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In the episode of A&E's Nero Wolfe series we watched tonight, Archie pretended to be engaged to a woman for plot reasons and also to troll Wolfe, and then proceeds to go to a Christmas party as said pretend-fiancee's date.
Whereupon Wolfe dresses up as Santa Clause to tend bar incognito at the party (it's being thrown by a buddy of his) in order to spy on Archie and the fake-fiancee interacting. Nero Wolfe, who refuses to go to the inconvenience of leaving his house even when offered large sums of money to do so, sneaks out of the house wearing a Santa suit in order to spy on Archie's date. I'm sure there's a heterosexual explanation for his being that possessive and jealous of Archie, which probably boils down to, "because he's Nero Wolfe and he's controlling and weird," but still.
Whereupon Wolfe dresses up as Santa Clause to tend bar incognito at the party (it's being thrown by a buddy of his) in order to spy on Archie and the fake-fiancee interacting. Nero Wolfe, who refuses to go to the inconvenience of leaving his house even when offered large sums of money to do so, sneaks out of the house wearing a Santa suit in order to spy on Archie's date. I'm sure there's a heterosexual explanation for his being that possessive and jealous of Archie, which probably boils down to, "because he's Nero Wolfe and he's controlling and weird," but still.