Lucky Hank (1×07) The Count of Monte Cristo Review

For our review of the last episode of Lucky Hank, click here.

After virtually spending no time with his father, Hank spent a lot of time with his father in this episode, albeit begrudgingly.

With Lily looking at apartments in New York City, he was left alone this time and did not handle it nearly as well as his last meeting with his father left him in a funk. Seeing himself as the Count of Monte Cristo, he was an Edmond Dantès of sorts, trying to exact his revenge against his father. However, he unfortunately would never get the chance in the way he originally intended. This was only the beginning of his problems as Russell was now missing on top of his leaking kitchen sink. Meanwhile, despite Henry Sr.’s dementia, he wanted to be independent and the biggest symbol of independence is to have his own car which obviously was out of the question. Walking out on his own, Hank of course saw him on the road soon after and took him on as the two made a day of it. Hank to his father back to the English department who lightened the mood in the midst of a heated discussion about how to proceed with the upcoming budget cuts.

The truth was that Russell was hiding at the bar with Meg who was Billie’s (Nancy Robertson) daughter. Hank also knows that Meg knew about how he lied to her. Julie was convinced that he was cheating but was convinced otherwise. However, her initial suspicion was correct. Meg and Russell had been spending a lot of time at the bar so it would only make sense that there’d be an attraction there. Whether or not it was because Hank had lied to her was unclear though she was definitely not happy with him. Taking Russell back home with his father still in the car definitely made for a volatile situation for Hank and it was also one that shone a light on Russell and Henry Sr. as there was more going on in their lives that he did not know about. However, the former soon ran away.

As Lily was imaging her life in various New York City apartments, she was having a hard time seeing the other people in her life in it. In what may have been an act, she told a stranger what she really thought about her life in what was otherwise an awkward scene.

Going back to support his daughter, few words were exchanged between Hank and Julie as they simply stood by one another in a powerful scene that ended the episode. The direction went a long way there but it was also the chemistry of Odenkirk Olivia Scott Welch as Julie who bring that father-daughter bond to life as the latter looked to be coming to terms with the truth about what was really going on.

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Keith Noakes

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