# Absolute WTF, 'what were they thinking' plots and subplots in old movies and TV shows **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** theater-stage-dance\ **Created:** [December 27, 2023, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-wtf-what-were-they-thinking-plots-and-subplots-in-old-movies-and-tv-shows/995229 "2023-12-27T13:58:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 129
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-wtf-what-were-they-thinking-plots-and-subplots-in-old-movies-and-tv-shows/995229/129 "2023-12-29T22:23:21Z")
A while back I was watching The Dick Van Dyke show. Rob and Laura had a new neighbor and decided to set him up on some blind dates. Afterwards, they asked which one he would go out with again, to which he told them that he wouldn’t go out with either of them again. As it turns out, he has a habit of hitting women that he likes, so he doesn’t want to go out with either of his dates again for fear of what he might do. I mean, it shows great restraint on his part, but a bizarre topic for an episode of Dick Van Dyke. ~22 mins in for the reveal, should be cued up: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/HlkSD6Rdj1g/maxresdefault.jpg "The Dick Van Dyke Show - Season 3, Episode 16 - The Lady and the Tiger and the Lawyer - Full Episode") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlkSD6Rdj1g&t=1340) --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absolute-wtf-what-were-they-thinking-plots-and-subplots-in-old-movies-and-tv-shows/995229)._