TV-Reviewed

With Frank owning the bar now, Dee and Dennis don’t like the fact that their dad is ordering them around so much, while Charlie and Mac get to play video games and hang out. Dee and Dennis decide to pursue their dreams and collect unemployment and then attempt to seek welfare which ends up leading to the two becoming crack addicts.

The pairing of Dee and Dennis has been pure gold in the past and this episode was no different. The two try to seek welfare, but apparently they only give welfare to drug addicts, alcoholics, and people with other diseases (yes, I know they actually give it to people who need it also). The two decide to smoke crack, thinking they can get a doctor’s order that says that they smoke crack. The two end up buying some crack, even though they end up paying a ridiculous fee of two hundred dollars for one rock. They end up sleeping through their Dr’s appointment and then when they try it again, they ultimately find themselves sitting on a corner looking homeless. This was all some funny stuff and props have to be given to the makeup artists and the acting, because they really came off like a couple of crack heads.

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With Dee and Dennis gone, Frank tries to become a father figure to Mac and Charlie. It was kind of funny watching as Frank kept suggesting they do father/son things to do like playing video game and tossing around the pigskin. Mac and Charlie go to the welfare office to hire welfare workers so they don’t have to work anymore; plus it apparently saves money. The two kept making a big deal about using the word slave, because they didn’t want to offend the black people, but really they were just offending anyone who was going to come to work for them.

There was too much for Mac, Charlie and Frank to do. Dennis and Dee had a single storyline that worked until the end of the episode, but Mac and Charlie were involved in hiring welfare worker, the whole father/son thing with Frank, and then stealing the money that Frank put into a bank account under Charlie’s name. There was just all too much and we there wasn’t enough time focused on either of the situations to get a laugh out of them.

It was cool how they were able to split the gang into two groups though and bring them together in the end with Frank firing the welfare workers and hiring the new crack addicted Dee and Dennis, promoting Charlie to manager for showing leadership by stealing Franks money and firing Mac for being a follower.

This was a good episode where some things worked and others didn’t works so well. Frank really didn’t add much to this episode and hopefully the writer’s find a way to work him into the episode better next week.

Rating: 7.5