Lost Lady    Directed by  Vincent McEveety Written by Lee Sheldon Synopsis:  Janet returns to the Simons' life, but not in a way they could have imagined. She's been  hospitalized after a car accident near the Mexican border that seems to have been caused by drugs she has taken. Town checks into how she could  have gotten there and finds she's been fired from the State Attorney General's office for drug abuse. Town, Rick and AJ wait at the hospital for her to regain consciousness. Both brothers  assure Town there's no way she would ever do drugs. When Janet wakes up, she can't help shed any light on her situation because she has amnesia. Cecilia takes her in until she feels better. AJ is taken  aback by this twist in his life. He finds himself wondering why it didn't  work with Janet in the first place. When Janet asks him questions about  herself, he's not entirely honest with her - he tells her the way he wanted her to be instead of the way she truly was. After Cecilia hears him doing it, she sits her youngest child down and tells him to cut it  out. Trying to clear  Janet from a drug rap, AJ goes to the Mexican hotel where Janet had been staying and finds a man rifling through her room. When AJ confronts him, he instantly lunges at AJ and decks him with an ashtray. Before he leaves, the blond Simon discovers a vial of drugs under her pillow. That night, as Cecilia and Janet are reading, a man breaks into the house and tries to kill Janet. Rick and AJ arrive just in time, but don't get a look at the  guy. Cecilia describes him to AJ, but it's not the same man that was in Janet's hotel room. The man who  attacked Janet in Mexico and tried to kill her in Cecilia's house turns out to be a small time drug dealer working for a big time dealer. The big  time dealer has decided that the publicity of Janet's return puts him at risk if anyone links her to him. To get rid of the link, he kills the small time dealer. Rick,  meanwhile, is having some difficulties with her return, also. Here is  Janet, but she's a Janet without all the prejudices against him that she  used to have. As Rick is watching over her in a hotel suite, he finds  himself drawn to her, but doesn't press the issue. The next time  the guys go to the office, they find the man who attacked AJ waiting for  them. It turns out he works for the State Attorney General's office and is  engaged to Janet. He confirms that Janet hadn't been fired because of a drug addiction - that was simply her cover while she tried to infiltrate  the drug ring. Both brothers come back down to earth and turn their full  focus on their investigation. The small time dealer's body is found and the brothers realize he fits their mom's description of the guy who broke in. Town finds out he's been fired once from a chemical factory for making illegal drugs there. After a little  checking into the place he'd been working when he died, they make the link to the big time dealer and head for his hideout. When they get  there, he's busy destroying all of the evidence against him. The Simons wrack their brains to come up with what to do now that the evidence is  gone. They still have the vial AJ found in Janet's hotel room and decide to plant it in the dealer's car. Before Rick can do it, the dealer speeds off, heading for the border. The Simons follow him there, and AJ distracts Town and everybody else by making a  racket about the dealer having an affair with his 16 year-old daughter. Rick sneaks to the back of the car to try again to plant the drugs, but finds a gun hidden under the back bumper. He gives AJ the high sign and  Town finds the gun. Though he had suspected the Simons of trying to plant  evidence (which they were), the gun is obviously a permanent feature of the car and the dealer is arrested. Town sends the gun off for testing,  and we know it'll match the gun that killed the small time dealer. Janet, memory  restored, says her fond farewells to the Simon family and heads back to  Sacramento with her betrothed. Review: How  can I not love an episode that brings Janet back to the show? It's just so good to see her again, I'd accept  any plot they threw at me. I might wish that she had not lost her memory so we could see the real Janet interacting with the Simons, but that would  bring its own set of problems. She'd either have to still be engaged and  know it the whole time, or not be engaged and...well, who knows what would have happened. Since she could only be in one episode, it's probably  better that she wasn't single. Well, at least we got to enjoy AJ's and  Rick's flashbacks. I  definitely wish I knew more about the circumstances of her leaving San  Diego. I'm pretty sure I saw the episodes around the time she disappeared, but I sure didn't see any explanation or good-bye. If this is something A&E cut, they have some explaining to do. If it was never shown, I'm disappointed. She was too big a part of the Simons' lives to vanish without a whisper, much less a bang. So, we have a 'lost lady' who awakens to find AJ smiling at her  while sitting at her bedside. I don't know if I'd care what my previous  life had been, except for clearing the drug charge. But that's not how  Janet's mind works (or mine, I guess) - she's an investigator at heart, and wants to get down to the bottom of things. I can't think of a better  bunch of folks to recover with. AJ's response is interesting. I don't think he intentionally meant to mold  Janet into the 'perfect woman'. He's probably idealized their relationship  in his own mind to the point that he didn't know he's lying to her. Enter Cecilia to set her son straight, and AJ realizes she's right. It's so sad when he says he at least got her favorite ice cream right. The  feelings Rick have for her are a surprise, though they probably shouldn't be. Janet's a beautiful, intelligent, spunky lady that he's loved for years as a friend, with perhaps a bit of a crush on the side. He likes strong women, as well, and she was strong enough to tell him exactly what she thought of him, even though she barely reaches his shoulder. There's a  lot to love about Janet, so it's probably natural for Rick to be attracted  to her, tempered by his brother's former relationship with her. Though he may have always looked, he continues not to  touch. This episode's just full of great interactions - from AJ trying to peek in Cecilia's naughty-looking mail to Rick telling Janet to 'take care of yourself, sweetie', there are plenty of touching and funny moments to spare. Jeannie Wilson, JP, and Mac light up when they're together and it's  a joy to see it happen once again. 5 out of 5 Camaros        ©"Simon & Simon" and all of its characters'  copyrights are held by Universal City Studios, as are all pictures and quotes on this site unless otherwise noted. This site is completely  nonprofit - I don't get a dime. On the contrary, it is my hope that  the copyright holders will make more items available for sale so  others and I can spend more money!