Lights Out
Lights Out

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Couch Baron: C+ | 846 USERS: B-
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The Comeback "Kid"

On his half-hour OR IS IT drive home, Patrick calls Johnny, not on a hands-free device by the way, and Johnny, sitting in his office in the dark for some reason, tells him he nailed the interview and that the whole gym watched. Patrick hopes that will lead to the phone ringing, but Johnny tells him the only offer they got is from some ticket broker in Newark who wants to hire Patrick as muscle. Patrick scoffs that he's not a thug, but Johnny says it's not like that - some dentist who's a sports buff owes the broker money, and the broker thinks that sending Patrick over will impress him, or something. It doesn't sound like a convincing plan, but it would pay fifty grand; nevertheless, Patrick orders Johnny to tell the guy to shove it up his ass, which even using large bills would be quite a feat. Johnny assures Patrick that something good will come along...

...and then we're with Patrick at his "gig," which is...calling Bingo numbers someplace. It seems like a fairly high-end establishment, which does not fit with my concept of Bingo in any way, shape, or form, but regardless, some dude in a suit calls Bingo and comes up to turn in his card, and then Patrick tries to warm up the crowd by saying he had a dog named Bingo when he was a kid, like, at least say that Bingo was his name-o if you want the room to react, guy. After examining the card, though, some Asian dude who is apparently the judge informs the guy one of his numbers was never in fact called, and the guy loudly calls out "Bullshit," which is, of course, just the sort of lovely, classy reaction you'd expect in an expensive...restaurant? Private club? No idea where we are, no idea why an aged boxing star is calling numbers, no idea why Bingo even exists, etc. Anyway, the guy claims that Patrick said his number, and a bunch of people around him murmur agreement, and I think the show is trying to paint Patrick as forgetful again, but I don't understand how that means he could have said "fourteen" WHILE LOOKING AT A BALL WITH THE NUMBER FIFTEEN ON IT, nor is the Asian guy's contention that the number was never called consistent with that having happened, so seriously, show, can you work on maybe one scene making some narrative sense? Patrick then suggests to the guy they take a picture together, and the guy gives him a well-deserved WTF-times-a-million look in response...

Lights Out

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