Cougar Town, S03E10
Jules wanted Andy to run for Mayor so that he could get her a permit to have her wedding on the beach, which wasn't allowed. Ellie despised the idea of her husband being in public officer since it would force her to interact with people more. After making a comment to an Asian man, Bobby worried that he was racist, and Laurie put together a panel to help him. Travis made out with Holly, and he and Grayson tried to teach Jules a lesson about cutting Holly a bit of slack.
Even though Jules suggested Andy run for Mayor for her own selfish reasons, I think she was right that he would be a good candidate (as least out of the people she knows). I would be interested in seeing him win that position, although I doubt it will be very easy for him. I'd condemn Jules further for making Ellie unhappy with her plan to get Andy to be mayor, but Ellie's reasons against it were too funny. She really is a woman after my own heart. I would be annoyed too by the idea of having to deal with more people than the few I can tolerate. The best thing about her opposition of Andy running for mayor was when she told Andy in the car about her opinion on the matter. Andy said he wouldn't be mad, but he purposely ran over a speed bump quickly so that her coffee would splash in her face. It's great seeing Ellie on the receiving end of a joke at her expense. I almost wish that she hadn't come to her senses and realized how selfish she was being to her husband. I would have preferred to see how she could have gotten him back, though.
Bobby's realization of his racist nature was probably the funniest thing in this episode. I just can't believe how stupid he was to tell that guy he would probably love a giant camera around his neck. But you knew that he had no malice behind his words--only ignorance. So when the guy got upset and Laurie looked at him with horror, it was really funny. He also thought that all black guys could dunk and asked a man if he could in a later scene. Bobby's too much of a bonehead for anyone to take his racist remarks seriously. Plus, like Andy said, the fact that he was so bothered by the racial implications of his words and thoughts, made Bobby a decent guy with the potential to one day to realize when he was using stereotypes to make judgments about people.
It was also nice to see that in Laurie's panel she had included her boyfriend, Wade. I wasn't sure if he would ever be mentioned again. According to their routine of getting naked for each other on Skype calls, I would say that their relationship is still going on strong. That means it's still possible he would visit Laurie once he's done with his service in Iraq. I'm sure that would make for some really entertaining scenes, knowing how hyper Laurie is.
I never pictured Holly getting together with Travis, but when he later explained that he was just taking advantage of a woman, that made a lot of sense. The only way Travis could go from small talk at a coffee shop to heavy making out had to be due to him being with a vulnerable woman. Travis is a bit of a loser with no swagger to speak of, so a girl like Holly is probably his best bet. I'll admit it's a little weird since she has had a baby with his future stepdad, though. More than the baby, I would think that he would be a little disturbed by locking lips with someone that Grayson had once done the same. I wouldn't even eat a piece of bread that he had eaten from. Eww. But I'm not sure if Travis really has any feelings for Holly or if he was just messing with Jules to make a point. Someone as self-centered as Jules needed such an extreme measure to teach her to stop judging people.
I liked the Bobby story enough that I think this was a good episode overall. I definitely laughed more times than I have compared to other episodes. I hope that next time we get to see some of Andy's campaign ideas. I could see the possibility of that being funny, especially if Bobby was his manager. Almost anything that will take away the focus from Jules' wedding is welcome to me. I already know that it's not going to be the dream wedding she wants, even if she does get to have it on the beach.
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