night...
Diane: I'm waiting for you to get it right!
4. Diane's on the phone booking a hotel for Malone. "Yes, Sam Malone," she replies to the person on the phone, "how did you know?" Mayday looks up with a nervous expression on his face.
5. Becky, a woman Sam knows, walks into the bar. She explains she just moved back to Boston for a job and has been checking out the landmarks:
Becky: Speaking of which, when do you get off?
Sam: Oh, I don't get off anymore, Becky...
Cut to a sour look on Diane's face, right in Mayday's direction. She goes on to shoot him in the crotch with the soda gun when he offers to walk Becky back to her car.
Clearly there's a theme here to the dialogue exchanges I've selected as highlights. And it's obvious to me know that for as much as I liked the show as a kid, there's no way was catching even half the jokes Cheers was throwing out back in the early 80's...
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