White Hunter

"White Hunter" is the first episode in the second season of the show As Time Goes by. It originally aired on 10 January 1993.

Plot
Lionel goes to a photo booth to have his picture taken, but it is being occupied by a rude couple and he waits outside. An asian family comes, also waiting to use the photo booth. The couple leaves and Lionel enters the photo booth only to take bad pictures from his own mistake, the couple from earlier disturbing him, and the asian family seeing if he was done with the photo booth.

Lionel is with Jean discussing the pictures that Lionel took and how silly they look. One picture only has the top of his head, another Lionel is angry from the couple disturbing him, and in another a member of the asian family was in the picture with Lionel. Judy comes in and also talks about the pictures. Jean goes to get her bag. Judy and Lionel discuss Judy’s romantic crush on Lionel and Lionel’s relationship with Jean.

Lionel and Jean are in a Chinese restaurant having dessert talking about the photos. Lionel tells Jean the reason why he went to a photo booth, Alistair decided to put Lionel on the cover of the book and Lionel wanted to see how he photographed. Lionel tries to order brandy by using a trick that picked up from Alistair. Lionel is worried that he going to look sulky when he is photographed. Jean takes out a photo of them together from 38 years ago. The brandy that Lionel ordered is actually tea.

Jean is at the office telling Sandy that she believes that Lionel needs the money from the book sales. Alistair comes in because Jean call for him and asks him whether the book is going to sell. Alistair says that it should sell within reason given the hype and the planned cover. Jean is worried that Lionel’s photo on the book won’t help.

Judy and Sandy are talking about the planned photo which is Lionel in a hat set against a jungle.

Lionel comes to Jean’s for sandwiches. Jean says she talked to Alistair with the cover and that in addition to Lionel, there will be something, though Alistair was vague as to what ‘something’ was. Lionel is insistent that he will not do anything ridiculous and reveals that Alistair has already arranged a photography session for the book cover the next day.

Judy and Sandy talk about Lionel and Jean talk and how late Jean came back to the office while walking back to the office. They walk into the office together.

Jean is on the phone setting up a meeting for three o’clock for George Stillman, who may hire four or five secretary for three months. Lionel asks Jean if she is willing to come to the photoshoot for support, though Jean declines as she has an important meeting with a potential client.

Lionel is at the photoshoot with Alistair points out that the scenery does not look like Kenya. Alistair explains that Lionel’s potential readers believe that that is what Kenya looks like.

Jean ends up deciding to go to Lionel’s photoshoot at 2:40 and tells Judy and Sandy to deal with George Stillman.

Lionel is holding a hat, telling Alistair that he won’t wear the hat when he is given a rifle to hold. Lionel frustrated as he grew coffee, not hunting animals and Alistair points out that coffee does not sell books and that the book cover needs a hint of danger, adventure, and sex. Jean arrives to support Lionel and persuades him to wear the hat and rifle to help sell the book. Alistair bring out Paddy, a scantily clad young woman. Lionel and Jean talk to Alistair about Paddy and Alistair explains that she is portraying Lionel’s wife and providing the sex appeal for the book. As they begin the photoshoot, Paddy seductively holds Lionel’s leg and he gets annoyed when Jean laughs.

Jean arrives at the office to be told that George Stillman was offended that Jean wasn’t there and left. Lionel arrives the office arguing with Jean, Judy comes in and tells Lionel that Jean lost thousands of pounds of business because she missed a client. Lionel relaxes and becomes more thankful to Jean.

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