The sixth season of 77SS got a bit lost, kind of like Richard Long gets lost as Charlie Carmichael in this episode. Working for his father-in-law who does not approve of him, lost in the few seconds he became a football hero in his youth by falling on a fumble and winning the game, lost in the liquor he turns to to get away from the other losses. Not a lush, as Stu Bailey, who's hired to babysit him through an important business conference in San Diego, understands because he doesn't hide bottles and can walk past bars, but just lost in the booze when the stress gets to him.
His father-in-law and boss is stress enough, but when his wife hires Bailey and the babysitting begins, Charlie runs, ends up in Tijuana with a hangover, no memory of how he got there, and a dead local woman in his room. Frantic, he runs back to the US and turns to Bailey to figure this out, then he disappears again. Feeling somewhat responsible for letting him get away in the first place while he had a date with a model, Bailey dives in to find out what happened to Charlie in Mexico.
Not the best episode 77SS ever did, but the acting is good, and the concept of a stress drinker lost in the past but basically a decent guy is an interesting character twist. On TV, drunks are usually alcoholics and lushes all the way around. Charlie is a bit more complex than that.
His father-in-law and boss is stress enough, but when his wife hires Bailey and the babysitting begins, Charlie runs, ends up in Tijuana with a hangover, no memory of how he got there, and a dead local woman in his room. Frantic, he runs back to the US and turns to Bailey to figure this out, then he disappears again. Feeling somewhat responsible for letting him get away in the first place while he had a date with a model, Bailey dives in to find out what happened to Charlie in Mexico.
Not the best episode 77SS ever did, but the acting is good, and the concept of a stress drinker lost in the past but basically a decent guy is an interesting character twist. On TV, drunks are usually alcoholics and lushes all the way around. Charlie is a bit more complex than that.
