- When other housekeepers of the neighborhood find out how much Tony is earning, they go on a strike until they are given a higher salary. Oddly, Angela encourages Tony to join them, until she learns the downsides about this.
- After a fellow housekeeper accidentally discovers Angela pays Tony a lot more, albeit he's really best, she gets all colleagues to strike demanding a raise to his level. Tony wouldn't strike, being happy, until Angela convinces him to practice 'solidarity'. When Angela realizes that means no Tony to treat a major Japanese client to the home dinner she promised, he stick to her original logic. The strike develops its own dynamic.—KGF Vissers
- Tony is practicing cooking Japanese food because an important client of Angela's is coming from Japan and Angela has promised him a home-cooked meal. Angela is in a hurry to get to work, but she writes out Tony's paycheck and leaves it on the kitchen table before she leaves.
After she leaves, the neighbor's new housekeeper, Frances, comes in to meet Tony. She catches Tony up on all the neighborhood gossip, and spots the check on the table. She asks Tony what it is, and he grabs it, saying it's his paycheck. She is shocked by how little he makes in a month - until he says that's what he makes per week. Now she's jealous. That makes him the highest paid housekeeper in the neighborhood.
Tony invites Frances to the neighborhood housekeeper's coffee clatch, and at the meeting, the housekeepers decide to strike to demand higher salaries. Tony is reluctant to join in because he's very happy with Angela (which makes the others wonder if he's getting other benefits on the side...), but Angela encourages him to participate and support the cause of his fellow housekeepers. He agrees and goes on strike, leaving Angela to prepare dinner herself and wonder what she got herself into.
The next day, Angela's client calls, saying he is in town tonight instead of when they originally planned to meet. She panics a bit and wants Tony to help her clean the house and get dinner ready. He's busy painting signs for the strike and he refuses, reminding her he's on strike. She asks him to help her as her friend instead of her housekeeper, and they get in an argument, with Tony accusing Angela of being self-centered.
Mona, who only wants her laundry done, settles the argument by declaring Tony is right and Angela is wrong. (Why? Because Angela is always wrong. And Mona wants her laundry done.) She goes on to Angela about how Tony is always stubborn and never ever gives in. Angela backs down, admitting he isn't always so stubborn. Then Mona goes on to Tony about how Angela is so self-centered and never thinks of anyone else. He also backs down, admitting she's done a lot of nice things for him, and after all, he is the highest paid housekeeper in the neighborhood.
Tony and Angela make up right as Frances and the girls come in announcing the strike is over. Frances explains that their bosses realized even with a raise, they were still cheaper than the temps they tried to hire! And Frances is proud to now be the highest paid housekeeper in the neighborhood. And she still wants to know if Tony and Angela are sleeping together. Tony kicks her out.
Tony of course proceeds to cook dinner for Angela's client, and Angela gives him a raise too, keeping him the highest paid housekeeper around.
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