S1E2
The Hotel
⚠ Spoiler alert This recap gives away what happens in this episode.
Episode Summary & Review
Summary
Having driven their van, ‘Blue Thunder’, into a ditch, it has to be repaired over night. The Parkers stay at a nearby motel, Swift Stay Suites. What could possibly go right?
Our Take
A step down from the premiere, mostly because the hotel setting flattens the comedy into one location and a lot of yelling. Samantha Bee and Jason Jones still sell the couple’s bickering, and the kids get a few good moments, but the gross-out gags feel like they’re working overtime for laughs that don’t land. Watchable, just thinner than it should be.