播出時間：12/29(四)23:10/2011(次日下午14:00重播)
頻道：GOOD TV (ch15)好消息電視台
感動指數★★★★★
情節指數★★★★★
思索指數★★★★★
角色名稱：
Joel Redding：約爾瑞汀
Sally：莎莉
Marshall：馬修
Bebe Manero：碧碧馬奈洛
Karen：凱倫
內容大意：
曾是知名日間連續劇演員的約爾瑞汀，受木橋學院聘任為客座教授，並為社區募款活動演出莎翁戲劇。約爾的兒子馬修相當崇拜父親，對戲劇也充滿熱情。某晚，馬修來到校內劇院，竟發現父親與一名女學生擁吻，父子關係出現裂痕。約爾的妻子莎莉又在此時於家中跌倒撞擊到頭部，引起嚴重血腫。莎莉是否會有起色？約爾與馬修父子倆能否言和？且看三位天使們從中協助，使一切最終能皆大歡喜。
編按／譯者劉鴻輝表示：「這一集翻譯起來有些困難，劇中有多處莎士比亞戲劇對白，正規洗練，時而鏗鏘有力，時而華麗的詞藻造成翻譯上很大的挑戰。原文劇名The Quality of Mercy出自莎翁戲劇＜威尼斯商人＞(The Merchant of Venice)。此集中有出自＜殉情記＞（即＜羅密歐與茱麗葉＞）、＜馬克白＞、＜亨利五世＞、＜暴風雨＞、＜哈姆雷特＞等經典莎翁名劇的對白，編導將這些對白插入適切的情境中，用心與巧思清楚可見。蒙妮卡在劇末現身開導人時，所說的第一段話也是＜威尼斯商人＞的對白。為了與充滿莎翁氣息的內容對應，我也以他知名喜劇為本集命名，即你所見的＜皆大歡喜＞（All’s Well That Ends Well）。黛絲在劇末也引用這劇名，形容美好的結局。」
Joel Redding is a former soap-opera star who is coming to terms with middle age and life after television. He, his wife, Sally and son, Marshall have moved to a small town trying to regain a semblance of normal family life. While helping with a college theatre's fund raiser, Monica, Tess, and Andrew witness tension between Joel, the play's director and Marshall, the play's star. Matters are further complicated when the aging actor initiates an affair with one of his teenage ingenues. During one of Joel's extracurricular trysts, Sally slips while hanging a picture and seriously injures herself. Marshall finds his mother, calls for help, and gets her to the hospital. After authorizing the doctor to perform a risky surgical procedure, the teen rails at Joel when he finally returns from his rendezvous. Tess reveals herself to the guilt-ridden husband, admonishing him to be faithful to his wife and son. Back at the theatre, Joel tries to apologize to his son and admits he didn't quit the soap opera but was fired because of his age. Marshall is still reluctant to forgive until Monica's revelation that he must see his father as a man, rather than as a hero to be worshipped. Sally's surgery is successful, the production is a triumph, and the family is reunited.
Posted in: 
