Kidney, Popsicle, and Nuts

Episode Summary & Review

Summary

Duckman needs a new kidney. To get one requires a donation from a blood relative. He searches for his father, who he thought was cryogenically frozen. Instead he discovers that the man he thought was his father, wasn’t. Using the power of the Microsoft Network (Blatant Plug!), the twins and Cornfed find where dad is currently living. Duckman and Cornfed travel there, only to find that his is a paranoid schizophrenic who’s formed his own country.

Our Take

This is a surprisingly heavy hour for Duckman, trading the usual gag density for some real family baggage, and it mostly lands. The paranoid dad subplot gives Jason Alexander something genuinely emotional to chew on, though the Microsoft Network plugs have aged like milk in a hot car. Worth watching for the character work, even if the comedy takes a back seat.