Tangled Web

"Tangled Web" is the 16th episode in the third season of Punky Brewster.

Summary
Punky is having an ongoing debate with Henry—she thinks she's old enough to see the R-rated movie Slime Wars in Space, but Henry doesn't agree and won't take her. Cherie and Margaux have each seen it twice, and Punky feels left out because she hasn't seen it at all. Cherie and Margaux hatch a plan to get Punky to the movie theater during school hours. Punky claims illness at the end of lunch, and goes to the theater in disguise while Henry is working. But there are problems: Henry gets called in the middle of a job about Punky's illness, Punky's poor disguise gets a ticket taker named Claude (Lance Wilson-White) fired from the theater when he falls for it, and Cherie's attempts to lie for Punky almost get Henry to start a police search when she doesn't make it back before him. Punky does end up seeing the movie, and when she hears about what's been going on, she convinces the theatre manager (Robin Bach) to give Claude his job back. Henry was furious at Punky for disobeying him, and as her punishment she'll have to work off the money that he cost her when the call from school diverted him from his important job at the studio. The job was to photograph Andre Sockstein (Alan Sues), the conductor of the Chicago Metropolitan Symphony.

Cast

 * Soleil Moon Frye as Punky Brewster
 * Cherie Johnson as Cherie Johnson
 * George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
 * Susie Garrett as Betty Johnson
 * Ami Foster as Margaux Kramer
 * Sandy as Brandon "the Wonder Dog"
 * Robin Bach as Theatre Manager
 * Alan Sues as Andre Sockstein