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Russian Roulette is the thirteenth episode of the First Season of I Dream of Jeannie. Directed by E.W. Swackhamer, it first aired 11 December 1965 on NBC.

Short Summary[]

When Tony and Roger are entertaining two Russian cosmonauts, Roger inadvertently gives the female Russian Jeannie's bottle with Jeannie in it.

Summary[]

When Russian cosmonauts, Majors Tiomkin and Posnovsky arrive at Cape Kennedy, General Barkley volunteers Tony Nelson to give them a VIP tour of NASA. One turns out to be an attractive blonde with designs on Tony. Jealous Jeannie slips her bottle into Roger's jacket pocket, and he unwittingly carries it to the swanky hotel where both the NASA representatives and the Cosmonauts are lodging during the cosmonauts' visit. Roger gives Tiomkin the bottle, not realizing it's Jeannie's; when Tony tries to retrieve it from her, saying it's a family heirloom, General Barkley, not wanting to offend the Russians, makes him give her the bottle with NASA's blessing, so she becomes Jeannie's new Master.

Upon meeting Tony, she quickly becomes infatuated and greets him by asking him to "Call me Sonya, Big Daddy!" Sonya is astonished to see Jeannie slip out of her bottle when she opens it. Testing her powers, she makes Tony kick General Barkley, then Dr. Bellows, as well!

After an angry General Barkley orders Dr. Bellows to do a full medical examination on Tony to find out why he kicked him, Jeannie finds her way to get Tony out of trouble. The next day in his office, she gets Bellows to kick him, returning the favor from the evening before!

When Tony and Roger try to go to the airport to track down Sonya, who was due to fly out with Major Posnovsky that afternoon, and the plane takes off of the runway, all looks lost for Jeannie, Tony, and the free world. Tony panics and says "You know that that bottle is in the hands of the Russians!"

But, all is not completely lost. Sonya wished to become what she always wanted to be: A wealthy American! In addition to her newfound wealth, a villa on the Riviera, mansion in Beverly Hills, and private chauffeur, she also wants to marry Tony. Jeannie conjures up a "phony Tony" who is able to get her to leave the bottle behind as they go away together!

Tony, in disbelief at what he sees, asks "What's gonna happen when she finds out she's married a phony Tony?" Jeannie replies, "l do not care, Master, darling, as long as l have the real one!"

Goofs[]

  • Tony says that even if he did marry Jeannie, he couldn't fit in her bottle but he's already been inside her bottle, when she wanted them to be undisturbed at the end of The Yacht Murder Case. (Season 1, episode 6).

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