King Lear Jet
As Elliott looks for way to get supermodel Carmen Electra to agree to a date, Nina worries about being turned down by a co-op's board of directors. Although she has little interest in Nina's problems, Maya does worry about her father's annoying habit of using endearing nicknames for her at the office. Asking him to stop, she makes it clear she doesn't want Jack to show any favoritism at the office. Meanwhile, after having an electric opener installed on his office door, Jack reveals that he is taking his wife to see King Lear. And while Maya makes clear her love for Shakespeare, everyone else can't go far enough to denounce him. When their ill daughter makes it impossible for Jack and his wife to attend the play, news that it's in London and includes a private jet and first-class hotel accommodations suddenly makes Elliott and Nina wild about Shakespeare. And when Maya complains about him giving the trip to them, Jack reminds her that she didn't want him to show any favoritism. As Jack begins to experience p In a reprise of King Lear, Nina and Elliott begin plotting against one another to see that they get the tickets they need. When their efforts at flattery and then poisoning one another fall short, the two fight over the tickets, only to lose them down the elevator shaft. As Maya reminds him of her lifelong love for Shakespeare, Jack continues to struggle with his uncooperative door opener. Finally, while Nina and Elliott are stranded inside a malfunctioning elevator, Carmen and Finch go to London for the play together.
