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Recap / Highway To Heaven S 1 E 18 The Banker And The Bum

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Tropes seen in this episode:

  • Awful Wedded Life: Melvin's relationship with his wife, Lottie is estranged due to him being more concern with his business than her. Thankfully, it gets better after Wally cleans up "Melvin's" act.
  • Everyone Has Standards: Granted, Wally already is a Nice Guy, but he doesn't go further than kissing Lottie (Melvin's wife) since he believes it's wrong to do so.
  • "Freaky Friday" Flip: The premise of this episode is about a big-hearted bum (Wally) and a cold-hearted tycoon(Melvin Rich) switching places and walking a mile in each other's shoes.
  • Heel–Face Turn: After experiencing life from Wally's point of view and seeing how much "the bum" fixed not only his business, but his marriage, Melvin Rich has a change of heart and becomes a much kinder, better person overall.
  • Nice Guy: Wally The Waver, despite being poor, is shown to be very kind and friendly to those he comes across.

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