Grid Effect

If there was ever a scene signifying how self-involved and morally corrupt these characters are, it was the scene where Dennis and Dee force the sex offender to move out of town with a preteen kid threatening to accuse him to the cops. This, we can all agree on, is hilarious. No one has any empathy for sex offenders, right?

If Dennis’ problems were by chance, Mac’s soon became self-inflicted by his weirdo father. This, is one character I could do without. The only time a peripheral character has bothered us on this series is Artemus, because, well, what the hell was she? I never really understood the humor to an overweight struggling actress who dresses garishly. That was the extent of her character, and I still don’t understand it.

The issues with the one bland character aside, this was a great episode. Dennis’ vanity being directly threatened always makes for a decent plot, and his will to protect it never (at least for me) grows old. The park scene had me in stitches, it must be hard to find a set of rugged looking, blue collar fathers watching their kids on a playground, but they utilized it well. Also, it was good to see Dee give as good, if not worse, than she gets.

In the same vein as Dennis, a motivated Charlie is a dangerous Charlie. He will literally, betray his mother to get what he wants. I could probably watch him scream in horror for an entire half hour and still find it amusing. He’s done so twice I can recall, once last night and once in “The Gang goes Jihad” episode where the fence was built around the back of Paddy’s.

Other highlights:

-The music they played in the car was appropriately funny.

-The gang’s obsession with cannibalism

-The entire scene towards the end with Charlie and Mac in Dennis’ car assuming his father is killing all the people on his list.

The Mac and Frank storylines, with few exceptions, didn’t do much for me. Mac has Freudian dad issues Frank is horny, we get it. But still, the episode kept up at a decent pace and never felt dull, even when it was unfunny. An hour long episode (note singular conjunction) next week. Looking forward to it.

FNL recap later today. Sometime before 9. Presumably.