The Son That Got Away

Season 2, Episode 8, Aired

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Hank and Kahn fear the worst when Bobby, Connie, and Joseph explore a cave where teenagers go to make out. The whole clan reveals their experiences with The Boneyard, as the search for the trio ensues. The most unlikely of heroes comes through, to 'rescue' the kids and save the day.moreless
  • Bobby has deep feelings for Connie but poor Joseph has been a lone wolf for too long. When the kids get lost in the caverns of Arlen, hidden angst is suddenly revealed and the parents must come to terms with each other all of this.moreless

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    The Son That Got Away is an epic episode about the adventure of the kids disappearing during a normal day of playing and the parents going completely crazy in the meanwhile. Bobby, Conn Jr. and Joseph go into the same caves that Arlen's teenagers notoriously go to make "whoopie" and the kids have no idea how to get back out of the catacomb-like structure. While they're contending with their dilemma, their parents (who aren't exactly the best of friends anyhow) commence to back-biting and hurting each other's feelings about which child is at fault or whose kid has better behavior in general. Tune in to laugh at Kahn, Hank, Mihn and Peggy falling apart in their search for the kids.moreless
  • Shows Teen Habits very well

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    This episode shows the rebellious nature of Teens very well in how teens do not want to be told what to do by parents. The way this episode was written was well done because it showed the common impulses of teens wanting to get away from the controlling parents well.
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    • Frampton Comes Alive: Inside the cave, there is graffiti. One of the graffiti reads, "Frampton Comes Alive", which was Peter Frampton's 1976 album.

    • The Piano Joseph mentions that he snuck into an R rated movie once, but the only person who was naked was Harvey Kietel. This is a reference to the movie The Piano, in which Harvey Kietel has a full frontal scene.

    • Minh: Look at my hand. Still as a Monet waterlily. Claude Monet was a French painter who helped start the art movement called Impressionism. He liked to paint the same landscape or object several times in order to capture how his subjects looked at different times of the day and in different weather. Monet's many paintings of waterlilies were based on the flowers in his own Japanese garden.

    • Music Teacher: I've suffered through everything from "Old Man Liver" to "The Smell-O Nose Of Texas!" These songs were parodies of "Old Man River" and "The Yellow Rose Of Texas." "Old Man River" is from the Broadway musical Showboat. "The Yellow Rose Of Texas" is a traditional folk song that has been recorded by country artists like Mitch Miller and Johnny Lee.

    • Bobby: My Mom's making Pork Pockets!. This is an allusion to the food item "Hot Pockets".

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