S4 EP12 Knots Landing: Block Party-The " Mack's Daddy, Daddy Mack " Episode

A sunny cul-de-sac “block party” sounds harmless until you add a fundraiser wristband, a pop-star performance, and one charming scumbag who’s trying to lock in 25% of someone else’s career. We’re rewatching Knots Landing Season 4 Episode 12, “Block Party,” and the vibes swing from laugh-out-loud petty to surprisingly raw family drama in minutes. We break down Chip’s triple-dipping hustle as he plays publicist, manager, and boyfriend depending on who’s listening, then pressures CiGi into signing a service contract that would siphon off a huge cut of her future profits. Kenny is in full producer mode, the neighbors are stunting with booths and baked goods, and Jeff Munson’s presence turns a casual stage into a high-stakes audition. Then the secret kisses happen in the worst possible place, and Diana sees enough to crack the whole façade. On the other side of the cul-de-sac, Mac’s dad arrives from back east carrying a kilt, a strangely adopted accent, and a lifetime of unresolved damage. A bizarre night out escalates into a fight, and the next day brings a request that stops everything cold: Mac’s father asks him to end his life if things get bad again. What follows is one of those soap opera moments that’s messy, human, and uncomfortably honest about grief, guilt, and the fear of becoming your parent. If you love vintage primetime soaps, 1980s TV drama, and character-driven recaps that tell the truth and still let you laugh, hit play. Subscribe, share this with a fellow soap fan, and leave a review so more people can find the show.

Transcript

Summer Energy And Soap Joy

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Welcome back to Stopboard Crystal Gathering Pointies, Nolan, and OD dialogue to the Golden Age prime time. On your host, you have still still be a five time storyline of that one to that first add on the blockburger. The whether you're named this to that one, you want to find the playout that last time, update no questions and go up and down to 25 and 35. I hope your day is shaping up well. I hope your summer is even better. There is something about this time of year that just really excites me. I'm a full-grown woman. I still wake up at the end of May with excitement in my heart. Like, oh my god, it's summer. Girl, that don't mean nothing. I'm still going to work almost every day. I'm trying to study, educate myself. I'm trying to do a whole lot of things, but one of the things I refuse to miss out on is vintage primetime soap operay. These shows have become my absolute joy, and today's episode is no different. I really, really, really enjoyed today's episode. It's that giddiness I get. So here we are watching season four, episode 12 of Knott's Landing called Block Party. Yes, it brought up a couple of memories for me, but it also gives me the same sort of excitement that I get from watching Dynasty. I wasn't expecting to be laughing out loud this whole time. This is kind of a serious episode, but for whatever reason, I found the humor in it. And I hope you will too. Go ahead and pour yourself up something bubbly and bright as we jump into season four, episode 12 of Knot's Landing Block Party.

What A Block Party Should Be

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Oh my goodness, that just reminded me. The list of movies I had no business watching as a kid grows every single day, one of which was House Party. I watched every version of that movie and enjoyed it. And I promise you, this was well before I hit fourth grade. I had seen the movies either from behind the couch or sitting in the living room with my Gen X. Babysitters quietly minding my business and enjoying the film. They never really had an outdoor party where you get to read meet the rest of the neighborhood. I was a little bit confused this episode because there was Buku people in this cul-de-sec, but I would assume that everyone on Seaview Circle know. Okay, I'm not going to get into semantics, but Seaview Circle implies that that is just the cul de sec. Perhaps there's a Sea View Drive or Sea View Way, Parkway, something like that, where they invited the rest of the neighborhood because there were tons of people. Very diverse, very so cal. I love a good old-fashioned block party. We don't have them as much. I feel like growing up, I had them. I lived in a little bit of a smaller town. So it was not uncommon for someone to have a birthday party or a backyard party and it would spill over into the street. But I do remember on occasions where it would be the 4th of July, or we go to the next town over for Juneteenth, and people would have somewhat of a block party. It is a wonderful way to get to know your neighbors. That's what you would have thought was going to happen on this episode once you read the title. I didn't learn anything new about anybody I didn't already know. Let me rewind that. I didn't even learn any new neighbor's name. That's neither here nor there. Go ahead and buckle in so we can enjoy this episode. I have a lot of questions for you, OGs. Remember, you can always reach out to me in the show notes. There is a link where you can send your girl a text or you can send us a voicemail. I was actually inspired by one of the voice notes. You will see on the next couple of episodes once I get everything together. I appreciate your patience in advance. All right, y'all, let's go ahead and jump into this episode of Knotts the Landing. I don't want to think too much about it, but I noticed on this episode, as soon as I push play, there was a recap. I feel like this has happened a couple of times before, but it's not the commonplace on Knotts Landing, or I've just started it later. I'm not really sure why, but I don't necessarily mind the recap because it can be

