《《》》Storyline
In their police office, Riggs loudly announced that Murtaugh's pretty young daughter Rianne (Traci Wolfe) was making her TV debut in a commercial that evening.Dreading being in debt again the next month, however, she is considering separating from him.Like a milestone around his neck, she holds him back as a wife that must be supported.He and his impecunious career would be better off if they "bust-up." He has good ideas as an inventor, but no wherewithal to profitably finance hem.Her attitude toward marriage can be summed up in utilitarian fashion - she lacks domestic skills (of cooking and sewing) as a homemaker, but is confident of providing for her own material well-being hrough a rich male provider:Gerry: You see, by yourself, you could live so simply.] After learning the little girl's name is actually Cathy, Annie shares her cigarettes and asks knowingly: "Are you a friend of Mitch's?" During heir conversation - which tiptoes gingerly and anxiously around he subject of their shared interest - Mitch, Annie's former boyfriend, he schoolteacher speaks of her gardening to fill her spare time:This tilling of the soil can become compulsive, you know.And before long, the bad men came back and...Just then, for a frightening moment (strikingly portrayed from John's point of view or perspective), a huge, terrifying black shadow of the head of the 'Preacher' covers John on the wall of the children's bedroom.