First Aired: Thursday August 11, 2005
An old girlfriend of Charlie's comes to tell him that he has a 10 year old son. Mac joins a pro-life organization to score with a girl while Dee and Denis join the pro-lifers.
A very funny Charlie episode where he finds out that he has a son. Everything seems to be going wrong for him with the child, a rambunctious hell raiser, until he sees the waitress and tells her that he is his "big brother" in order to get points with her. He then finds out that the child isn't his and that his girlfriend was trying to pull a fast one because he needed a role model. At first, Charlie is angry but he still needs to kid to fulfill his car pool "date" with the waitress to a Big Brother/Big Sister picnic. Charlie Day is an expectational over-the-top actor in the comedic realm. His expressions, even the most minute sigh or look, can invoke hilarity. While I felt sorry for Charlie having to deal with the kid, I sometimes felt worse for the kid to have such a father as Charlie. There were a number of parts that I rewound multiple times just to laugh at his performance.
The other storyline dealt with Mac trying to score with a pro-lifer at abortion rallies. After telling Dennis about the scam, Dennie decides to join in, but opts for the pro-choicers since Mac talks them up a bit more. Dee and Denis join the pro-choicers, but Denis gets shot down multiple times. I enjoyed his performance much more in this episode, especially during the rally, then I did in the first episode. Dee was also funny when trying to help Charlie get a date with the waitress. Mac, on the other hand, has a problem when the girl he has been with tells him she is pregnant and straight away says she needs an abortion. However, she was lying to see if Mac was the one.
The episode ends with Charlie's pseudo-son getting drunk at the bar. Charlie takes him into the alley to get try to get him sober, but in his hate filled ranting at the kid, the waitress had showed up. This was a very funny episode and very easy recommendation for a first watch. Again, the writers are able to take on sensitive subject matter, abortion, and satirize and parody it.
Score: 9.0 / 10
The other storyline dealt with Mac trying to score with a pro-lifer at abortion rallies. After telling Dennis about the scam, Dennie decides to join in, but opts for the pro-choicers since Mac talks them up a bit more. Dee and Denis join the pro-choicers, but Denis gets shot down multiple times. I enjoyed his performance much more in this episode, especially during the rally, then I did in the first episode. Dee was also funny when trying to help Charlie get a date with the waitress. Mac, on the other hand, has a problem when the girl he has been with tells him she is pregnant and straight away says she needs an abortion. However, she was lying to see if Mac was the one.
The episode ends with Charlie's pseudo-son getting drunk at the bar. Charlie takes him into the alley to get try to get him sober, but in his hate filled ranting at the kid, the waitress had showed up. This was a very funny episode and very easy recommendation for a first watch. Again, the writers are able to take on sensitive subject matter, abortion, and satirize and parody it.
Score: 9.0 / 10
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