Grace Under Fire - Season 5 Episode 11
Fire in the Hole

Wade shows up with Dan Gabriel, his old commanding officer in Vietnam, whos now a covert operations/demolition expert. Dan and Grace begin a verbal sparring match almost immediately. Hes a warrior and a hard-core conservative, and Grace hates everything he stands for. Later, Dan has no trouble winning over Jean, and he talks to Libby about how to use psychological intimidation to defend herself against a bully who put gum in her hair. An angry Grace tells Dan to keep himself and his violent approach to life away from her kids, but their conversation ends in a passionate kiss. Grace is horrified that shes madly attracted to a guy she hates, and its obvious that Dans equally attracted. But Dan dives into the river to do some demolition work for D.C. and doesnt come back out. Everyone assumes hes dead, but later, Dan, very much alive, appears at Graces and tells her he faked his death because he needs to disappear for awhile, but hell be back to see her.