Titus - S1E04

The Breakup
First Aired: Monday April 10, 2000

Due to Titus' upbringing, he believes the only way to be happy is to have something fall apart in order to make it whole again. And so it goes with his relationship with Erin.

A bit of a prerequisite for situation comedies, especially ones dealing with relationships, is the breakup episode. Titus looks to get it out of the way early. In no so typical fashion, Titus is actually looking to have the relationship end so there can be something to fix. He has become too happy with Erin and, in his eyes, this is so very wrong. Titus accomplishes this feat by talking about how great his ex-girlfriend was, leading to Erin dumping him. In response, Titus ends up sleeping with a waitress at a diner. Returning home to pack, Erin grovels in order to get him back and Titus relents. However, in his joy to "seal the deal", the waitress calls and Erin gets the phone. She and Titus go at it again, with Titus being the one to grovel now. Before it can go further, an ex-boyfriend of Erin's calls and it revealed that she had slept with him. After 12 hours of fighting, the two agree to end the relationship, but Titus actually ends up prosing with Erin saying yes.

The thing that saves this episode from the typical mediocre breakup episode is the one-liners from Titus and the flashback, especially Ken's where he deals with past wives. I really like the little twist at the end. I had expected that, with how messed up the two are, that they would come to the conclusion to end it, but Titus would say something like "We staying together". I didn't expect him to propose though. It was very sweet, in a very Titus-like way.

Score: 7.9 / 10