[6.2/10] Well, this episode had some solid ideas that kind of sputtered out at the end. Jenny using the baby monitor to scoop Kevin on a trade veers into her meaner/more devious side, but it’s an entertaining bit. Peter trying to shake Gabe from The Office and master the acquaintance-shedding move on the “friend-off” is good for a larf. Ruxin worrying that Sofia is going to (deservedly) kick his ass to the curb is an amusing look for the character. And Taco sliding into his own therapy business is worth some easy laughs.
But then things spiral out and the episodes kind of falls of a cliff. Peter and Ruxin’s stories colliding isn’t the worst idea in the world, but Ruxin’s actions make no sense, and then they’re just carted off in a day laborer’s truck without any further payoff or consequence. (Though maybe Sofia runs away with Lane? Who knows.) And things absolutely crater when the rest of the group hears about Andre’s impotence, and it’s raised in a Taco-led group therapy session. It’s just another cavalcade of lame jokes and tired jabs at Andre, and not the guffah-inducing final comic set piece it’s supposed to be. I’m not sure I laughed once in the last 7-10 minutes of the episode.
Overall, this is an episode with some nice setups and good ideas, that completely squanders them in the back half of the ep.
Review by Andrew BloomVIP 9BlockedParent2019-01-26T19:20:11Z
[6.2/10] Well, this episode had some solid ideas that kind of sputtered out at the end. Jenny using the baby monitor to scoop Kevin on a trade veers into her meaner/more devious side, but it’s an entertaining bit. Peter trying to shake Gabe from The Office and master the acquaintance-shedding move on the “friend-off” is good for a larf. Ruxin worrying that Sofia is going to (deservedly) kick his ass to the curb is an amusing look for the character. And Taco sliding into his own therapy business is worth some easy laughs.
But then things spiral out and the episodes kind of falls of a cliff. Peter and Ruxin’s stories colliding isn’t the worst idea in the world, but Ruxin’s actions make no sense, and then they’re just carted off in a day laborer’s truck without any further payoff or consequence. (Though maybe Sofia runs away with Lane? Who knows.) And things absolutely crater when the rest of the group hears about Andre’s impotence, and it’s raised in a Taco-led group therapy session. It’s just another cavalcade of lame jokes and tired jabs at Andre, and not the guffah-inducing final comic set piece it’s supposed to be. I’m not sure I laughed once in the last 7-10 minutes of the episode.
Overall, this is an episode with some nice setups and good ideas, that completely squanders them in the back half of the ep.