It's a fun episode, as usual, but there are some anomilies in the script that stand out.
At the start of the trial, Oliver announces to the court his intension to prove that it was his wife, Lisa who made it rain - and not Mr. Haney. There is then a flashback in which Oliver discovers Lisa watering the sunflower plant, Rudolph. Lisa says that by watering Rudolph, Rudolph will grant one wish. The viewer is then led to believe through Eb's testimony, that Oliver asked Rudolph to make it rain - via the one wish.
However, in the concluding moments of the trial, Oliver declares it rained because the Indian Chief began to wash Oliver's car. "Everyone knows it rains right after you wash the car." There is no mention of Lisa having been the one who made it rain.
Oliver could also have noted that Mr. Haney had fired the Indian Chief precisely because the Chief hadn't made it rain. It also would never have been Haney who made it rain if the Chief had in fact made it rain. Haney never had a worthy case against Oliver.
Also, the Chief testifies at the end of the trial that he made it rain when he began chanting while washing the car. Oliver knew that the Chief began chanting only after it had started raining.
In the episode's final wrap-up scene, Oliver, after he won the case, seems to have forgotten about Lisa having earlier told him about Rudolph the Sunflower's ability to grant wishes - again negating Oliver's declaration in court that it had been Lisa who made it rain.
Of course, all of this can be chalked up to the usual absurdities of an episode of Green Acres. However, acknowledging those absurdities, Lisa could have spoken of how the show's writers had forgotten their own plotline. With Oliver responding with a puzzled look, questioning, "Writers? What writers?"
At the start of the trial, Oliver announces to the court his intension to prove that it was his wife, Lisa who made it rain - and not Mr. Haney. There is then a flashback in which Oliver discovers Lisa watering the sunflower plant, Rudolph. Lisa says that by watering Rudolph, Rudolph will grant one wish. The viewer is then led to believe through Eb's testimony, that Oliver asked Rudolph to make it rain - via the one wish.
However, in the concluding moments of the trial, Oliver declares it rained because the Indian Chief began to wash Oliver's car. "Everyone knows it rains right after you wash the car." There is no mention of Lisa having been the one who made it rain.
Oliver could also have noted that Mr. Haney had fired the Indian Chief precisely because the Chief hadn't made it rain. It also would never have been Haney who made it rain if the Chief had in fact made it rain. Haney never had a worthy case against Oliver.
Also, the Chief testifies at the end of the trial that he made it rain when he began chanting while washing the car. Oliver knew that the Chief began chanting only after it had started raining.
In the episode's final wrap-up scene, Oliver, after he won the case, seems to have forgotten about Lisa having earlier told him about Rudolph the Sunflower's ability to grant wishes - again negating Oliver's declaration in court that it had been Lisa who made it rain.
Of course, all of this can be chalked up to the usual absurdities of an episode of Green Acres. However, acknowledging those absurdities, Lisa could have spoken of how the show's writers had forgotten their own plotline. With Oliver responding with a puzzled look, questioning, "Writers? What writers?"
