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|data8 = [[:Category:Narrative Monologue|Narrative Monologue]], [[:Category:Absurd Monologue|Absurd Monologue]], 58 minutes
|data4  = January 16, [[:Category:2000|2000]]
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''He's always hated Christmas; it's the most depressing time of the year.''

'''Mercy''', also known as '''Mercy Now''', is a program Joe Frank produced as part of the series [[The Other Side (Series)|The Other Side]]. It was originally broadcast on January 16, [[:Category:2000|2000]].

== Synopsis ==
A failed screenwriter sees his lover Margo then goes to their cottage
at Big Sur with his wife, Ann, for New Year's of 1999/2000, is in a
bad mood the whole time, watches a sword & sandal movie instead of the
celebrations his wife wants to watch, stuffs himself at dinner, has a
disagreement with his son, who visits while passing through.

35: Joe sees a beautiful young woman on the beach, then discovers
she's a man.<ref>aired originally in [[Joe Frank's America]], without
the music</ref>

42: Joe recommends not-complaining.<ref>aired originally in
[[Smile]]</ref>

48:20: A woman recalls the boy she fell in love with in school at age
12.<ref>aired originally in [[The More I Know You]]</ref>

54:30: Joe says that if we think hard enough we may create meaning,
understand underlying hidden meaning, encoded messages.

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<div style="font-weight:bold;line-height:1.6;">Legacy Synopsis</div>
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About a man who is depressed around Christmas 1999, his wife Ann and his mistress Margo.  Narrator at the beach, dreaming.  Woman talks about her taste in men, being a girl.
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== Music == 
{{Illicity Part One (Extended Spirit)}} [Intro]
{{Love (Patrice)}} [34:35] <!--TBD: album version or longer single version? -->
{{Prison Blues (Alex)}} [40:30]

==Commentary==
The second segment is set in a similar location as the first.
I didn't notice that it was separate the first few times I
listened.[[User:Arthur Peabody|Arthur Peabody]] ([[User talk:Arthur Peabody|talk]]) 23:35, 6 January 2022 (EST)
==Footnotes==
[[Category:Narrative_Monologue]]
[[Category:Absurd_Monologue]]
[[Category:Larry Block]]
[[Category:2000]]
[[Category:Debi Mae West]]
[[Category:Show]]
[[Category:The Other Side]]	[[Category:Show_by_date|20000116]]	{{Airdate|airdate=2000-01-16}}
{{Series|series=The Other Side}}{{Cast|cast=[[Larry Block]], [[Debi Mae West]], Joe Frank}}