Two more Thanksgiving episodes down, none to go, I
think. It was a really strong night,
with one homage to the Godfather, and one hilarious dinner. Let’s get right to…
Raising Hope
Apparently, the Chances live in Natesville, and it is famous
for it’s radishes. Everyone is at the
Radish Festival, and we learn that there is a candy selling contest to win the
prize of the Little Pilgrim on the We Love Radishes float in the parade. Jimmy reveals
that he actually won the contest once, and he and Sabrina decide they want Hope to win this year as an incentive to
potty train.
Jimmy and Sabrina attempt to help Hope, but fail miserably,
because the candy sucks. It turns out
when Jimmy won, Burt and Virginia
melted down the chocolate, and had Maw Maw remake it better. And by better, I mean bacon. Because bacon, or bacon drippings in this
instance, make everything better. The newly converted chocolate bars were like
crack, and everyone in town wanted some, and so Jimmy won over Virginia’s
coworker’s kid.
The whole family gets into the candy remanufacturing business,
and they got right back into the illicit candy trade. Barney, the auxiliary police chief of the Radish
Festival is not impressed, and tries to get Jimmy to rat out his family as the
makers. Though honestly, I’m not really
sure why he didn’t like it. The candy
was selling much better, and they get a lot of money for the festival. But whatever.
It made for a fun little candy war with Virginia’s coworker, using an
ice cream truck for a pusher.
In the end, Hope gets to be the Little Pilgrim, and it is
super cute.
This was a fun, fluffy episode. There were tons of funny moments, and I
caught a few of them for you:
A TV Reporter, describing the Radish Festival: "…a place where small business afraid of the internet can
advertise!"
Maw Maw, when the family found her in the pantry: "I was hoping the cabinet would transport me to a magical
place where none of you existed."
Maw Maw, upon
hearing they are getting back into the chocolate business: “Fire up the bunson
burner. We’re gonna drop some cocoa
madness on those chumps.”
Virginia, when
Sabrina attempts to eat a candy bar in the kitchen: “Bitch, you know we don’t
get high on our own supply.”
Jimmy, when
Barney tries to get him to snitch: “Snitches get stitches!”
Happy Endings
This was hilarious.
We finally got the ‘how the gang’ got together’ episode, and it was
amazeballs.
So it turns out, Max
and Brad were on The Real World, but it didn’t air because one of the
housemates burned the house down. Max’s
story revolved around how he was so excited that he would have been the first
openly gay guy on TV, except for a bunch of people that Penny schooled him on. When
they finally got to that scene, Max had taken a gigantic bite of sandwich, and
it sounded like he said “I’m Greg,” not gay, so Max got nothin.
Brad was all excited to see the first time he met Jane, but his younger self was NOT
impressed with her controlling nature.
In the present day, Jane was pissed, and gave Brad the silent
treatment. That is, until her scene came
up: She had been going to hook up with another housemate when she drunkenly stumbled
into Brad’s room. Brad wasn’t impressed
with THAT, but they made up with the realization that everyone makes mistakes,
and sometimes mistakes can be wonderful, like Slinkies.
Penny spent her
time unintentionally freaking Alex out
by asking why Dave hadn’t moved all his stuff in yet. They still have a cobbled together dining
room set with a sex swing as the head of the table chair. Then Penny feels all guilty because she’s
worried that she’s subconsciously sabotaging the Alex/Dave relationship due to
her feelings for him.
And Dave was a
douche the end.
I love these kind of shows, even if it doesn’t really make
sense in the continuity, but I think the writers covered most of their bases
here. There were so many funny lines I
couldn’t possibly catch them all, but I did get a few:
Alex, during a
fun fact round table: “I have a fun fact!
Our ancestors, the Serbian people, were celebrating thanksgiving
too! They were thanking God for sparing
them from the wolves while giving each other the plague! That wasn’t fun, was it?”
Brad, after his
first interaction with Jane: “Kerkovich? More like Kerkobitch!”
Max, when Penny
asks if she’s overthinking: “It’s just a figment of your little tiny girl brain.”
Alex, after Penny
tried to explain away her crazy behavior: “I am so…TIRED of people using
Vanilla Sky to defend everything!”
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