A VERY FUNNY AND NICE EPISODE.
------- ------- ------- ------- Very differently to other episodes, in this one, Al seems to be doing nothing wrong (well, mostly). He is planning to buy a very fancy watch for Peg because of their sixteen years anniversary. That doesn't mean he doesn't complain: When Peggy asks what are 16 years if ten is tin, 15 is crystal,etc... he says ""BRIMSTONE!!!"". Nevertheless he tells nothing to Peggy, he relies in the fact that they had in theory agreed about a "no gifts policy" to keep his secret kept. He, nonetheless reveals his secret to his kids, who commit the mistake of revealing it to Peg and then Peggy and Kelly use all the credit card's capacity to buy the anniversary's dinner.
I have the strong impression of this episode having been written before the five stories that aired first, among other details because we see a more innocent and less twisted version of Kelly. Also we see Bud being very smart, in contraposition to the last episode when Peg and Al both laugh at the possibility of their sons every making it to college. Another part of an episode that seems to me as being one of the first ones in having been written is the first part of episode seven from season two "For whom the bell tolls" where Bud outsmarts pretty much anything the other characters can say.
Anyway, when Al went to a jewelry to buy the fancy watch for Peg, he finds out his credit card is rejected because of Peggy and Kelly having taken the poor card to its limit...and the dialogues made me laugh so much.
A very funny and nice episode...and my favorite since the pilot.
Thanks for reading.
IMDb Review written by David del Real.
November 3rd, 2017.
Mexico City, Mexico.
------- ------- ------- ------- Very differently to other episodes, in this one, Al seems to be doing nothing wrong (well, mostly). He is planning to buy a very fancy watch for Peg because of their sixteen years anniversary. That doesn't mean he doesn't complain: When Peggy asks what are 16 years if ten is tin, 15 is crystal,etc... he says ""BRIMSTONE!!!"". Nevertheless he tells nothing to Peggy, he relies in the fact that they had in theory agreed about a "no gifts policy" to keep his secret kept. He, nonetheless reveals his secret to his kids, who commit the mistake of revealing it to Peg and then Peggy and Kelly use all the credit card's capacity to buy the anniversary's dinner.
I have the strong impression of this episode having been written before the five stories that aired first, among other details because we see a more innocent and less twisted version of Kelly. Also we see Bud being very smart, in contraposition to the last episode when Peg and Al both laugh at the possibility of their sons every making it to college. Another part of an episode that seems to me as being one of the first ones in having been written is the first part of episode seven from season two "For whom the bell tolls" where Bud outsmarts pretty much anything the other characters can say.
Anyway, when Al went to a jewelry to buy the fancy watch for Peg, he finds out his credit card is rejected because of Peggy and Kelly having taken the poor card to its limit...and the dialogues made me laugh so much.
A very funny and nice episode...and my favorite since the pilot.
Thanks for reading.
IMDb Review written by David del Real.
November 3rd, 2017.
Mexico City, Mexico.