Stage Setup And Neighborhood Flexing

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very helpful, especially if it takes me a little bit longer to get to the show. But I'm gonna have to mind my P's and Q's because they almost caught me at the end of this episode. They started talking about the next one, and I'm like, hold up, hold up, hold up. This is not how we do things. You were throwing off my busy schedule, but at the top of this episode, we find a lot of ruckus going on in the cul-de-sac. They are preparing for the block party of the century. You would think they're inviting the greater part of LA to this little block party. There is a stage being erected. There is a sign that says old-fashioned Backeast block party. Benefit, Knott's landing community playhouse, homemade foods, crafts, games, and something else. I can't Back East seemed weird, but this episode isn't exactly subtle. Okay, we need to build a backstory for good old Mac and his baby Jerry Curl, which I still very much enjoy. But he and Michael are putting up a sign Kenny is building a stage so that CG and her budding pop star career can perform any and everywhere. It is still a little bit shocking to me that a pop star in the early 80s would be at a restaurant and a block party. But everybody's got to start somewhere. Brittany Spears did a whole mall tour, if I remember correctly. Destiny's Child used to perform at the rodeo, which is not that uncommon, actually. It is what it is. You got to start where you start, and every stage is a stage that she needs to be on. And Kenny is taking this ish seriously. You think Quincy Jones or somebody, he is taking himself extremely seriously. So after Mac and Michael set up this the sign, I guess, that you would watch you would see as you entered into the block party. Kenny starts motioning for them over to come over and help. Before we get to Kenny, hold on, let me tell you this. It seems like everyone has their role to play. There's a lot of hustle and bustle. I cannot stress that enough. There's people in and out of everybody's houses, lots of extras this episode. So Mac and Michael seem to be in charge of setting up the signage. Kenny seems to be setting up the sound equipment and the stage. And Richard is stunting on them. Say what you will about Richard and his spending habits. Everybody's talking about how much money he spends. What they're not saying is that the food he spends the money on ain't delicious. So I don't know why I expected anything less of him. He has a beautiful hand-painted sign that says Daniels in front of his house. As the episode progresses, he is stunting on the rest of the neighbors. If y'all ain't been down to Daniels to get yourself a plate and have a highball after 11 p.m. to listen to CG, you are missing out, baby. He wants everybody in the cul-de-sect to know he is that dude. His restaurant is that restaurant. And if you're not involved with one or the other, you're totally missing out. Mac is in a bit of a hurry this episode. He doesn't have time to help Kenny set up any other sound systems or whatever it is he's working on. Because he is going to go pick up his father, who is from where? You guessed it. Backy. I love a good old backstory. I don't know. I guess because the World Cup is it is in the US and most of us were not really aware of it. No shade. There's a lot of things going on in the summer in the US. But one of the things that I have noticed and I've realized and really enjoyed is that people from all over the world, whether you are very, very cultured or this is your first time traveling outside of your respective country, everybody has a little bit of a perception of people from other places. And it's been really fun to see some of those thoughts be confirmed and some of them be uh being rebuilt. It is really interesting. This episode, we are reminded that Mac comes from a dual heritage. He is Irish, I thought, and Italian. But he is definitely all New York all day, and he's gonna remind you that mostly in the way that he speaks. His father, however, is a totally different sort of East Coaster. We'll get into him in a second. Before we go any further, we gotta jump into our bitty bit players.

