Miami native Gail Edwards, one of the most arresting-looking actresses on television, carries an appropriately creepy mix of wide-eyed innocence and “Fatal Attraction.” If there's anything wrong with this very funny episode, it's that we can’t quite accept*(a) that palooka Tony thinks he’s too good for this sweet, gorgeous, ambitious girl and (b) that she doesn't think she's too good for him. Amazingly, the episode triumphs over a sitcom premise. A lot of it has to do with the caliber of the individual performances.

—Frank Loveler

This was one of my first guest-star appearances, if not the first. It was a thrill to get this part because it was depicting a real tough, New York, pill-popping chick—a role I didn’t think I could play. All week with the cast, I worked hard at “gettin' dangerous.” Five days into rehearsals, when we were getting ready to tape in front of our first live audience, the director [James Burrows] came up to me and said, “You're so tough, Gail, we're afraid you're gonna knife Tony. Could you take your performance back two days?”  I took it as a challenge and a compliment. Looking back, I take it as one of the funniest notes a director has ever given me.

—Gail Edwards