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Butterflies - Oct 29, 1979 Episode 2-7,   Grade B+ Detailed Summary by John T Burt 2001 Main Butterflies Page

    Food Disasters:
Some kind of cauliflower and sauce comes out of the pan like rubber.

    Mini Cooper use:
Driving Ben to work.

    Special Events:
Ria goes to the park and yells at a tree! I think she felt better for it.

    Funny Scenes:
Ria threatens to run amok with the "some kind of pie" she is cooking off camera.

    Summary:
Ria can't get the curtains up and calls Russel for help. While taking credit for Russell's good build, Adam walks in looking "dead." His girlfriend Annie has left him saying he is boring. Adam's room is all black with posters on the wall. Ria talks to Adam even though only his feet are out from under the covers. One foot twitches each time she mentions Annie. Ria tickles him like a little kid but he stays put. Ben won't listen about Adam until Ria threatens to run amok with the "some kind of pie" she is cooking. He listens but doesn't agree that Adam is in a difficult stage. In Adam's room, a poster girl distracts Ben a few times but he relates his feelings of lose when younger and actually reassures Adam.

Ria meets Leonard, who is jogging, in the park. Ria relates loving someone getting ready to leave. Leonard recommends confiding to trees, and does it, including love - the promise of eternal confusion.

Ben doesn't like the egg cozys the next morning comparing them to kids hats - he could be eating someone's kid. Ben still isn't worried about Adam until Russell comes in with a note from Adam that he is "gone" in Ben's car. Annie drops by for her ear rings.

Ria drives Ben to work in the Mini. Ria and Russell look for Adam. Ria sees Leonard meet another woman for lunch - Annie.

Ria's cooking is even worse because of her worry. Some kind of cauliflower and sauce comes out of the pan like rubber when she serves Ben. Adam returns saying simply "I'm back." Ria gives him her plate of rubber food and he is no longer hungry. Eventually she gives him a packet of crisps as he says home never changes. Everything is petty much OK until Ben wants to know where his car is!

Ria goes to the park and yells at a tree!