User Reviews

While this episode is very staged as it takes place entirely in Herb & Eves Living room, it is quite funny. The bank robber is played very well by the talented Larry Storch (this was about the same time as he was doing F Troop).

Storch robs a bank and picks Herb & Eve's house to hide out in until his friend Charlie can come and pick him up to take him out of area. He starts with Eve but soon has 4 hostages. Then Eve's daughter comes over and they whisk her away without Storch getting the wiser, but with a message that they need help.

Kay has just taken her first karate episode and puts it to use during this one. This episode is solid and shows how good comedy can be done even when they are limited to one room. There's even a bit of physical comedy thrown in which is refreshing.

Bank robber Larry Storch will be begging to be arrested after spending time with Kay and Eve after he shows up at Eve's door and forces his way in, holding both at gun point. Of course, Roger shows up looking for Kay, demanding his dinner, and ends up as hostage #3. It is obvious that charades are not Kay and Eve's best game because every time they try to outwit Storch, someone gives the clue away or something happens that alerts Storch to their intentions. Just as Kay is about to give Storch one of her notorious karate chops, Herb storms in, making it hostage #4. Kay's attempts to do it again fails as Storch recites a poem for them, and even his napping has Eve making a huge mistake.

Roger's big mouth (not Kay's for once) creates problems when he reveals that they have a full description of him. While the subject matter is rather disturbing, it does have some moments that are very funny. Of course, Storch, an expert in comic timing, adds to that humor, and the final involving Suzie and a chocolate cake The writing aids the crime based story by making this move like a stage farce. There's no Jerry in this episode so it has less to do with the in-laws and more to do with the older characters individually, showing how they really handle a crisis: not very well.