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Fresh from this week's Peoples' Choice Awards victory as this season's favorite new TV comedy, "Ed" has a new episode this week.

Lawyers In Love?

She's back. Stuckeyville D.A. Bonnie Hain tells Ed that she's pursing the appeal from last week's parking meter Samaritan case. Ed is so flustered and nervous about this rematch that he needs the whole Stuckeybowl gang to carry an entire banker's box full of documents to the appellate courtroom. While that never happens in the real legal world, it does in Stuckeyville.

Ed cannot seem to concentrate. He's stumbling and nearly shaking with the DTs, as he prepares to meet his worst nemesis. The self-confident smooth talking D.A. is nothing like Ed. He's klutzy and she's gutsy. It's Jackson Browne time for friends of Ed, 'cause this lawyer's in love!!

Maybe that is why Ed is preoccupied. This town's legal whiz even appoints Kenny to stand guard outside the bowling alley law office so that he can focus and psych himself up for the case. Ed even tells a potential new client that he can't begin the new case until he wraps up his appeal.

It's Shirley Temple Time

Everyone is in for a huge surprise when the D.A. show's up to court late (agghhhh!) - an important lesson for every lawyer is that "to be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late." This is a sign that something's a bit off. Shortly after the D.A. arrives in court, she withdraws the town's appeal and asks Ed out for a drink for Friday night (after all, it is the Millennium, and chivalry is a thing of the past).

Love is in the air for Ed, and everyone knows about the date with the D.A. Meantime, Carol is now jealous beyond belief and become outraged that she's not Ed's top priority anymore. But Ed has sobered up. He's gotten over the heartache of his ex-wife's rejection, and of having Carol give him the "why can't we be friends" speech while rejecting his multiple marriage proposals.

No wonder Ed accepts the $10 bet of the week from Dr. Mike to drink an alcohol-free Shirley Temple when he's out with the D.A. This unconventional move seems to impress the Cosmopolitan-drinking D.A. She reveals her mysterious past to Ed - turns out she was left at the altar in Detroit by her fiancé who never showed up. Her heart has seen better days. And by the end of the show, we know that Ed and the D.A. have a jones for a goodnight kiss.

Something Smells Fishy About This Lawsuit

Ed's client du jour is an insurance salesman who is fired because... well, because he can't sell insurance. The guy's a character actor who always plays a "you've-gotta'- feel-sorry for-me" character. Fans of The Practice will recognize him as the lawyer that Eugene Young second-chaired for, because the guy never wins the cases he tries. He's good at motion practice, but he is a pitiful trial lawyer. In one episode, Eugene actually calls him a lousy lawyer to his face. You get the picture.

This salesman's boss loves to humiliate his employees to motivate them. He regularly makes the sales team press a button on a singing fish plaque, and if the fish sings when the button is pressed, you keep your job. If it doesn't, well...you get the picture.

Although this current boss is the son of the former owner, we learn that his father hates the way his son runs his business. But he claims that he'll never say anything on the stand to hurt his son or the company. This is an admission that rings quite true. Rare is the time when a parent ever lashes out at a child in court or refuses to defend them.

However, this doesn't turn out to be one of those times. Although Ed's client's suit for intentional infliction of emotional distress proves to be a suit with no merit (the salesman is an at-will employee with no contractual rights), this salesman ends up having his job saved by his boss's father, who decides to teach his son that you don't humiliate employees to motivate them.

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Chill Out, Carol

Carol is jealous of the D.A. in a bad way. How bad is it? She accuses Ed of ruining their friendship when he doesn't let Carol in on his date with the D.A. The nerve! How dare she accuse the guy that she turned down several marriage proposals to, and rejected his affection, that he's an unfaithful friend. Not a chance. Ed's always there for his friends. That's why he helps Carol chill out her frustrations by teaching her how to ice skate after he's discovered his love jones for the D.A.

Stay tuned, friends of Stuckeyville. For some interesting trivia, and a great aerial photo of the New Jersey town where Ed is shot, check out Virtual Stuckeyville at http://www.virtualstuckeyville.com, the same folks who graciously host http://www.shavemypoodle.com.

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