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Episode #411: "The Comeback"
Original Air Date: November 23, 1997
Written by:
Kenny Solms
Directed by:
Sandor Stern Produced
by: Martha Williamson, Jon Andersen & R.J. Visciglia, Jr.
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Lillian |
Carol Burnett |
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Allison Carrie |
Carrie Hamilton |
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Amanda |
Rita Moreno |
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Freddy |
Tim Conway |
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Flashback
Lillian |
Jode Leigh
Edwards |
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Flashback Amanda |
Michele Maika |
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Herself |
Carol Channing |
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Himself |
Al Hirschfeld |
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Thirty years after
suffering stage fright during her Broadway opening, Lillian Bennett
returns to Broadway to discourage her daughter from following in her
footsteps. Arriving just in time to attend her daughter's
audition, Lillian sees her old understudy, Amanda Revere, who has
now become the famed diva she once dreamed of becoming herself.
Monica arrives to audition for a supporting role and miraculously
wins the role while Allison becomes her understudy. After
Monica falls ill with a cold, Allison takes her place and Amanda
takes an interest in her. When Lillian and Amanda finally meet
in the presence of Allison, she demands
an explanation. Lillian explains how she received yellow roses
every night after rehearsal until the opening night when her "lucky"
roses didn't come. Convinced she was doomed to fail, she
stared into the prompter's box and froze, as Amanda had told her she
would. Allison thinks her mother is jealous and doesn't
realize why she can't just be happy for her. With the
orchestra warming up, Lillian carries a "lucky" yellow rose as she
meets Freddy, the stage manager who knew both she and Amanda from
years before. Freddy tells Lillian Amanda was the one who sent
her flowers after every rehearsal. Realizing that her
superstition was used against her by Amanda, Lillian confronts her
and warns her against hurting Allison. As Amanda screams at
her to get out, she loses her voice. Monica then reveals
herself to Amanda, telling her that God wants her to help Lillian to
finally shine. Meanwhile, Tess finds Lillian at the train
station and tells her to stop believing in luck and help her
daughter. Returning to the theatre, Lillian is met by an
apologetic Amanda. Amanda then pushes Lillian onto the stage
to face the fears that defeated her years before. Initially
stumbling, Lillian finds her courage and belts a rousing rendition
of "I'm still here." As Allison looks on with a newfound
appreciation of her mother, the angels smile at another job well
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