From: skippy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Ian Goh)
Newsgroups: rec.arts.tv
Subject: Flying Blind Episode Guide (part I)
Date: 10 Jan 1993 17:06:40 -0500
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Hi All,

   For those die-hard "Flying Blind" fans (and for those who'd like to
   see what they've been missing), I've compiled a quick synposis of
   the episodes I've seen and some interesting quotes.  By no means
   did I collect all quotes, almost every line spoken is quotable!
   I am pretty sure I am missing an early episode because there is one
   quote that I remember, that I could not find while going over my tapes.

   Some party at the Loft.
   Neil : Is Alicia here?
   Megan: <Looks around> Are guys looking at me?
   Neil : Yes
   Megan: <smiles> Then she's not here.

   Anyways, if anyone has this episode, I'm interested in adding it to 
   my collection.  If anyone has had contact with FOX, I'd really love
   a real episode/character guide. Corrections always welcome, help in
   matching characters to actors/actresses - most appreciated!

--- Ian ---
skippy@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu

ps. I had to break it into two parts to get it past my local machines
    10K limit.

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Part I

Quick Episode guide to "Flying Blind"
might be missing a very early episode though (like number 2).

Neil Barash - Corey Parker
Jeremy Barash - Michael Tucci
Ellen Barash -
Alicia - Tea Leoni (accent over the e in Tea)
Jordan -
Megan - 
Ted Sharperson - 

Robert Bauer
Clea Lewis
Marcus Giamatti
Christine Rose

Episode# 1
Jonathan - Thomas Haden Church

Megan (on meeting Neil for the first time): 
"You're a totally new guy looking dazed and horny in the middle of my
apartment so obviously you're with Alicia."

   Two months after graduating from college and facing a non-existant job
market, Neil starts work at the snack food company where his father works.
At a Bistro, Neil meets Alicia when she asks him to help her avoid
her boyfriend Jonathan (genius artist).  It's love at first kiss.  
Sparks fly when Jonathan meets Neil back at Alicia's loft.  Alicia
says she loves Neil and not Jonathan. Jonathan shows up at Neil's office and 
threatens to kill himself since he can't live without her. Neil prevents him 
from jumping out of his office window by appealing to his artistic
genius, and makes an impromptu research report to the head of his division.

Episode# 2 (Four days after their meeting)
Lauren Benjamin - Jill Hennessy

   Neil and Alicia have a quarrel - he complains about not spending time
alone together and about all the men around Alicia, who she says are just 
friends. When Alicia throws him out, Neil thinks things are over and
goes out with a woman (Lauren Benjamin) he knew in High School. But when 
Alicia shows up at work to make up, Ted, Neal's officemate, spills the beans 
about Neal dating the other woman.  In the end, he realizes that he misses 
Alicia's wildness and unpredictability, and they both realize that they
really do want just each other.

Episode# 3
Gerard - Gil Bellows

When playing Scrabble together.
Mrs. Barash: Oh that's lovely.  Right next to ONOMATOPEIA, Neil has put VULVA.
Mr. Barash : Vulva?  You can't use a brand name. That's a car.
Mrs. Barash: Yeah that's the problem with you, you think its a car.

   Gerard, the twin brother of one of Alicia's ill-fated former lovers (Andre), 
shows up with "artist's" block.  Gerard wants Alicia to be his artistic muse.  
He believes that sleeping with Alicia will let him paint again and help them 
get over Andre's death.  Neil shows that during the time Andre spent with 
Alicia, he never finished any paintings. In the end, Gerard gets over his 
painting block, and Neil and Alicia finally sleep together.

Episode# 4
Paco - Eddie Velez

Megan: You thought the biggest challenge would be to keeping her interested 
enough so that she wouldn't pop in a Berlitz tape while you were doing it.
Neil : I actually felt the biggest challenge was not finishing before she
got her shoe off.

   Paco, a Latin American guerilla and a former lover of Alicia, comes
to town.  When he finds out that she's dating Neil, he is determined to
kill Neil.  Neil tries to hide out, but he finally confronts Paco over Alicia.  
She tells Paco that they remembered the past differently, that she felt nothing 
for Paco, and that there was nothing he could do to win her back.  Paco and 
Neil find out that they are not really that different.  
   
Episode# 5
Diandra Barash - Jessica Tuck
Barry Barash - Greg Grunberg
Max Barash - Jason Bennett

Ted : Tie. <flip> No Tie. <pause> Tie. <flip> No Tie. Hey, I could use a 
little input here. Tie. <flip> No Tie.
Neil: I don't know ... Does it really matter?
Ted : Does it matter?! Next spring when they're stocking grocery shelves across
America with the "yumpty dumpty" breakfast bar you ask me then "does it matter".
Because if this little guy is on every box wearing a bow tie, you'll know
who put it there.  And let me tell you, THAT is power.
Neil: Alright ... tie!
Ted : Pants, no Pants ...
Neil: I don't know and I don't care.
Ted : Hair, no hair.

   Alicia convinces Neil to take her to meet his family. Alicia, who's facing 
some crisis, thinks he is lucky to have a family since her parents broke up
when she was young.  She realizes that she'd like something real and lasting,
like Neil's family.  To snap her out of this idyllic thinking, Neil brings her 
back for another Barash get-together and this time starts a family squabble.  
Alicia realizes that it is a fantasy to want a family like Neil's when she
finally receives the charm bracelet that her Dad sends every year to show
that he loves her.

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