By null at 2011-01-01

Synopsis:



Episode 5 of 12

I almost done with this show.I used to love it so much. It is like a bad sitcom now. What crazy situation will Hank get himself into this week? I HATE his daughter. I would never let my child speak to me in that manner. It is disgusting that the mother allows this.

The only nudity we get this week is from Evan Handler (Runkle)...WTF? Please stop.

They need to bring on the hot blonde actress playing the librarian on Episodes for next season.

I think this season is the first time the show has been funny and entertaining since season 1.
The "drama" the last two seasons was so god awful that the crazy situations is the only thing it has going for it at this point.

And Hank deserves every scorn he gets - including those from his daughter. He's a fucking horrible person.

Yeah it was going so well in that department until now.
And next week we'll also only get man ass.

The actress playing Mia is totally spinner material, she's tiny.

The hoe tag/tramp stamp on Runkle still makes me laugh.

When will Hank ever learn his lesson? Doubt he will. I love this show and the writing is top notch, but I swear you just want to deck Hank for his stupidity. I like this season better than three, but not as much as the first two. I just hope they end this statutory rape line before season's end, but I have a feeling this season will end with

Given who she has for a father, Becca is rather restrained in her coments. If she had no outlet, she'd be even more of a basket case than she is. They're keeping communication with her open, which I think it very important. I don't think she's a particularly disrespectful kid. She could be saying a lot worse. Sometimes, respect has to be earned.

I actually found Becca's deadpan delivery of, "You know what they say... you can't polish a turd," kind of funny. It was nice to see Mia again. That picture yells "pile on" as far as Hank's concerned, though. I can't imagine what the Mia's father is going through. ("Your ex-husband that you left me at the alter to return to slept with my 16 year old daughter!")

Runkle storyline? Meh.

Abby (Hank's Lawyer)? I'm liking that.

I've been told I have a nice smile as well, think I'll also take her advice if it works the way she says.

It's official, I'm only watching this show now for eventual closure... just like Weeds. It's pretty terrible.

Runkel butchering his junk was so predictable and so cliche. Are elementary school kids writing this show?

Hank is too stupid to live. Of course he's gonna bang the lawyer now, because everyone wants Hank for some stupid reason... and it's easier to write sex scenes than any real dialog.

And Runkel may not have actually had a vasectomy. Of course, how else are they going to write in a cliche'd and overused unwanted pregnancy? Ugh.

Horrible writing.

The only thing I didn't guess was the actress knocking on the door when Mia was freaked out. I thought it was going to be the lawyer. I'm glad it wasn't. As much as I like her, that would've been way too easy.

All the rest was predictable, from the shaving mishap to the botched vasectomy, to the picture at the end (can't believe he would be THAT stupid). I even guessed the "can't polish a turd" line.

The other thing is the overuse of vulgar phrases. I know it's always been part of this show, but they seem to just push it and push it for no reason. It's like they think it makes for clever dialogue or something. I'm in no way offended by vulgar language, but for crying out loud, use it in a believable manner.

Hopefully it'll turn around at some point, but I have my doubts about this season.

Exactly

I was actually surprised to see that the showrunner, Tom Kapinos, scripted this week's episode. Agreed, that this episode left much to be desired.

Seriously, enough with the naked Runkle antics. I think nearly every episode of this season has featured Runkle running around naked and screaming. Has he given up on Marcy?

That actually had me saying "Hank, you idiot" out loud to my TV. It's the fact that he refuses to learn from anything that makes this show frusrtating for me to watch at times. The first season it wasn't so bad, as the character had potential to grow out of the stupidity, but now it's obvious that isn't going to happen. It's like when women used to get frustrated with Carrie on Sex and the City for always going back to Big.