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Wreckless · 09-16-2008, 07:08 AM

Are their any episodes maybe you didn't understand, particularly like too much or understand? I loved TWY and still do but some of the episodes from the final season I didn't like at all. The episode where Kevin and his friends hear that the Rolling Stones are in town I don't like at all. There's nothing to the show. It's just Kevin and his high school friends driving around clueless the whole episode. There is no dinner, love or interesting scene to my knowledge or in my opinion, in that episode. It just didn't connect with me and that's hard because there wasn't too much of/too many episodes of, TWY that I didn't like. You?

DSfan · 09-16-2008, 05:33 PM

I found there were many random episodes in season 6 like the one where Wayne's friend who went to the army, I'm blanking out on the name now, and he was standing almost naked during a football game, that episode was really weird.

James · 09-17-2008, 02:42 AM

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Are their any episodes maybe you didn't understand, particularly like too much or understand? I loved TWY and still do but some of the episodes from the final season I didn't like at all. The episode where Kevin and his friends hear that the Rolling Stones are in town I don't like at all. There's nothing to the show. It's just Kevin and his high school friends driving around clueless the whole episode. There is no dinner, love or interesting scene to my knowledge or in my opinion, in that episode. It just didn't connect with me and that's hard because there wasn't too much of/too many episodes of, TWY that I didn't like. You?

I think that's because the original writers left the viewers high and dry by leaving. I mean, why couldn't they just stick to what they were doing? They were so used to it; it doesn't make sense to suddenly change (to use a term of Barack Obama ... ewww) course.

Wreckless · 09-17-2008, 10:28 AM

Yeah, Season 6 wasn't that good. And you mean Private Butthead, DS Fan? I actually LOVE that episode. Wayne's buddy Wart went into the army but Wayne couldn't go, I think they said he had a bad back. Wayne even said he couldn't do that because earlier in the episode he was studying with Norma for the SATs and he couldn't get the vocab down, remember? lol. One of my fav. episodes. I didn't have to do a whole lot with Kevin, so maybe the viewers that don't like that episode, that's why but it had a good meaning to it and it was a powerful episode in my mind. Yet I can't say the same for the Stones ep.

DSfan · 09-17-2008, 05:23 PM

Ya it's that one. Maybe I just didn't understand it fully, they eps have different meanings every time so maybe the next time I watch I'll like it.

Wreckless · 09-18-2008, 07:34 AM

Yeah, plus you don't have to like every episode/all the episodes I like. It's your opinion- I was just explaining the episode so you knew that was the right episode you were trying to describe.

James · 09-20-2008, 12:18 PM

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Wayne's buddy Wart went into the army but Wayne couldn't go, I think they said he had a bad back.

Actually, Wayne had psoriasis, meaning his body would peel in the jungle.

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I didn't have to do a whole lot with Kevin, so maybe the viewers that don't like that episode, that's why but it had a good meaning to it and it was a powerful episode in my mind. Yet I can't say the same for the Stones ep.

Actually, it's one of my favorites! You're right, it didn't have much to do with Kevin since Wayne was the focus of the episode. One has to approach the episode with an open mind. Then again, the "Kelly's Kids" episode of The Brady Bunch did not bother me since the ENTIRE BRADY FAMILY was hardly in it, LOL.

James · 09-20-2008, 12:22 PM

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I found there were many random episodes in season 6 like the one where Wayne's friend who went to the army, I'm blanking out on the name now, and he was standing almost naked during a football game, that episode was really weird.

DSfan, you are thinking of the episode "Homecoming", which opened the 1992-93 season. That was where Kevin stole the owl mascot from the rival school (a really stupid plot if you ask me). The football game (and, to a lesser extent, Wart) was the big clue.

Wreckless · 09-21-2008, 07:56 AM

Private Butthead is one of my favorite episodes too James. I think the scene where Wayne comes back and the talk with Jack, is so nice.

Wreckless · 09-21-2008, 07:58 AM

Yeah that plot was stupid. A lot of the plots in the last season were stupid. I never liked the episode where they went to see Norma's parents either. It just didn't strike me as a good episode and I wasn't comfortable with the plot.

UM Zealot · 10-29-2008, 05:32 AM

An episode I didn't connect with was the treehouse episode. I did not and do not understand the awkwardness between father and son when the "sexy" neighbour woman intruded on their macho construction idyll. Why would big boobs cause uneasy silences, sidelong glances, and stammering, and ultimately scuttle the whole project? My Dad and I never experienced such a situation. Moreover, it doesn't make sense to me that someone of Kevin's age would be leering at a sagging, wrinkly woman old enough to be his grandmother. Jack maybe, but not a boy of twelve.

James · 10-30-2008, 02:20 AM

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An episode I didn't connect with was the treehouse episode. I did not and do not understand the awkwardness between father and son when the "sexy" neighbour woman intruded on their macho construction idyll. Why would big boobs cause uneasy silences, sidelong glances, and stammering, and ultimately scuttle the whole project?

