What's worse than a Married With Children two-parter? A Married With Children three-parter, and one set in England to boot.
This first part kicks off in Lower Uncton, England, in 1653, where blacksmith Seamus McBundy incurs the wrath of a local witch, who places a curse on him and his male descendants (doomed to shoe the large and ungrateful), as well as plunging the town into eternal night.
Jump to 1992, and Lower Uncton is still in darkness. The villagers can only lift the curse by killing the last male Bundy within the town limits, so they cook up a scheme to get the family to the UK: they send a letter telling them that they have won an all expenses paid trip to London and Lower Uncton. Naturally, the Bundys jump at the chance to spend someone else's money. Marcy and Jefferson are also along for the ride, but become separated from the Bundys without their luggage or cash.
I don't like it when US shows take a trip across the pond to visit Blighty: the humour is obvious, it nearly always feels like a travelogue (Buck Palace, Tower Bridge, Harrods, The Savoy), and there's always an embarrassingly bad cameo or two from familiar British faces (Friends had Sarah Ferguson and Richard Branson; MWC gets The Goodies star Bill Oddie). The basic plot is fun with lots of potential, but the gags are weak and the whole thing feels like the cast and crew did this one for a free holiday.
The episode ends with the people of Upper Uncton also wanting the Bundys killed, but outside the limits of lower Uncton, since the 'town of eternal darkness' has provided them with lots of revenue from tourism over the years.
This first part kicks off in Lower Uncton, England, in 1653, where blacksmith Seamus McBundy incurs the wrath of a local witch, who places a curse on him and his male descendants (doomed to shoe the large and ungrateful), as well as plunging the town into eternal night.
Jump to 1992, and Lower Uncton is still in darkness. The villagers can only lift the curse by killing the last male Bundy within the town limits, so they cook up a scheme to get the family to the UK: they send a letter telling them that they have won an all expenses paid trip to London and Lower Uncton. Naturally, the Bundys jump at the chance to spend someone else's money. Marcy and Jefferson are also along for the ride, but become separated from the Bundys without their luggage or cash.
I don't like it when US shows take a trip across the pond to visit Blighty: the humour is obvious, it nearly always feels like a travelogue (Buck Palace, Tower Bridge, Harrods, The Savoy), and there's always an embarrassingly bad cameo or two from familiar British faces (Friends had Sarah Ferguson and Richard Branson; MWC gets The Goodies star Bill Oddie). The basic plot is fun with lots of potential, but the gags are weak and the whole thing feels like the cast and crew did this one for a free holiday.
The episode ends with the people of Upper Uncton also wanting the Bundys killed, but outside the limits of lower Uncton, since the 'town of eternal darkness' has provided them with lots of revenue from tourism over the years.