Black Tie Affair

May. 29,1993 NR

Rating：

7.1

Genre：

Comedy Crime

Keywords：

Satire San Francisco Private Detective

Trailer Synopsis

Black Tie Affair is an American crime drama spoof that aired from May 29 until June 19, 1993.

Seasons & Episode

Seasons 1 : 1993

13 Episode

Episode 1 - One

May. 29,1993

The episode (as does every episode) begins with the voice of Dave Brodsky (Bradley Whitford), who narrarates each episode, explaining the situation to the audience. He is a private investigator, who has been hired by Margo Cody (Kate Capshaw) to find out whether her husband, Christopher Cody, is having an affair and with whom. They are attending a testimonial dinner at San Francisco's Fleetwood Hotel in honor of Christopher who has been selected as Man of the Year. To keep a low profile, Dave is dressed as a bellboy who works at the hotel. When Christopher slips out of the dinner, Dave follows him and pretends to be an avid fan of his clothing line, for which he is famous. After frantically trying to shake free from Dave, he slips into the elevator and up to the 12th floor. Meanwhile at the dinner, Margo is approached by (a slimy) Hal Kempner (Bruce McGill) who wishes to get his ""amazing multi-purpose"" line of ""Toads"" shoes into the Cody Man catalogue. Dave interupts just in time to gi

Episode 2 - Two

May. 29,1993

Episode 3 - Three

June. 05,1993

Episode 4 - Four

June. 12,1993

Cody goes to see if a hotel maid (Eva La Rue) has his glasses; Brodsky tells Margo he thinks Cody's a killer. Fat Cannibal: Kevin Michael Richardson. Hal: Bruce McGill. Cookie: Maggie Han. Eve: Alison Elliott. Brodsky: Bradley Whitford.

Episode 5 - Five

June. 19,1993

Episode 6 - Six

January. 01,0001

Episode 7 - Seven

January. 01,0001

Episode 8 - Eight

January. 01,0001

Episode 9 - Nine

January. 01,0001

Episode 10 - Ten

January. 01,0001

Episode 11 - Eleven

January. 01,0001

Episode 12 - Twelve

January. 01,0001

Episode 13 - Thirteen

January. 01,0001

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