Chip’s Con And The 25% Contract

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Chip the Triple Dipper is back up to his old scheme. Y'all be happy to know that Diana is well. She is recovering like a champ. She's actually really, really bored around the house. So she is back to being a complete and total pain in the butt walking around in her gown when she's supposed to be laying down. She's all in the mix, drawing, I guess reminding us that she is a fashion designer student, whatever you call it, whatever. Her two-bit love interest, Chip the Dip, is pissing everybody off on the cul de circ. Actually, he's not pissing everybody off. He's pissing Kenny, who thinks he's Quincy Jones off. See, what had happened was Kenny is trying to solidify his position as a producer for CG. And I understand that he's put in the work, he's put in the man hours, he has collaborated with her. They are indeed a team. It's very difficult for me to even think about CG without thinking about Kenny, despite his complete lack of rhythm and swag. So I find it hard to believe he's a he's a producer, but we're just gonna let that be. It is what it is. Kenny and Chip get into it over this world-class performance that CG is going to put on at the cul de sac. Chip feels like the stage should be higher. She is a star. He wants her elevated. The whole world needs to see her. Kenny gently reminds him that number one, he ain't putting no coin to build this here stage. Number two, he's not the boss of Kenny. And number three, it's a freaking block party, homeboy. There's gonna be 50 people here topped. We're not trying to impress the world here. What are you going on about? Chip lets Kenny know that he is invited. Oh God, what's the producer's name? The producer, you know the one. Munson. Munson is coming, and I want CG in the very best light. I want her tippy top of the stage. I want her to be seen from the highest seats. Kenny's like, what seats are you trying to? It's a block party, you weirdo. There are no seats. They get into it. Kenny's like, I'm not gonna sit here jawjacking with you. If you want the stage higher, you're gonna have to build it yourself. The chip has a nerve to be appalled. He is so good at running this little game that he runs that he is not used to the conflict. Kenny doesn't seem to be attracted to him, so he can't woo him. You're gonna have to actually produce something. Instead of doing that, Chip decides he's gonna continue on with the sure thing. Sure thing being number one, Diana. He goes to check on her. He seems to be the only person that she'll listen to. Her mother tells her to go lay back down. She don't want to hear that. Chip comes in, smelling like other people's soap because he does not have the money to pay for it himself. And he says, Honey, you really should be resting right now. So she goes right upstairs to rest. She is putty in his scheming, conniving hands. You know who else is? Our good sister CG. It's so funny. I'm watching this with the subtitles on sometimes, and they keep calling her UCG. Like if he goes UC CG, it just it spells out U C G. Anyway, part of this whole scheme is convincing all the women in Chip's life that he is busy all day, every day working towards a very specific goal. Now he is smart enough to keep the goal one and the same. The goal is to make CG a global superstar. According to Lily May, he is a hardworking publicist who is doing his very best to get the word out about this budding little starlet. According to CG, he is also a publicist slash manager slash boyfriend who is protecting her image by not letting the world know that they are together. And he is working night and day to make sure she is in the best light and that the best people come by to see her so that she can have a Whitney Houston style career. Diana also believes that he is a publicist slash manager who is working day and night diligently to make sure that his client, CG, is put in the best possible light. He has to schmooze with certain people, he has to pound the pavement all day. So it's a wonder he's he's never caught. Actually, it's not a wonder that he's never caught because everybody believes that he is doing a job. So he can be gone for several hours a day spending quality time with one of these three women, and the other ones are none the wiser because he is quote unquote doing his job. So he makes out with Diana and her borrowed kidney upstairs in the bed, but he has the balls to try to pressure her into a little bit more, saying, you know, honey, I think I'm just starting to take this so seriously. He does all that. He he's keeping Diana on the hook. Once he's got enough of what he's gotten from her, now that he's all hot and bothered, I suppose, he goes over to CG's apartment, disrobes, climbs in her sheets, booty bow hole naked, and waits for her to come back from whatever she does all day. After they make love, he's like, Oh, by the way, honey, Ted Munson is coming to see you tomorrow at the Hollywood Bowl, aka Sea View Circle in front of Aline's Nym House. But he he told me something very interesting. So he starts to feed CG this BS about how Ted Munson says it's super complicated to be a producer slash publicist, and that he basically needs I'm I'm I'm paraphrasing this. You can go back and watch it if you want. CG baby, you need to sign a service contract. The way that Chip explains this is that Gary and Kenny are loose canon. If they continue to battle one another, the the whole Jeff Munson deal may never happen, thus ruining CG's chance at stardom. So if they sign a certain contract they being CG and Chip sign a service contract, he'll be in charge of all the deals. It'll go through him. That way there's no there's no delay and there's no backbiting, there's no arguing between Kenny and Gary. Just let me handle it. So mind you, they are booty butthole naked in bed as he's dropping this on her and he's acting all distress. And he's like, Oh honey, I can't give you all the details. I don't really understand it that much. But Jeff Munson is the one who brought it up to me, and if he thinks it's good, I think it's good. So she's like, Okay, we have it here. I just so happen to have it right here. He pulls it out of her bedside table because he don't have one because he ain't got no job, or not no house because he ain't got no job. And she quickly scans over the paper and she clocks the most important part of this whole deal. She sees the numbers two, five followed by a percent sign. She's like, what the actual chip? This says that you're gonna take 25% of my profits. He's like, Yeah, honey, that's standard. That's what Jeff Munson says. It's you know, blase blase. He's talking fast. And she is she's got on those rose-colored glasses. But I said to myself, I've been watching the Kardashians for almost 20 years, and I know that Chris Jenner only takes 10%. 25% seems egregious, seems like a lot. Some people don't think 25% is a lot, but like, dude, what if 25% of your body was missing? What if 25% of your money was missing? What if 25% of your day is gone? That is a chunk, that is a significant character-building chunk of whatever it is it's representing. Unfortunately. CG thinks this man loves her, she believes a lie. He is feeding her, he is working hard, he's actually hardly working. Chip has got it made. What a bum. The Kevin Fetter line of Knott's Landing. I don't know how he managed to finesse. It's easy to call him a jerk and a loser, but there is a talent in being an F-boy. To be a proper hobosexual, you have to understand who has the amenities and who's going to continue to acquire amenities. He's picked the perfect target. And CG's none the wiser. Now, eventually, he and CG get a little bit beside themselves at the block party or right before the block party, their kissy kissy boo-boo face and a set of eyes happens to see them. But before that can go down, we need to rewind just a little bit.

