S02.E09: A Place Where Men Can Be Men

[Lady Calypso]

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"A Place Where Men Can Be Men" - When Graham brings Douglas' box of 1950s Playboy magazines for show and tell, Angie fears she is a bad mom and knows she has to give "the talk" to Graham. However, Graham has other plans and asks to hear about it from Will and Douglas, which brings out Will's own insecurities when he discovers some kept secrets about his own father's relationships. Meanwhile, Poppy tries to become closer with the twins by helping them discover their individual personalities on an all-new episode of "Single Parents," WEDNESDAY, DEC. 4 (9:31-10:00 p.m. EST), on ABC. Episodes can also be viewed the next day on ABC.com, the ABC app and Hulu.
 

[auchic]

Will's dance to distract the kids from the porn on the playground made me laugh so hard.

[Aileen]

This was a great episode. I wish this show received more love and attention. It’s just so good.

I laughed so hard at Angie backtalking the grocery store employee, “You could have had all of this!”

[joanne3482]

I really liked this episode. It was sweet the way Will's daughter looks to Angie as a role model because she can't be perfect all the time. Now if only Angie has the conversation with Will about how he's putting too much pressure on the kid. She's in some elementary level grade. She shouldn't be this freaked out already. 

[DearEvette]

Between the adult group and the kid group they can mix up the cast in interesting ways.  I liked how all the mixes worked in this ep.

It was great seeing the messed up Angie with the uptight Sophie. 

9 hours ago, auchic said:

Will's dance to distract the kids from the porn on the playground made me laugh so hard.

OMG.  That was great.  LOL.  And Will and Graham's pout-rollerskating down the street in stereo.  And the rollerskate attendant's deadpan 'We're not allowed to touch the children, sir' when Doug yelled for people to grab Graham.

Also I rewound the scene of Ms. Pronstroller's horrified expression and slo-mo  dive toward Graham once she realized he was gonna show and tell nudie magazines. LOL.  Also I looked up the character on IMDB and see that her name is 'Homily Pronstroller' which just cracks me up all over again.

I think the plot with Poppy & the twins was the sweetest.  And it gave the twins an opportunity to act more individually.

And finally, I love how they deploy that little gothic girl 'I go blind after dark' .  They give us just the right amount of her and when she comes on it is with some batshit thing that just kills.

[tennisgurl]

I love this show, I could watch Will do a "Dont look over there look at me" dance at children to distract them from retro porn on a loop all freaking day. It was almost as hilarious as Will and Graham angrily skating in time and then messing up when Douglas started playing scratchy jazz! 

I enjoy the mixing of different characters and pairings, I really liked seeing Poppy bond with the twins and getting to see more of their individual personalities, and Angie and Sophie spending time together and that Sophie looks up to Angie. She can be her oak! "This torturing children thing is deeply disturbing, but on brand."

The weird little scary girl is used just right. "I go blind after dark."

Edited December 6, 2019 by tennisgurl

[Gothish520]

Yeah this show definitely needs more love. This season has been really funny.

Echoing the sentiment of the parent/child pairings working well this episode, and that it was especially nice to see the twins get to display more of their individuality. 

[Snow Apple]

This episode made me realize I never learned Amy and Emma's names! I just called them "the twins."

 I guess that's the point of the episode though. That they are two separate people.

[Dizzychickstar]

I binged this show in about a week. Really enjoying the stride its found. I would watch an extended version of Will’s Distract Dem Kiddos Dance any day of the week.