A Televisual Feast

Ned suffers (really) through guest star Farrah Forke’s affections to help Stacey get a job while Rico and Amanda try to get pregnant. The subplot with Rico isn’t really to develop anything, it’s just to give Rico and Ned some funny commiseration scenes. They’re great scenes, so the uselessness isn’t really an issue.
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That’s Susie Essman in a pound of makeup as the ancient aunt who prattles on about all the famous people she once knew. The voice sounded familiar, but it’s still a bit of a surprise. Unfortunately, while it’s an okay gimmick, the episode falls back on it most of the time. Otherwise, it’s falling back […]

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The series–with its first female writer so far–gets around to humanizing Ned and saving Stacey from her dumbness arc. In this episode, Stacey realizes Ned loves the parents she can’t stand. It gives her and Amanda a funny scene together and Ned has some great moments with the whole cast around, but it never pays […]

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