Mac’s Dad Arrives With A Kilt

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Back to Mac. Mac and Michael manage to dip out of helping Kenny. They go upstairs, and Michael is polite enough to wait outside the bathroom as Mac goes in to freshen up. He's going to pick up his father, not at the airport, at the bus station. His daddy doesn't really believe in planes and trains and stuff like that. He's kind of cheap, and plus, he just feels really weird about not having wheels on the ground and being able to stop. I totally understand you, Mac's daddy. So what happens is Michael is just asking the standard questions that a curious kid who admires someone asks. And he's answering, Mac is answering all the questions so that we, the audience, understand his relationship and his standing with his dad. Now he seems pretty excited that his father is on his way and he's telling Michael, Yeah, I'm gonna pick him up at the bus station because he hates playing. And Michael's like, what is he like? Mac says, uh, you know, he's he's kind of cheap, he's kind of this and that. Michael asked, Michael either asks him if he's like him, or he says, Oh, he kind of sounds like you. Mac is in the bathroom taking a whore bath, as best I can tell. I thought he was pulling a Mr. Rogers, and he went upstairs to put on a more comfortable house cardigan. That's not the case. And while I just said the word cardigan, somebody please explain to me, all you OGs, why the hell everybody in SoCal is wearing sweaters year-round. Listen, I get it. As someone who's born and raised in Texas, living in the desert most of my life, I long for sweaters and cozy clothing because it is quite comfortable and quiet is kept. Everybody in the southwest knows that you can probably we probably have the ability to withstand a little more heat than the average person in the US. So, yeah, sometimes you see people in long-sleeve shirts when it's 85 degrees. It's not really that hot to us. But SoCal in Texas is not that different climate-wise. Granted, they are near the beach, so I'm assuming it's a it's slightly cool. Actually, no, that's not true. It's only cooler by the beach if you're actually at the beach. If you're inland, you don't feel that like that. But for the last five or six episodes, they are dressed like they live in New England. Sweaters head to toe all the time. So, Mac, mind you, he's been outside moving a. This ain't a 2026 banner that you get printed at the laser printer shop and hang on like an aluminum post. This is a real deal holy filled built out of 200-year-old wood signage. And it stands well over 10 feet tall. So imagine how hot and musty you get in a normal day. Let's say he had on some booty shorts and a tank top. He would be hot and musty for moving all that around. This man had on denim and a sweater, so I know he ain't the freshest, but he goes upstairs to quote unquote freshen up. He simply takes off his sweater and puts it back on. He's putting it back on. I'm judging him for filth. Michael is waiting patiently outside the door to hear what Max Daddy, or who rather, Max Daddy is. And Max says, Yeah, I guess I am kind of like my dad, but you can tell it makes him uncomfortable. It's the first time he's actually thought it in his mind that he is like his dad. So you don't see the joy completely leave his face, but you immediately understand that, okay, I like this dude. Maybe I don't I don't like him enough to want to be like him. So Max makes his way down to the good old Greyhound bus station, and we see a mustachioed and heavily eyebrowed man waiting amongst dozens of other people. As Mac in his doo-doo-brown sweater slip into the bus station, his father hollers out, Hey, who are you here for? Max sees him and he turns from a uh a 38 year old man to a five year old little boy. He is happy to see his papy, his daddy, runs up, hugs him, brings him back to the cul de sec. You're just in time for a little get together. I'm gonna introduce you to my friends, Womp Womp Dee Womp. I apologize that. So we are meant to believe that this elderly man from the East Coast, who we know from this episode was actually born in the United States, somehow managed to obtain and maintain a faux Scottish accent for the better part of six decades. Make it make sense. I can actually make it make sense. There's a scene a little bit later where Back explains to Karen that his dad has sort of adopted this accent. This seems to be a trauma response since Mac's mother has recently passed away, and his sister, Megan, no longer speaks to their father. So let's go back to Mac being excited about his dad. His dad comes down. Mac takes him to his apartment to get settled in. They briefly chatter, chatter, chit, chit, and it seems good. There doesn't seem to be any tension. I mean, there's no heavy tension. There's a little bit, but it seems like Mac is receiving his father well, so his father is behaving well. You can tell there's a little something in the air that they're dancing around. That'll have to wait because Mac needs to introduce his daddy to his new lady and her lovely, lovely friends. And like I said, he came at the perfect time. The block party's about to pop off. And on my second go of watching this, I realized this is not just a block party, it's a fundraiser. I ain't never been in a block party where I had to pay for anything. This is like a um not a car. It reminds me of something you do like in a high school parking lot or in a high school gym to raise money that way. I don't think I've ever s noticed a neighborhood being like, hey, we're raising money for the rec center. $25 or whatever. You get a get a little bracelet, you get to walk around and play all the games. All right. You know, there's so much going on at this event. People are coming and going, coming and boiling. Like I said, there's a ton of extras this episode. Gang decides they're gonna sit down and have a meal with Mac's dad, and he's telling all the fun stories about Mac as a kid. And turns out he was also called Mac at some point. But then McDonald's came around, and they had to they had to make a decision. So Mac's father, whose name I guess it might be Patrick, I think that might be Mac's name as well, but there's another M. So his name actually starts with an M. He didn't want to tell everybody what his name is. His dad and he both go by Mac, and he was little Mac, dad was Big Mac until McDonald's came along and ruined everybody's life, so they row Chambeau for it. And Little Mac won. It immediately reminds me of Chris Cross and it was uh the Mac Daddy and Daddy Mac. Okay, y'all. So you know my girl Lily May, since there's going to be a stage, she pulled out her instrument. Lily May is never gonna pass up an opportunity to perform in front of anyone. I suppose she's just she's she's riding high on the fact that she's gonna perform on stage, and she knows Jeff Munson is coming. If she's not, she'll be damned if she missed an opportunity.

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So she blesses us with the hood classic.

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Pine country.

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Was a bow drifting high in the pine country. Most patchwork, but mostly was blue. I love this episode. I love it, I love it, I love it.

