Ugly Americans, S02E13
There was a roasting for Twayne (not "Twaine" as I've been misspelling his name) this week, but Mark unsurprisingly couldn't tell a good joke if every comedian in the world was channeling through his body. Randall supplied him with material that not only was worse than anything Mark would have come up with (by himself Mark would have only gotten silence instead of things thrown at him), but also was so hurtful to Twayne that he gave up his job to Mark. Mark only had the job for one day, but his decisions instantly put the entire city into chaos and almost caused its destruction. Although, this all looked like Mark screwed up, it was Randall who made him say all of those horrible things. But I guess Randall can be forgiven since it was also him who made Twayne come back to his job and smooth things over with the goose people (and stop the bomb from destroying the town). Still, when will Mark learn to not listen to his moron roommate in the first place?
Listening to Randall, of course, can bring no good, but I didn't think that after Mark got his new title that he would so easily ruin the peace that Twayne somehow created through an excessive birthday celebration system at the DOI. I mean, they spend so much money and effort on making cakes, cards, and singing a birthday song, but they pay their employees so little? It's more than outrageous. I can understand why Mark would want to cut the Birthday Department (although, truly it was Leonard who canned everyone).
It was interesting that there is an assembly for all the different species and at heart, they are all held together by cake frosting, when you think about it. I wonder if had Mark destroyed the budget on anyone else's birthday except Goose Kevin's, would the same thing have happened? I guess what happened sort of reflects what happens all the time between nations: a little thing sets off one nation and the next thing you know, there's a full-scaled war. Of course, we wouldn't be laughing as much because there's no way it could be over something as trivial as a birthday party.
Another interesting point is that as stupid as I thought Twayne to be, he has the job of director down to a science. It sounds hard to believe that a man who does nothing but have lunch all day and helps chefs create delicious cakes is actually protecting lives. The most amazing part of his job is that he thinks that if he points out a problem, then someone will definitely come along and solve it for him. Well, Goose Kevin surely did this time. It was nice that things worked out so easy, but it was strange to me that the bomb Kevin took off to safety didn't explode in a bigger way (since it was going to destroy the whole town). I just thought the explosion was a little small. Maybe it's just me.
Lastly, I have to comment on Randall doing nearly nothing to help Twayne get over his self-loathing. I kept forgetting what he was doing with Twayne in the first place after watching them do all these random things like have Twayne stuck in a bag full of nothing but cats. I guess his real purpose was to take advantage of Twayne for a while with the illusion that he was going to "cure" him. He was just damn lucky that he did. And it's only right that he did, since his insensitive jokes were the ones that sent Twayne into a shame spiral in the first place.
I liked this story because it showed the significance of Twayne's job. At times he seems like nothing more than a buffoon, so it's nice to see that he's an essential part of the balance for peace. Now, if only we could get Randall to stop tipping the scale whenever it seems convenient for him. Of course, I won't leave Mark out of the blame, since he is always letting Randall use him as a puppet for chaos. How I would love Mark so much more if only he could not be under Randall's thumb all the time. Oh, and the preview for the next episode shows that Callie has turned into a man and is voiced by H. Jon Benjamin! I think that might be really hilarious to see!
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