Corner Gas

This episode of Corner Gas has all the storylines revolving around one plot point - Wanda's kid. Wanda needs a babysitter while she travels to Saskatoon overnight to see the dentist; Brent ends up volunteering for the job, knowing full well ow much of a job it's going to be, since Tanner (Wanda's son, who is never heard from nor seen again, much like Chuck Cunningham in Happy Days!) is known to be hellspawn.



The subplots this week both revolve around Brent's babysitting gig - Oscar looks after the gas station while Brent's at Wanda's and the rest of the town places bets on what Tanner will do to Brent and how serious his injuries will be. This is one of the first time that all three of the plotlines are intertwined - usually two of the three may intertwine, and occasionally, all three are separate, but rarely do all three involve the same story as this one does...and that's what makes this episode so good.



But here, the stories are all related, and quite funny. The betting in the bar is one of the best parts, and the possible injuries that the townsfolk keep coming up with are quite inventive. Oscar's ineptness at running the station are also quite funny, especially since it used to be ~his~ station. In the end, Emma has to come and rescue Brent, and Lacey, from Tanner, and she reveals some of the closely-guarded secrets of motherhood.



But the best thing of all in this episode is Tanner. No father is ever mentioned, as far as I noticed, and all the talking up of Tanner that Brent, Hank and all the others do, makes you wonder just what this Hellspawn will look like. The fact that we never find out just makes the episode better.