Stupid, Forgetful Michael
Gob’s “forget-me-now” addiction is one of the best, and most prevalent, recurring jokes in the season. First appearing in season 3, these pills basically became a character in season 4. Every time Gob did something he is ashamed of and wanted to forget (which is extremely frequently) he pops one of these little pills and the bad memories are erased.
Unfortunately, this leads to a viciously recurring roofie circle where the only thing Gob is forgetting is the fact that he took the pills in the first place. He loses more than a month of his life to this circle before his Mexican dealer finally refuses to sell him any more pills.
The best use of the pill is when Gob forces one into Michael in order to make his younger brother forget that he saw Tony Wonder leaving Gob’s bedroom in a robe. Too bad Gob can’t give all us viewers a forget-me-now pill too after seeing that.
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Published: May 31, 2013 08:31 pm