Writers: Jay Scherick & David Ronn
Producers: Jeff Lowell & William Barnett
Director: Lee Shallat Chemel

Episode Length: 22:03

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Rating:# million viewers rating share (n/a)

Rating:  TV-14

First Broadcast: April 2,1997

Opening sound: Concert Crowd

Storyline #1: A Delicious Frozen Treat
Mike's girlfriend-of-the-week is a little loopy. During the morning meeting, Mike announces that he is going to try and break it off that night. However, while talking to Carrie, she ends up breaking up with him because he does not want to become a father. After coming to the consenual agreement, the two decide to celebrate in a way that most people do BEFORE they break up (if you know what I mean). The morning after, Nicki disagrees that the break-up took because sex in a 24 hour period after the split nullifes the deal. So when Mike invites Carrie back to make sure, she drops the bomb that she saved a souvenier from last night's encounter and is planning on using "the guys" to get pregnant with Mike's kid. Needless to say, Mike does not want anything to do with this situation. He calls a meeting to discuss what can be done about the situation. They devise a plan to break into her apartment and steal the merchandise. However, she comes to the office too early and instead, Stuart and Paul are sent to unplug the freezer. When police sirens blare in the background, the two panic and rush out of the apartment with a cup of yogurt instead of what they were sent for. All looks lost until an event at MSG (See Storyline #2) which solves all of Mike's problems.

Storyline #2: Rock Bands Don't Get Old, They Just Get Bad
In order to kiss up to the public, The Mayor's office has set up a free concert for Classic Rock Legends Maxwell, Travis, & Jones. When two of the members show up at City Hall to sign the performance contracts, Kevin Travis & Johnny Maxwell get into an argument that stems from their breakup years ago. Before long, the concert gets called off, much to James's chagrin. He is their number one fan. Eventually though, all is forgiven and the group makes it to Madison Square Garden for the gig. However, the power needs are underestimated which leads to a citywide blackout and no concert afterall.

Storyline #3: Sister Act
Paul can't buy any luck. First, his old teacher from a convent comes to City Hall and chides Paul for not going to church. She wants to return to talk about security around the church. Paul is supposed to attend but he really does not want to. In fact, he signs up to take Carter's meeting with some lesbians in order to get out of meeting the penguins. It almost worked too until the light come back on during the meeting. (See Storyline #2) What Paul thought was a room full of lesbians is actually a room full of sisters.

Review: Bone Free

Overall, a risque episode. Between the lesbians and the frozen sperm, it's easy to see why this was the first episode to warrant a TV-14. With that in mind, it was still one of the funniest of the year. The story did not really get going until Carrie's revelation that she saved "his guys". But after that, the show was very rapid fire and LOL funny. The aging rock band was a little predictable. In it for the money, drinking tea: These guys were cartoons of the Stones, Dead, & Aerosmith wrapped into one. However, they served their purpose although they were not clearly individually named. Paul's story was also tame until the mix-up. In both anticipatory cases, it was pretty easy to see what was coming, with the blackout's beginning and end. You knew that the fridge was out and Paul was talking to the nuns. But the excecution was still pretty funny.  I had bigger problems with other parts of Paul's role. First, Paul is apparently Catholic. But Carter nails Paul's Jewish rants in one of the more clever parts of the show. Plus, it would have been much funnier to have Stuart & Carter search for "the package" in the apartment. (Sorry, I'm like ABC on this one. I'm only allowed to say sperm once on this page. At one point, I mistook it for a Seinfeld episode because they kept saying "my guys".) Instead, we get to see Paul attempt his doofus humor. I was much more impressed with Michael J. Fox's performance this week. Often, his subtle touches go unnoticed. This week, his reactions to Carrie were priceless and a reminder that the show would not work nearly as well without him. Kudos.

Rating [5 pt. scale]: 4.5

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