The evil Trish Niedermeyer
Trish Niedermeyer (Adrienne Barbeau) is the main villainess from The Wayans Bros. episode 2.20: "New Lease on Life" (airdate May 1, 1996). She is the wife of Jay Niedermeyer, who owns the building where Shawn, Marlon, and Pops all work in.
Trish is known to be heavily flirtatious, and she set her sights on Shawn when they were at the diner, as well as the Niedermeyers' penthouse, where Shawn and Marlon were invited to as guests. With Jay's back turned (he was showing Marlon his collection of guns), Trish turned heel and pounced on Shawn, making several physical advances towards him, with Shawn resisting at every turn. Trish later revealed to Shawn that Jay gave her full ownership rights to the entire building, including the newsstand run by Shawn and Marlon, meaning that she controls their lease. After her revelation, the evil Trish gives Shawn an ultimatum: either he gives in to her sexual advances, or the lease gets terminated.
The next evening, Shawn and Marlon snuck into the penthouse, where the former confronts Trish regarding their lease. Trish again made a seductive advance towards Shawn, but it was interrupted when Jay arrived home early from a weekend business trip and the boys had to hide from plain sight. At that moment, Shawn threatens to tell Jay about Trish's villainous motives, which forces Trish to renew their lease.
Trivia[]
- Adrienne Barbeau appeared as Queen of Vermin in the 1995 film Bram Stoker's Burial of the Rats.
- Adrienne Barbeau later lent her voice to the villainous Simone Lenoir in 1998's Scooby Doo on Zombie Island.
- Adrienne Barbeau also played villainous teacher Miss Peters on The Twilight Zone, and also appeared on Murder, She Wrote as the evil Kathryn.
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