What I’m Watching: Home Economics

Home Economics: Season 2, Episode 11 “Camping Tent, $39.99” (B+)

One of the things I love most on shows, especially comedies, is when characters who don’t often interact get to spend a lot of time together. We’ve seen the friendship between outlaws Marina and Denise before, but not as much of Marina and Sarah sharing scenes. Tom’s mistake was mentioning to Marina that Sarah didn’t like her when she first met her, and I liked that things came to a head when they were attempting to carry out the “sisterhood agenda” for their daughters and nieces. Fortunately, it all turned into a marshmallow fight and a good opportunity to get closer. Tom’s efforts to “set the table” so that Denise could get used to the idea of Connor and Jojo being together wasn’t a great plan, and Tom being historically not good at keeping secrets made it clear that he was going to blab about their relationship before it could be revealed in the proper way. He shouldn’t have confirmed what she knew without asking her to say it first, but then that meant that Denise switched into a different mode, trying to get them back together when she wasn’t at all supportive of the relationship in the first place. Connor’s attempt to convey Denise’s “Sharknado” analogy fell flat, and Jojo seemed like she was headed for the exit when she thought he was reading too much into a future that they hadn’t even contemplated yet. Denise expressing a desire to be closer to Jojo and wishing that she had told her about the relationship was a good step for their dynamic, which should hopefully only improve now that they’ll be spending even more family time together.