[6.9/10] Not as good as the pilot. I have to admit, I did enjoy seeing Dennis get shot down by the pro-choice activists, only to try to climb the fence and get attack by both sides. The poetic irony of him being pelted with breaking eggs was pretty funny.
But the main stories didn’t do much for me. Charlie thinking he might be a father, trying to get out of that, and then using it when he realizes it might help him to bond with the waitress is a nicely despicable plan, but his interaction with the annoying kid didn’t really make me laugh. I realize the point was to make him seem as childish as the kid he was theoretically chaperoning, but it just didn’t do it for me.
Mac’s story of being, at being nominally staunchly religious and pro-life but then getting into an anti-abortion group just to sleep with a woman who works there was amusingly hypocritical. His enthusiasm and then immediate retreat when he thinks she’s pregnant (not to mention his going overboard to impress her how anti-abortion he is) was amusing enough. It’s not the most hilarious bit, but it has its moments.
I also enjoyed the opening, with the munchkin dances interrupted by the alleged news that he is a father, which is a very tidy little comedic bit. But overall, this was just a little weaker than the last one.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2017-03-02T02:30:56Z
[6.9/10] Not as good as the pilot. I have to admit, I did enjoy seeing Dennis get shot down by the pro-choice activists, only to try to climb the fence and get attack by both sides. The poetic irony of him being pelted with breaking eggs was pretty funny.
But the main stories didn’t do much for me. Charlie thinking he might be a father, trying to get out of that, and then using it when he realizes it might help him to bond with the waitress is a nicely despicable plan, but his interaction with the annoying kid didn’t really make me laugh. I realize the point was to make him seem as childish as the kid he was theoretically chaperoning, but it just didn’t do it for me.
Mac’s story of being, at being nominally staunchly religious and pro-life but then getting into an anti-abortion group just to sleep with a woman who works there was amusingly hypocritical. His enthusiasm and then immediate retreat when he thinks she’s pregnant (not to mention his going overboard to impress her how anti-abortion he is) was amusing enough. It’s not the most hilarious bit, but it has its moments.
I also enjoyed the opening, with the munchkin dances interrupted by the alleged news that he is a father, which is a very tidy little comedic bit. But overall, this was just a little weaker than the last one.