Grid Effect

Well, if nothing else, that ending was certainly unexpected. As far as a humor quotient is concerned last night’s episode was off the charts. Relaxed, unpredictable and at least somewhat original. Not to mention that there were two sound plotlines, one with a humorous conclusion and the other was a surprisingly emotional resolution, as a break from the rest of the episode.

In the age old question as to who amongst friends is more capable of bedding women, Eric was put to the task against Turtle, which actually seems like an even challenge in terms of approachability, but with Vince as a mentor to Eric it kind of tips the scales. The use of Craigslist was apropos of how I imiagine Drama has met most of the women he knows in SoCal, and the revelation that the reasonably attractive woman they met had some twisted fetish (which was rife with material, especially since Drama was so well versed in the underbelly of “Furries”) only further propogated what I thought was a hilarious episode. Kudos to Turtle for not succumbing to the prospect of sex in a bunny outfit.

The Eric and Vince storyline was kind of typical and dull, only because I can’t understand why Eric, who they were treating as a shoe in to win this competition, is considered to be in such high demand without Vince around. I can suspend disbelief for a good while, but to pretend like Eric would be a lock to lay some insanely attractive British girl even if he wasn’t friends with Vince and if he wasn’t so shy, doesn’t really ring true to me. At least we got some closure on the whole Sloane thing, if that’s your bag.

The end of the “where’s Ari’s son going to school at?” subplot finally came to a close, and it was vexing. Watching Ari (and this is a credit to Piven, who completely sold the part) breakdown and start crying in front of the private school’s headmaster after holding back the tears when his son asked him about going to school with a friend, really was unexpected. As is the land of perenially happy endings, Ari bribed the headmaster by giving his son a management position if he granted admission for his. Regardless of how inconsequential or convoluted you may have thought the story was, it was interesting/entertaining watching Ari knocked down a peg.

Some may call this episode, particularly the plot the title references, contrived and desperate. But it came witha bevy of laughs and that is primarily what this series’ aim should be, and this episode matched that. “The Day Fu*kers” is the best episode they have produced in that vein since the Vegas episode in the first half of season three. Hopefully they keep this upward trend they have been on since the unbearable “Malibooty” episode.