Fran E. Kaufer
Marcy needs one perfect dinner to land a promotion, so she pays Al to leave the neighborhood and hires an actor to play him. The plan survives until her boss hears the real Dodge outside and decides he wants it. Pat Morita guests, and Jefferson does karaoke.
Bud builds a calendar of Trumaine women for his marketing class, and the cover girl will not commit for reasons she cannot say out loud. The reveal arrives during her TV interview. This is also the episode that sends Peggy out of town for the rest of the season.
Kelly’s secret admirer turns out to be a wealthy and very spoiled twelve-year-old, who uses a jeans commercial as leverage to make her attend his junior prom. Bud crashes the dance disguised as the DJ. Season 9 finale.