Soap (Season 3) DVD ReviewPosted by Nick Niesen on October 27th, 2010 Nominated for 17 Emmys, Soap is a cult classic among the sitcom elite. Set against the backdrop suburban Connecticut, the series focuses on the lives of two sisters: Jessica Tate (Katherine Helmond), a wealthy yet ditsy elitist, and Mary Campbell (Cathryn Damon), a housewife in a more traditional working class nuclear family. But regardless of social station, neither woman can escape the intrigue and scandal surrounding a their typical soap opera families. The series features a star-studded cast that include Richard Mulligan, Billy Crystal, and Robert Guillaume, among others. In fact, Guillaume established his successful sitcom Benson, which was a spin-off of the Soap series... The Soap (Season 3) DVD features a number of hilarious episodes including the season premiere in which Burt awakens in the hull of a spaceship. Eunice asks Dutch to strike a deal with the feds, and Benson organizes a posse to rescue Billy from the Sunnies while an alien clone of Burt takes the real Burt's place? Other notable episodes from Season 3 include Episode 52 in which the real Burt and his alien clone finally confront one another, and Episode 69 in which, with a guilty Chester by her bedside, Jessica dies, all while Jodie gives an impassioned courtroom defense of his right to be an openly gay single parent? Below is a list of episodes included on the Soap (Season 3) DVD: Episode 48 (Episode 48) Air Date: 09-13-1979 Like it? Share it! More by this author |