Al Bundy and guns. To the untrained outsider, those two might seem a perfect fit. But actually, Al wasn't a big gun person. His weapon of choice was usually a bat (or his own fists). Could what happens in this fourth edition of Married With Children have influenced Al's gun avoidance? As the episode opens, Al comes home from work and begs Peg to give him a massage. Naturally, Peg takes advantage of the situation, and once again, Al is more than willing to be seduced. Four episodes out of four: does marriage and children mean hot and regular sex? The early episodes of this show seem to be saying yes. Their rendezvous is interrupted by Steve, Marcy and members of the neighborhood watch. Steve's home has been robbed, the latest in a crime spree that is sweeping Jeopardy Lane. Al is the next victim, as his car gets broken into, so he decides to buy a gun. Marcy and Steve, strongly anti-gun, get a dog to provide their safety (the Rhodes never struck me as animal lovers, so this plot device seems a bit strained). The Rhodes dog, Bela, turns out to be a complete pain, constantly barking and driving everyone insane. Then in the middle of one night, Al and Peg here noises; Al grabs his gun and investigates. Al sees movement outside and (falsely) believes it is the neighborhood thief. Al shoots; RIP Bela. The Rhodes bury Bela and hold a ceremony--for the first time we see Al's love of bowling first hand (Al's bowling skills will be returned to later during the shows run). The climax of the episode, to be perfectly frank, was pretty lame. I was underwhelmed by the twist provided during the burial. And, once again, the Bundy's are hot and heavy for each other as this episode ends. Don't get used to it Peg; Al will lose his sex drive soon enough.
*AL'S PALS: Norris, one of Al's best buddies (at least during the earlier seasons), first appears during this episode as a member of the neighborhood watch. Al doesn't really seem to think much of Norris during this episode, rudely kicking him (and the rest of the subdivision watch members) out of his house. How did Norris get his name? One of the other members of the neighborhood watch is named "Bronson" as an ode to famous movie vigilantes, I'd assume.
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