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Just she wants to evaporate every time her mama pulls out that damn instrument and she's gotta keep a straight-ish face. Oh my god, it's so funny. Ginger's there, and ginger doesn't give her the stink out like she gives. Everybody at the table, with the exception of Max Daddy, who seem to be embarrassed and just want this to end, but they're you know, they're trying to be respectful because she's their elder. And upstairs, Diana and Chip are laying in bed, and these disrespectful little monsters have the nerves to start cackling. I can't stand y'all. That's all I'm gonna bop. No, it's so funny. Okay, so introductions are made. Everybody knows that Mac's dad's in town. He and Mac go back to the apartments, and I might be mixing this up a little bit, but I feel like this is a point where Mac tells no, no, no, no, no. Actually, let me rewind it back. They don't just leave Karen's house and go home and go to bed because this is Mac after all. He is fresh off of banging his neighbor from across the hall. He is a recently reformed man, best I can tell. Actually, they haven't had a conversation about it. All I know is he was there for the family when Diana was uh absorbing Abby's kidney, but he's still Mac. So Mac and Daddy Mac decide they need to they need to take the edge off. They're gonna go to the spot. They go to a bar. Very strange. So there is a woman dancing

Bar Misread Leads To A Fight

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on stage and she's wearing some sort of belly dancing garb. She's putting on a show. I think there's a couple of band members, I don't really remember. There are a few women walking around, which I thought was odd because there's a different performer a little bit later on, and not to say that women don't visit these types of bars, but women generally don't hang out at bars like that. Like we don't really want to go pay to listen to music while a lady dances in a bikini. That's just not the spot, but there's women there, and I'm like, okay, maybe I don't know everything about LA. I don't know what this is. Doesn't seem to be a strip club, but it no one else is dancing. I guess that's the other part. And then there's a pool table. So in my mind, this is leaning more towards a male establishment, and as time goes on, nothing really happens. Bunch of nerds come in, men from you know, nerdy men in full suits, men in hard hats, women of various ages, all pretty good looking, just kind of hanging out. So Mac and his dad take a seat at the bar. Mac is dressed just like Mr. Rogers. I kid you not, he's got on like a burgundy sweater and a big butterfly collar underneath. He is Mr. Rogers. His daddy is Mr. Wino because he's like, give me a shot. Homeboy takes like 50 shots of double scotch back to back to back to back. And Mac is like, dang, are you are you okay, Dad? He's like, Yeah, yeah, yeah. I just gotta drink a lot of liquor really fast so that I can get drunk. And Mac doesn't bother to explain to him how that works. He's like, okay, cool. You drink at whatever speed you need to. So as the night progresses, they're they're just kind of shooting the breeze. Mac still seems pretty excited to have his dad there. His dad is is starting to to crack a little bit, though. You can tell he's not just drinking because he wants to get drunk because he's sad. He's working up the nerve to say something. His dad is lonely, the mom is dead, he knows that he doesn't have the best relationship with Mac. He also knows that his Mac sister doesn't speak to him anymore. He had mentioned that he he kind of wanted to just live in LA. Now there's really nothing left for him back east. You see the remorse. He wants to work through the problems, but he and Mac have never had this sort of relationship. So he says, Dad, ever all fathers and sons have problems. We'll just, I mean, they're nothing. They don't even exist anymore. We don't have to talk about it. And Zad's like, no, we gotta work through this. I'm not trying to be, I don't want to be a loser, basically. He's not actually apologizing, but he's he's dancing around it. Well, as they're talking, it's about 11 o'clock. Mac orders his father a cup of coffee. He starts drinking it. And these this girl is sitting by Mac, telling reminding him what time it is. Oh, it's 11, it's this and that. And I I didn't actually think that was weird at first, but it turns out these are ladies of the night. And I suppose this establishment is meant to, it's a sure thing. If you come in there, this is me guessing, guys, you can watch it and make your own assumptions, but this is the the vibe I get. If you come in there and you hang out, and if you're talking to these ladies, you are you understand what this is. They got a job to do. You're gonna need to pay them for that job. Mac and his father did not know this. They just want to get drunk. Well, the girls keep saying, Well, hey, it's it's it's time to go. We've been waiting on you guys since 11, and Mac and his dad are like, we didn't even, dude, I barely started talking to you like 1050. I don't know who you are. The bartender decides to jump in. Ladies, is there a problem here? The brunette says, Yeah, these dudes promised us a good time. Now it's too late for us to find another John. Now they're talking about they don't want to pay for the good time. So the bartender asks the little blonde girl, and she's reluctant to lie, but she lies anyway, and she's like, Yeah, that's exactly the story. They have wasted our time. Mac and his father are still really not picking up on this. They think this is some sort of joke. And also, I guess they're from the East Coast where they still do the most. We ain't paying nobody for nothing. Bartender says, Okay, there is a black gentleman behind you, there is a dude in a three-piece suit. They finna stomp y'all out if y'all don't pay. Well, they didn't know. Mac and his dad are about that life. If Mac's father didn't bless him with anything else, he blessed him with them hands. Him and his daddy put belt to ass. They immediately stomp out these two dudes. And for the first time, I think ever in my life on network television, I've never seen anybody get mushed in the face. Now, Mac being the younger Mac is obviously a little stronger, so he quickly beats the the brakes off a three-piece two-point. The dad is beating up the black dude. It's taking him a little longer because he's drunk and he's older, but he he gets he gets the best of him. But he's, you know, he's a little bit more tired. He's recovering in the corner just a bit. Mac goes to grab him. And on the way out, Mac's dad puts his six foot two paw right on three-piece two three piece two. Three piece two guys' face and mushes it, pushes him back into the pool table. I've only seen that on wrestling. I've never seen that on a fight. Not even on like HBO or anything. So after the McKinseys go home, narry a scratch on either one of them, they're fine. They put on their sleeping clothes. You know, they they kind of proud of themselves for holding their own at the fight. Okay, let me get to the good part because this is this is the part they're lingering over. This Mac's dad has had some form of cancer, but it is in remission right now. He did tell him that at the bar as he was just pounding back all the alcohol. This makes Mac a little bit nervous. So I I think he he's trying to salvage the moments even more. He's already sort of made up in his mind that he wasn't gonna say too much to his dad. But he he'll keep having these small side uh conversations with Karen about his dad. So the next day, his father says, Mac, I need you to do me a

