Gentleman's Agreement

This is an episode without a proper plot line and is all the worse for it. The semblance of a plot is that the mayor is a member of an exclusive club (oh, what a shocker, a rich politician is a member of a club for the rich people, who could imagine that?). And some unimportant reporter, who is on mayor's case because he didn't clear some landfill is suddenly threatening to "break the story" about mayor being a member of the exclusive club. If that sound confusing, uninteresting or nonsensical, that is because it is. Another utterly ridiculous moment is that the supposedly elite club for the ultra rich allows the reporter, who is, of course, not a member of the club, to just hang in the club's sauna changing room trying to prove that the mayor is, in fact, a member. Again, if that sounds ridiculous, that's because it is.

The Paul and James plot was also unfunny, the big laughing point being that James is naive and Paul is stupid. If that sounds familiar, it is because every episode of this show has the same subplot, only the screen time varies from episode to episode.

In the main story of this episode, the Mayor is a member of an exclusive club that offers to the rich and success. The 'Cabot Club' has long been a problem for the Mayor since they do not accept women. And now a local reporter is on a story to find the Mayor at the all men's club. Mike has talked to the Mayor about the situation but when the Mayor takes Mike with him, Mike falls in love with the club.

Now the reporter has a picture of the Mayor leaving the club. Mike offers some damage control at the time but when he calls to find the whereabouts of the Mayor, Winston is at the club. Mike goes to Cabot House to warn the Mayor and finds him in the steam room. But when they start to leave the room, the reporter is standing in the locker room. They are trapped in the steam room.

The story with the Mayor has some funny and unique lines. Thought the entire story was well written and well performed. The episode also has a side story about James and Paul playing a card scam. That story only enhanced the episode making for a wonderful watch.