The revelation that Gob is Steve Holt’s father is another one of the crowning achievements of the series. It made Maeby’s crush on him instantly messed up, since he was her cousin. It paid off a number of early hints that Gob had a son. It set up new moments between Gob and Steve that allowed these two hilarious characters to somehow become even more bizarre and entertaining when they were together. And the very end of this episode is when the amazing reveal occurs.
That’s the ending to a tremendously strong episode. It’s the first episode where Tobias appears as Mrs. Featherbottom, perhaps the most ridiculous plot development in the entire series, but Tobias is such a ridiculous character already that allowing the other characters to be as dumbfounded by the move as we are makes it somehow forgivable until it just starts to work comedically. That doesn’t mean it’s not horribly stupid. But how can you not laugh at his reaction to his plastic nose falling off? Or for that matter, at Gob on a high school presidential campaign video growling “Steve Holt is a bastard.”
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Published: May 24, 2013 10:58 am