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Review
The plot was ho-hum, but the interaction between characters was priceless.
 Rick's obvious discomfort around AJ's lovely
houseguest is hilarious. He fidgets, he squirms, he looks at her, he Doesn't Look at her, he checks to see if his interest is showing, all of which made
me laugh through the whole scene. Great comic performance.
JP is adorable as the exhausted and wobbly AJ, searching desperately for  a cup of coffee to drink before dealing with his disapproving brother.
Very interesting exchange between the brothers there. Rick could easily have sat back and enjoyed 'quail hunting' with AJ, say with the olive
oil wrestlers he mentions in the end. But he doesn't. He's not objecting morally, thank goodness. That would have been too much
hypocrisy from Rick and I'm glad AJ brought that up. Rick's response is to say that you have to work up to this level of womanizing over years, but I don't think that's
his real objection. I believe he's objecting because of the way AJ is doing it. AJ's acting like a man desperate to stay drunk so he can forget the pain, except the drink
of choice here is sex.
 When it gets AJ into trouble
with the husband, Rick's response is even more interesting. He doesn't try to force AJ to stop, he offers his own list of women so his younger brother can at least stay
out of that kind of trouble. My opinion only - I think Rick knew he didn't have the power to make AJ stop, so he did the only thing he could. I noticed we never see Rick
actually giving any numbers to the blonde boy, though. It isn't until AJ gets his act
together that we see Rick feel free to once again invite AJ on his sexual exploits.
JP did a great job of portraying a man who's defensive and in pain. I enjoyed so much about his performance in this episode, from lashing out
to the guy with satyriasis to becoming a happy-go-lucky kid when Rick offers up his women. And then switching back to the disapproving AJ at the end. Priceless.
 One thing I
particularly enjoyed about this episode was the obvious closeness to Town. He could easily have been the third brother, not just a friend. From wiping AJ's nose while the boy's
in handcuffs to ganging up with Rick to tease AJ about the sexual surrogate, he's become a member of the family. I also liked how he really didn't even have to suggest the brothers
break into the victim's apartment - they were already on their way to do it by the time he got around to it. This kind of deep friendship is just great to see, not just between the two
Simons, but between the three men. I hope I never have to choose between Janet and Town as best recurring character, because it would be an awfully close race.
So, the camaraderie was wonderful, even if the plot wasn't spectacular. I found myself not really caring about who killed the victim, I just wanted to see more of the
great interactions, which this episode provided, so it gets 4 Camaros. The rest of the photos are here.
4 out of 5 Camaros
 
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