[7.1/10] This one had a few laughs, but mostly fits into the “go as wacky and broad as possible” approach for each storyline, which doesn’t typically click with me. It can work in small doses, but tons of the shtick here felt like something you’d see on TGIF.
That’s starts with David’s storyline being forced to babysit for Roland Jr., only to end up pretending to be his dad to impress a potential buyer. It’s such a zany mixup sort of deal that it made me roll my eyes from the start, especially Roland just leaving his child in the store. Roland continues not to act like anything even approaching a real human being. But David’s reactions to the baby, his efforts to pretend to know about Roland Jr., and the awkwardness of Roland’s return and failure to play along provides some chuckles.
It’s still a bit of dated sitcom weirdness when Johnny mistakenly believes that Ted’s mom is attracted to him. The show goes over the top with it, having Ms. Mullins’ behavior seems ridiculously flirty only to throw in the punchline at the end that she’s dating her Zumba instructor. It’s a weird subplot to begin with, but as in the David storyline, there’s some yuks to be had from Johnny and Alexis’s reactions to the whole thing. Johnny’s “No, we’re in this now, Alexis” line in particular was a big laugh.
My favorite storyline of the three, which is admittedly not a high bar, was Moira insinuating herself into Jocelyn’s production of Cabaret. Some parts of it rubbed me the wrong way, mostly that Moira starts to feel unlikable when Jocelyn is clearly cracking up a bit and asking for help, and Moira’s is either oblivious or intentional uncaring about it. It’s an unfortunate left turn away from their great moment in the casino episode. That said, I like that Moira shows a legitimate talent for directing here and elicits a great audition from Patrick to boot. I hope they cut poor Jocelyn a break at some point, but this feels like a storyline with potential.
Overall, this one definitely veers into broader and zanier territory for the show, but manage to get a few solid laughs out of the deal.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParentSpoilers2020-07-13T23:45:20Z
[7.1/10] This one had a few laughs, but mostly fits into the “go as wacky and broad as possible” approach for each storyline, which doesn’t typically click with me. It can work in small doses, but tons of the shtick here felt like something you’d see on TGIF.
That’s starts with David’s storyline being forced to babysit for Roland Jr., only to end up pretending to be his dad to impress a potential buyer. It’s such a zany mixup sort of deal that it made me roll my eyes from the start, especially Roland just leaving his child in the store. Roland continues not to act like anything even approaching a real human being. But David’s reactions to the baby, his efforts to pretend to know about Roland Jr., and the awkwardness of Roland’s return and failure to play along provides some chuckles.
It’s still a bit of dated sitcom weirdness when Johnny mistakenly believes that Ted’s mom is attracted to him. The show goes over the top with it, having Ms. Mullins’ behavior seems ridiculously flirty only to throw in the punchline at the end that she’s dating her Zumba instructor. It’s a weird subplot to begin with, but as in the David storyline, there’s some yuks to be had from Johnny and Alexis’s reactions to the whole thing. Johnny’s “No, we’re in this now, Alexis” line in particular was a big laugh.
My favorite storyline of the three, which is admittedly not a high bar, was Moira insinuating herself into Jocelyn’s production of Cabaret. Some parts of it rubbed me the wrong way, mostly that Moira starts to feel unlikable when Jocelyn is clearly cracking up a bit and asking for help, and Moira’s is either oblivious or intentional uncaring about it. It’s an unfortunate left turn away from their great moment in the casino episode. That said, I like that Moira shows a legitimate talent for directing here and elicits a great audition from Patrick to boot. I hope they cut poor Jocelyn a break at some point, but this feels like a storyline with potential.
Overall, this one definitely veers into broader and zanier territory for the show, but manage to get a few solid laughs out of the deal.