What I’m Watching: Trying

Trying: Season 3, Episode 3 “Capture the Flag” (B+)

It’s funny to think of Jason as the fun one since it feels like he’s always full of quips and negativity, but Nikki was flailing trying to figure out how to get Princess to really relate to her. Telling her she could bring one thing with her on their kayak outing was nearly a trap since Princess wanted to pick Jason, but she ended up doing quite well when they went out and she pretended to see sharks. Jason, on the other hand, got in his head after being forced to be the serious one without Nikki there and grapple with Tyler’s very real questions about the world. It was endearing to hear Nikki profess that no one’s ever not liked her and witness her Jason impression, which prompted him to share his philosophy on life. The whole family getting into capture the flag was great to see, and I’m sure this episode was fun to film for the cast. Unfortunately, their luck is soon going to run out thanks to the miserable downturn in their riskily-invested funds that Scott just witnessed. He’s also likely not to be much help since Karen will probably be panicking about the news that she’s pregnant and potentially keeping that from him. Freddy’s search for companionship took him to the least appropriate of places where he totally dominated by confessing all the bad stuff he’s done, which was awkward but entertaining, and now he’s on his way towards being a better person by donating meager amounts to help those in need.