The Shocking Ask And Mac’s Spiral

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favor. When the time comes, I want you to kill me. I want you to put as many pills down my throat as you can. I want you to pull me a pull a gun on me or da da da da. Mac flips. He's like, Okay, hold on. Here it's okay, now I get it, now I get it. Mom's gone. My sister does not talk to you anymore. I thought you came out to LA because you really loved me, because you you wanted to be a part of my life finally. No, you only came out here to put the most horrific amount of pressure on my shoulders. What sort of thing is that to ask me? He's furious. His dad starts his dad's true colors come out. His dad starts barking at him, and then you get to see the glimpse of maybe who this man was as Mac and he were as Mac was growing up. Mac is smirking this whole time. He almost looks amused. I don't know if that's his way of of holding it together or piling a little bit of power over his dad, but his daddy ain't like it. His dad starts going off on him. Don't you talk to me like that? I'm still your father. Look at you. You think you're so tough? I'm a feeble old man. You're gonna beat me? Because Mac raises his fist. I don't think he was gonna do nothing. But the old man is like, he saw the old man flitch and you can tell he kind of enjoyed it. I can tell Mac kind of enjoyed it a little bit. But he goes and he fishes out another sweater, puts it on, and he goes over to Karen's house so he can tell her what trash his father is. I also know something. We all have siblings. I know for a fact that Mac picked up the phone and made a collect call, and him and his sister talked so much ish.

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You know he picked up the phone and he's like, girl.

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Wake up. Let me tell you what your daddy did. Oh now that's my daddy. That's yeah, that's your daddy. Let me tell you about your daddy. Karen's sentiment is like, okay, if he's always acted a fool, then why are you surprised that he's acting a fool? He's just doing what he's always done. Matt goes on, he's like, No, you don't even understand. He was a horrible person. Do you know that this man used to he would cheat on my mom? And then he would accuse my sister of like when she went to college, he said that she banged the whole basketball team. Everybody. She banged the whole football team. Every time she went out, he assumed she was banging multiple men. I thought okay. You you were treating this. I understand why the sister cut ties immediately. She's not gonna deal with that, especially now that he's old and drunk and mean. But I don't know why he and Mac made it this far. But it seems like it was just maybe he wasn't the target. It's one thing to be the target of someone's hate and then just to sort of be ignored by them. At least when you're ignored, you can fill in the blanks with whatever you want. Although this the scenes are serious, it is still entertaining because this man is putting on this Irish brobe and Mac's got this East Coast attitude. He's so blunt. But he's hurt. And I feel him. He has a right to to express himself. Can you imagine the disrespect you'd feel if the only reason your father is talking to you because it's because he thinks he's at the end of his life and he's afraid that it might hurt to die. So he wants you to make it as comfortable for him as possible. Max, like, okay, you kick rocks, drop, drop dead. I'm gonna plug you in extra tight. I'm gonna make sure there are a lot of chords going to you. I'm gonna make sure you're alive as long as possible, you bastard. He uses the word vested. That's what really pisses Max Dad off. Okay. It is a Did I talk about the kilts? Oh my god, I think I left out the most important part of this. When Max Dad first arrives at Mac's apartment, he pulls out this kilt and then he goes into this whole spiel about how he wanted to wear it to Mac's mother's funeral, but her Italian brothers told him, Don't you dare embarrass my sister, don't put that on. And he had to explain to the Italian brothers and the audience that that's part of his heritage, that he's proud to be Scottish-Irish, and he wanted to do that. So he's carrying this around. Mac's impressed that he's got it. He's like, Okay, cool. You you kind of get the feeling that he's he's going to leave it to Mac. That's the whole point. So Mac goes to Karen's, talks about it, talks about his dad. They got together. Apparently, his dad used to wear the kilt all the time. Anytime the family got together, he would put it on. He's like, You need to wear the plastic because you need to remember who you are and where you come from. That seems to be the underlying theme here. Who you are and where you come from isn't always a reflection of the people who I mean that you are who you are because of the people who raise you, for better or for worse. It doesn't mean you are identical to them, but it feels like on this episode, Mac is realizing that he is or he was a lot more like his father, and he does not want to be. Having the man in his face has forced him to sort of deal with it. All right, a couple of splashes here and there. Let's go ahead and get to this party.

