What I’m Watching: Home Economics

Home Economics: Season 2, Episode 3 “Bottle Service, $800 Plus Tip” (B)

The plot of this episode felt a bit expected on pretty much every level, but fortunately, it’s all still very entertaining. Connor and Tom can be relied upon to be at each other’s throats after spending just a little bit of time together, and somehow Tom was doing better with the women in the VIP section than Connor was, maybe because he was putting himself down while Connor was also ragging on him. The waitress giving Tom an aspirin to help with the headache he had from the noise was a more logical development than her giving him ecstasy, but the mere belief that he had taken drugs was enough to get him to loosen up to a point where he was able to have fun, and even to compel Marina to snap out of her texting battle. I definitely thought that Connor was going to end up getting the waitress’ phone number, but instead he just sat there alone looking sad, prompting Tom to come check in on him and declare the same affection for him that he had just expressed to his wife. Sarah and Denise were a bit obvious about their hunt for fellow lesbians at the club, and they did pretty well together misjudging modern concepts and then realizing what they both wanted, which was to be home in their beds. Ending all the excitement with a dance party back at Connor’s with Lupe as a DJ who didn’t take requests was sweet, and it was good to see them all getting along after a night out that wasn’t even close to their wildest and most contentious.