Every time I watched this episode I didn't see what the big deal was with the neighbor. To me she was just another woman, as opposed to, say, Jessica Simpson. (That begs the question, what would Winnie think?!

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My Dad and I never experienced such a situation. Moreover, it doesn't make sense to me that someone of Kevin's age would be leering at a sagging, wrinkly woman old enough to be his grandmother. Jack maybe, but not a boy of twelve.

I agree. It was funny, however, when Kevin was trying to clue Jack in about Norma, something like "You know ... Mom ... who makes mashed potatoes!"

(I forget exactly what he said, but hopefully my guess at his quote will be enough for everybody to know what I'm talking about!)

UM Zealot · 10-30-2008, 04:22 PM

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Every time I watched this episode I didn't see what the big deal was with the neighbor. To me she was just another woman, as opposed to, say, Jessica Simpson. (That begs the question, what would Winnie think?!

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Even if it were someone absolutely gorgeous, wouldn't most fathers and sons maybe wink and smile at each other, or perhaps whistle under their breath, before getting back to work? It wouldn't cause the whole project to go kaput. I understand that the topic of sexuality, and Kevin's pubescence, were taboo for the conservative, reticent Jack, and I think that's what the writers were trying to convey, but it didn't come across very well.

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I agree. It was funny, however, when Kevin was trying to clue Jack in about Norma, something like "You know ... Mom ... who makes mashed potatoes!"

(I forget exactly what he said, but hopefully my guess at his quote will be enough for everybody to know what I'm talking about!)

Yeah, I think it was "You know, Mom, your wife!"

It's still an episode I like because of the bonding scenes, but I can't relate to the underlying theme of father-son discomfiture, because my Dad was not like that.

Wreckless · 10-31-2008, 06:56 AM

I guess hormones and sexual stimulus was different back then lol...

09-16-2008, 07:08 AM	#1
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Episodes You Didn't Understand Or Connect With... Are their any episodes maybe you didn't understand, particularly like too much or understand? I loved TWY and still do but some of the episodes from the final season I didn't like at all. The episode where Kevin and his friends hear that the Rolling Stones are in town I don't like at all. There's nothing to the show. It's just Kevin and his high school friends driving around clueless the whole episode. There is no dinner, love or interesting scene to my knowledge or in my opinion, in that episode. It just didn't connect with me and that's hard because there wasn't too much of/too many episodes of, TWY that I didn't like. You?

09-16-2008, 05:33 PM	#2
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	I found there were many random episodes in season 6 like the one where Wayne's friend who went to the army, I'm blanking out on the name now, and he was standing almost naked during a football game, that episode was really weird.

09-17-2008, 10:28 AM	#4
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Yeah, Season 6 wasn't that good. And you mean Private Butthead, DS Fan? I actually LOVE that episode. Wayne's buddy Wart went into the army but Wayne couldn't go, I think they said he had a bad back. Wayne even said he couldn't do that because earlier in the episode he was studying with Norma for the SATs and he couldn't get the vocab down, remember? lol. One of my fav. episodes. I didn't have to do a whole lot with Kevin, so maybe the viewers that don't like that episode, that's why but it had a good meaning to it and it was a powerful episode in my mind. Yet I can't say the same for the Stones ep.

09-17-2008, 05:23 PM	#5
DSfan Member Senior Member Join Date: Sep 15, 2006 Location: Canada Posts: 1,204	Ya it's that one. Maybe I just didn't understand it fully, they eps have different meanings every time so maybe the next time I watch I'll like it.

09-18-2008, 07:34 AM	#6
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Yeah, plus you don't have to like every episode/all the episodes I like. It's your opinion- I was just explaining the episode so you knew that was the right episode you were trying to describe.

09-21-2008, 07:56 AM	#9
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Private Butthead is one of my favorite episodes too James. I think the scene where Wayne comes back and the talk with Jack, is so nice.

09-21-2008, 07:58 AM	#10
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	Yeah that plot was stupid. A lot of the plots in the last season were stupid. I never liked the episode where they went to see Norma's parents either. It just didn't strike me as a good episode and I wasn't comfortable with the plot.

10-29-2008, 05:32 AM	#11
UM Zealot Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Oct 24, 2008 Location: Toronto Posts: 55	An episode I didn't connect with was the treehouse episode. I did not and do not understand the awkwardness between father and son when the "sexy" neighbour woman intruded on their macho construction idyll. Why would big boobs cause uneasy silences, sidelong glances, and stammering, and ultimately scuttle the whole project? My Dad and I never experienced such a situation. Moreover, it doesn't make sense to me that someone of Kevin's age would be leering at a sagging, wrinkly woman old enough to be his grandmother. Jack maybe, but not a boy of twelve.

10-31-2008, 06:56 AM	#14
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	I guess hormones and sexual stimulus was different back then lol...