The Performance And Chip Gets Caught

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It seems that uh Abby has also recovered beautifully. She is in a wool rug and turtlenecks, looks fantastic. Gary's there too. Gary and Abby only appear on this episode so they can drop off Olivia at the block party. So Olivia's homegirl is waiting for him. Abby tells Olivia to call her when she's ready to come home. And Olivia says, Where? Abby's like, girl, you know where you live, and when you come, you're gonna come home to home home. Olivia says, No, no, no, no. Where am I calling you from? You you guys basically pissed off everybody in the neighborhood. So I don't know who's gonna let me use their phone. Say, girlby. Go on, get out of here. And no sooner than she says that Olivia sees Karen. I didn't realize that she hadn't seen Karen in a while. I guess she hadn't seen her since the hospital, but I respect it.

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We're gonna keep the kids out of this. That's TT Baby.

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She is happy to see Olivia. Olivia's happy to see her. You can come over to Auntie's house anytime. Your mother and Gary can. Ooh, she can't stand them. They can't come over here, but you baby, yeah. You can come over here anytime you want. Go get some cake. Come come come see Auntie if you need some money for some games. Okay. A fatal mistake is made on Chip's part. This is the first time Chip's veneer has actually been chipped. CG is, of course, the star of this extravaganza. She's minding her business, just sort of taking in the scene. He's walking around with her. They're kissing behind the stage. Unfortunately, behind the stage is in front of Karen's house. So Diana, who can't manage to stay upstairs or downstairs, is looking out the window and she catches Chip kissing Stee. So now she knows, okay, well, I'm not his one and only. It's like a deep kiss, too. It's several kisses. It's it's the kind of kiss you give someone that you have a good relationship with. And speaking of relationships, Mr. Jeff Munson is early. I'm talking, they're still staying up. This light of day is still up. They're still plugging in speakers and whatnot. He goes over to Val's house. Now, how he knows it's Val's house, I'm sure I don't know. Maybe he just went into everyone's house because that's what everyone seems to be doing this episode. Jeff Munson stroll into Valene's house like, dang, girl, you're a hard woman to get a hold of. She's like, I know, I know. I'm so bad at returning phone calls. Are you here to see CG? He's like, No, lady, I came to see you. He is looking her up and down, down and up. Thank God she got that new book, money. She looks fantastic. I guess Val's house, now that I'm saying it, guys, forgive me for going back and forth so much, but it this is a very confusing block party to me. It is a affair, more or less. So Val's house is the uh Appalachian Afghan store. They got a bunch of quilts and blankets and stuff up. So people are inside her house moving about freely because they're looking at the different throws and blankets and quilts and whatnot. Yeah, okay, that makes sense. So in front of Richard's house, he's got a little bakery set up. He's got croissants, he's got cakes and whatnot. People are having a good time. I love this episode. I love this episode, even though it's not just over the top. It is time for CG to perform. We get another cameo from Baby Two Names. She is eating an organic apple, probably one of the last she's ever gonna have. Enjoying it. It is crisp and delicious. And as CG is singing a song, everybody is really enjoying it except Ginger. It will never, ever, ever, ever not be hilarious to me to watch Ginger dry hate on CG. The look is lethal. Especially with baby two names enjoying an apple. You tell she kinda wanna bob her head, but she don't want to smoke with her mom. Plus, nobody's coming over to spin Ginger's wheel. It's so disrespectful. This concert is not that popular. It's alright, it's probably just an average at that. Sadly, Mac decides to go back to his apartment to make amends with his dad, but when he gets there, the closet is empty and he begins to cry. Mac is hot. I don't know if I've said that lately, but I I enjoy seeing Mac. And I don't know if I'll put him on my list. I feel like I need to go back and look at it again. Oh, Kenny is also there listening to CG, as you would expect. And there's something about Kenny in a past. Sweater that makes him extra bold. They say when a man wears pink, there's not a whole lot you can say to him. He's bold. He's too confident. There's nothing, you can't tell him nothing. When a man wears a pastel sweater in SoCal with an undershirt and a button down underneath, he's bolder even still. Jeff Munson goes over to Kenny and he says, Hey, I heard a lot about you. You're pretty awesome. Kenny's like, I know my way around the studio. If that's what you're saying, yes, I know what I'm doing. Thank you. Jeff Munson's like, Well, I'd really like to talk to you sometime. Kenny looks him down and up, up and down in disgust, and says, We just did. Walks off to a hater ginger. The only thing that makes ginger a little less haterishy this episode is when Lily Mae joined.

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When Lily Mae joined CeeGee on stage for uh a riveting rendition of By and By Lord Cold and Cloudy Day. I saw CeeGee kissing shipping dip. Dynasty's were rolling away.

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Circle be unbroken. By and by Lord by this called circle be unbroken.

