Can't Hurry Love

When the gang comes to Annie's rescue after she finds a mouse in her apartment, they all end up playing a late night game of truth or dare.

When Didi realizes that her irresponsible boy-friend isn't going to show up for her birthday, Annie O'Donnell uses a $100 off coupon and a virgin visa card with a $400 limit that she was saving for her honeymoon to treat Didi to a glamorous night at the Plaza Hotel. Meanwhile Roger and Elliot do some male bonding and discover that when it comes to women, they don't have anything in common.

Annie gets cold feet after she sees the webbed ones belonging to a doctor she's dating; and later finds that she wasn't the only one concerned about appearances. Meanwhile, Elliot has dreams about murdering Roger.

Annie has a bad cold, so what she really needs is rest, but what she gets is locked out of her apartment, as well as a request to check on a neighbor whose friends fear may be dead. Annie's flu forces her to try to spend a quiet day at home alone, but her apartment turns into Grand Central Terminal when each of her friends has a crisis and comes to her for advice. Annie's day is anything but restful when Elliot asks her to critique his latest short story, Roger finds a mole on his neck and thinks he is dying, and Didi has an emotional breakdown when Jim cancels a date.

Roger proposes to Annie after he learns that his 93 year old Italian grandmother, Nona Carlucci, is about to pass away and her last wish is to see him married. Annie reluctantly agrees to let Roger videotape a pretend wedding, but when roger sees Annie in a wedding dress, he realizes he is not ready for commitment and leaves Annie at the altar. Annie buys an antique armoire and Elliot buys an old ""C.H.I.P.s"" lunch box to relive his childhood, from the antique salesman.

When Didi's ex-husband shows up at her rent raising party, Annie, who didn't know he existed, feels betrayed by Didi and considers ending their friendship. Also at the party, Elliot, who is feeling rejected by his career-oriented wife, flirts with another woman, and Roger complains that he is being smothered by his lastest conquest, a woman he met only hours before.

When Roger narrowly escapes death after his mattress catches fire, Annie takes him shopping for a new one; but, when the two have a close encounter on a mattress in the department store. Roger interprets the incident as a sign from God. Convinced that God spared his life so he could start a relationship with Annie, Roger tells Annie that fate has brought them together. When Annie rejects him, he disappears and Annie, Didi and Elliot spend all night looking for him. Charlotte Rae, who played a house-mother to series star Nancy McKeon's character, ""Jo"" on ""The Facts of Life"" (1979-88), makes a cameo appearance as Helen, a bitter woman who applies for a job with Annie because her husband of 26 years recently left her for a blonde hygienist.

When Annie confesses to Peter Calder that she doesn't want to see him anymore because he hunts doves, Peter promises to forgo the sport if Annie agrees to date him again. Annie's relationship is going great until Roger knocks Peter out during a sparing match and Peter tries to prove his masculinity by challenging Roger to another round. Meanwhile, Didi finds the ultimate job as a cosmetics salesperson and Elliot discovers that therapy is a great thing after he and wife go to a marriage counselor.

Annie plans a traditional Christmas at home with her dad, but but she find out the he had sold the old family house, in which she grew up in, she must finally face the facts of life and try to let go of the past. Annie fears that Christmas won't be as magical if she's not in her family home, so to make the holiday seem more traditional, Annie's dad buys her the biggest tree he can find without considering the true size of her apartment. Annie finds out that her dad has changed some of his old ways. He takes a train that's 3 hours earlier than his usual time. Insteed of his ""Bommer"" suite, that he has worned for years, he has bought a more fancy suit to wear to the China Grill, the most extravagant restaurant in town. Annie's brother went skiing for the holiday. Elliot and his wife Gail, on advice from their marriage counselor, stay away from his parents this Christmas.