Lewis Archer: Super Cad

please note this post makes reference to the January 16 episode on CBC

I say! Lewis Archer! What the devil do you think you're playing at, you bounder! I confess fellow fans, that I almost choked on my chocolate digestive when I witnessed the horrific scene of Lewis doing a lip lock with the love-starved Gail Platt.

I honestly don't know where to start. I know Gail doesn't exactly have discriminating taste in men (a pulse is optional - ed) but really! Doing the dirty with your mom's ex? That really takes the cake.

And Lewis. Yes I know he's a male gigolo with a penchant for Pinot and Cinema noir, but has he no scruples? Is he planning to sleep with every member of the Platt family? (David's next - ed) How long will this legover-oriented revenge scenario play out?

And the worst part is it really didn't take much to seduce Gail. Oh sure, Lewis pulled a few fake sincere chestnuts out of his arsenal of sensitive one-liners. But it seems to me, he could have had it off with Mrs. Platt using even cheesier material like:

"Gail, if I told you you had a beautiful body, would you hold it against me?"

or

"I wish my name was 'T' or 'V' because then I would be next to 'U' "

or

"Do you believe in love at first sight, or should I walk by the bistro again?"

or even,

"Are those space pants? Because your ass is out of this world!"

(Well, maybe not the last one, but you get the idea)