The Return of Mr. Bean
| "The Return of Mr. Bean" | |
|---|---|
| Mr. Bean episode | |
| Episode no. | Episode 2 |
| Directed by | John Howard Davies |
| Written by |
Richard Curtis Robin Driscoll Rowan Atkinson |
| Produced by | John Howard Davies |
| Original air date | 5 November 1990 |
| Running time | 24:57 |
| Guest appearance(s) | |
"The Return of Mr. Bean" is the second episode of the television series Mr. Bean, and features three sketches in which Mr. Bean goes shopping in his unique way at a department store, visits a restaurant for a meal that he soon tries to get rid of, and prepares to greet the Queen before a Royal Premiere. The episode was the first to feature the 'Bean falling from sky' opening, though in a basic design, while it was the first to feature the choral theme tune for the show (Ecce homo qui est faba), performed by the Choir of Southwark Cathedral. Written by Robin Driscoll, the first script for the programme, it was produced by Tiger Television, and originally aired on ITV on 5 November 1990.
While heading to an Allders department store, Bean encounters a busker playing a tenor saxophone and finds himself unable to give him any change, as he only has a banknote on him. Having an idea, he places a handkerchief on the ground nearby and performs a silly dance, allowing him to get some change from an elderly woman, which he quickly places in the busker's saxophone case. Following this, Bean soon arrives at the store and takes a moment to admire his new charge card. After having to flee from the perfume department upon feeling overwhelmed by the fragrances, he soon begins searching for items to buy, testing them out first, with some done in unusual fashion – he removes a toothbrush from its packet to see how it feels on his teeth, finds a good peeler by using them on a potato he brought with him, and finds the right frying pan with a fish he had inside his jacket.
When looking for a new telephone, Bean finds the ones on display don't have a dialling tone, and so thinks they don't work, and eventually takes one from a receptionist's desk when he finds it works, apparently unaware that it is not for sale. At the checkout, he sets his card on the counter, only for another customer to mistakenly take it, after accidentally covering up his own charge card of the same kind that the store clerk had returned. Bean, realising this, pickpockets the man and swaps the cards back but, when returning the customer's wallet to his back pocket, he manages to get his hand stuck and finds himself being unwittingly pulled all the way into the men's toilets. In the cubicle, Bean finds himself trapped, with the customer not knowing he is there until he helps him to find the roll of toilet paper, jumping up in fright upon doing so as Bean smiles nervously at the man.
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