The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd · SEASON 1

Here's why you should stay out of coffee shops if you don't drink coffee

Episode 3 · 1987-06-04

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Episode overview

Intro: Florence narrates as Molly waits for a job interview at an advertising agency. Molly meets her garbage man, Nick Donnatello, played by the show's creator, Jay Tarses; Nick asks her on a date and she declines. Davey tells her that Fred visited in the morning and that her mother is upstairs waiting for her. Molly's mother is cleaning her cabinets and tells Molly that she's staying over and going to a doctor for tests the next day but she won't talk about what kind of tests. No one but Molly knows that she's going for tests. Fred calls and asks Molly to meet him. Molly meets him at the planetarium, where he's composing music for a planetarium show. He asks for her help. He's convinced that an album and fame and fortune will follow. She refuses to help. Fred invites her for coffee at Spiro's and she goes along. It is apparently ""their"" old place; people greet them as if they're still a couple. The guys from the ""old gang"" (The Fred Dodd Quintet?) show up. Molly greets them as she le

Season 1 episodes

1. Here's why cosmetics should come in unbreakable bottles1987-05-21 2. Here's why there are instances when vegetables aren't necessarily good for you1987-05-28 3. Here's why you should stay out of coffee shops if you don't drink coffee1987-06-04 4. Here's why you should never wear high heels to the bank1987-06-11 5. Here's why it's not good to stare at people in restaurants1987-06-18 6. Here's why it's tough to sell watermelons after midnight1987-06-25 7. Here's why a torch is too heavy to carry in a purse1987-07-02 8. Here's why they call the little one a jingle and the big one the blues1987-07-09 9. Here's another bedtime story1987-07-16 10. Here's why it's good to have a cake burning in the refrigerator1987-07-23 11. Here's why Henry David Thoreau chose the pond1987-07-30 12. Here's why you've gotta bake a batch of cookies every once in a while1987-08-06 13. Here's why good guys sometimes wear black1987-08-13