I
thought I would try something new this year and recap/review some of
the television shows that I watch that have a horror theme or a
special Halloween episode. Since I'm currently working my way through
Last Man Standing for the second time, I just finished watching its
very first Halloween episode. If you never saw the show before, Tim
Allen plays an extremely conservative republican who lives with his
wife and three daughters in Denver.
Kristin,
Mike's (Tim Allen) oldest daughter, got pregnant in high school and
raised her son Boyd at home with her parents after his dad left town.
His youngest daughter Eve recently decided that she's too old for
Halloween because a boy she has a crush on thinks the holiday is
immature. Though Kristin doesn't want her son going out because he's
too young and because she has to work, Mike takes him out anyway. He
accidentally mistakes another kid for Boyd, and another family takes
Boyd home. Kristin gets home, discovers the problem, breaks down, and
finally confesses that she just wanted to take him out herself.
Problem gets solved when Mike encourages her to take her son out
anyway.
Top
Moments!
Vanessa,
Mike's wife, dresses up like a sexy pirate in a costume so
inappropriate that when she bends over, you can see her underwear.
Naturally, her girls are completely grossed out. A neighbor brings
his kid over for trick or treating, sees her, and becomes obsessed
because she looks so great. He keeps showing up and talking to her
with stars in his eyes. When he comes by in the middle of the night,
he finds her with ratty hair and in her pajamas, realizes that she
doesn't always look like a sexy pirate, and sheepishly says he'll see
her next year before leaving.
Mandy,
the vapid middle daughter, wants to dress up like a sexy cat and asks
Mike to pick up her costume for her. Mike describes it as a furry
bikini with ears and puts his foot down. Since she wants to dress up
like a cat, he rents the biggest Garfield costume he can find for her
to wear all night. Though it's one of the cutest costumes I've ever
seen, it makes me sad that she doesn't really know who Garfield is.
When did they stop showing his Halloween special on television?
While
trick or treating with Boyd, Mike runs across Ed, his boss at Outdoor
Man, which is pretty much a rebranded Bass Pro Shop. Ed introduces
him to his close friend who turns out to be Elvira. I cannot believe
how great that woman looks! Not just for her age but for any age. She
has a few one liners that will make you laugh, though she's really
only in the episode for a short bit.
If you
do want to give Last Man Standing a try, I highly recommend the first
season. They brought in a new actress to play Kristin in the second
season and completely changed the character. In the very first
episode of the second season, she becomes this complete and total
liberal that is a stereotype of what a liberal is. If there is
anything you can think of that describes a hipster vegan, it's her.
They also bring back her former boyfriend and make the two incredibly
annoying to the point where I roll my eyes every time I see them
because I know it's going to be bad. While Mike is a stereotypical
conservative, he's somehow not nearly as bad as those two, and this
comes from someone who is liberal! Still, the show's first Halloween
episode was pretty good.
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