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I just know the buy-on by part. Yo, God, this was such a delight. If nothing else happened this episode, that would have been worth the wait of admission. Okay, so after the concert, after the fundraiser. This is a weak block party because the block parties I've been to, go come on. It wouldn't have been over till like one. But I guess people have things to do. They've got little kids and stuff. So party's over. No one's really picking up all the garbage outside. Lily Mae realizes that she had written down all of um there was an auction and she had all the the numbers

Missing Dad And A Hard Truth

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written down on a piece of paper and she misplaced it. So she's going outside, looking for it. She's asking some rando guy who's, I guess, supposed to be picking up equipment, but not. She asked him if he's seen a piece of paper with some numbers on it. He's like, Yeah, I've seen that everywhere. Well, as she's skirting around. Up walks Mac's daddy, and he's like, Hey, Lily Mae, do you think you can do me a favor? She's like, Where the hell are you? I blew the roof off this thing. You should have been here two, three hours ago. I had a jump and you missed my songs. Where you been? He's not really trying to hear that. He's like, Oh yeah, that's great. I'm so sorry that I missed your stuff. Do you think you can give this to Mac? She's like, No, I think you need to give it to Mac. It's a kilt, by the way, the kilt in a bag. Lily Mae, who's only recently made up with her daughter, understands what Mac, Big Mac is trying to do, or Pete, I guess his name, Peter Pat, what he's trying to do. And she knows that this this isn't how you you remedy things with your kids. She tells him, me and Valen weren't close. We didn't have to work this out. We had a whole lot of really, really bad years. But now we don't talk about it because we moved through it. And the reason we don't have to talk about it is because we're not repeating the same mistakes. Basically telling, if you do this and you leave this kid, you ain't gonna never, ever, ever make it right because you're just repeating the same cycle. Meanwhile, Mac is in Karen's house. He's upset, he was in tears, he had been crying, and she's trying to comfort him about his dad. She's trying to comfort him, but she's also about to tally up the totals. You know, she runs she runs a social circle, you know what I'm saying? Mac has put on a fresh pair of corduroys and an even fresher sweater. She says, Mac, if you don't, if you don't find him tonight, you can always go to New York and see him. Mac's like, over my dead body, I'm not doing that. But the truth is, he's like, Karen, I'm just like my dad. I hate his lousy guts, but I'm just like him. Everything about me is just like him. This is where he goes into the part about not getting married and all that. Well, before he can get too deep with it, he looks out the window, same window Diana was peeking out of, and I'll be damned if he don't see his father and Lily May doing some sort of tap dance on the stage that's still erected. He can't believe it. He's like, I'm gonna go cuss him out right now. So he goes outside, Karen chasing behind him, and he's like, You got a lot of nerves showing up here, Pete. I forgot to mention that his father has put on said kilt at this point. That probably stings a little bit more to Mac now that I'm watching this the second time around. It probably stings more because he said his dad would always put it on like for family occasions, special occasions, Christmas things like that, or anytime the family got together. So the fact that he dipped out on them and didn't come to find Mac personally, but you got the nerve to be dancing a little jig in in your kilt like it's a celebratory occasion probably hits especially hard. They,

Apology On The Stage And Moving Forward

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of course, have it out. Now, Karen, she wants to be supportive of Mac, but then she she doesn't want to listen, but she is nosy. And Lily May is the neighborhood ear hustler. So she says, Come on here, child. Let me teach you how to ear hustle from your living room. I know the spot, I know exactly where to stand. We're gonna be able to hear everything. But they start getting loud, they start getting east coast loud, I suppose. So Lily May and Karen turn around to listen, and the dad just lays it all out. He goes, I am sick. Mac cuts him off. You could be in remission for 20 years, you're not that sick. He's like, I'm not sick as in a leukemia. I'm sick because I love you and your sister, but I have I haven't done anything to earn your love back. It makes me sick to my stomach to know how I've done you all. I hate myself for who I've been and how much pain I put you in. Mac tells him just to forget it. We're past all that. I can forgive all of that, but what I can't do is watch you die. You promised me you won't die. And I'm like, oh my god, Mac. It's a powerful scene, and I'm sorry that I'm smiling through it, but he's just a little boy who wants his dad. Good, bad, or indifferent, even the the worst parts of them are still him. Don't ask me to kill you. Do not die on me, old man, okay? As long as you're moving forward, that's all they can do. That's all they can do at this point is move forward. But he almost cries again. His father ends up embracing him in the end. I love a good backstory, but like I said, there's this formula in my mind when it comes to relatives on a TV show, is never a good thing. He doesn't seem to be awful. And I gotta say, Lily may have turned out okay. Abby didn't, but good for good for TV, not for Karen. So we'll see how Mac's dad sticks around. I I get the feeling he's not gonna be around a long time. And I feel like Mac's gonna be very, very devastated already because he was toe up. Y'all he was hurt when he goes back to that apartment and all of his dad's stuff is gone. So hopefully they can work that out. I don't know if this guy's gonna be in here too much longer. And then I had to turn it off really quick because they go on the next episode. And I'm like, shut up, can't do that. But I think I'm gonna go ahead and treat myself. Now that I have recorded this, I hope you have enjoyed season four, episode

Wrap Up, Villain Watch, And Next Steps

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13's recap of Knopf's landing. Almost said may the circle be unbroken. Not this one. This one was block party. Looks like Gigi just signed over a chunk of her revenue, which I'm very concerned about. Kenny is on one, as they say. Chip has been found out. Chip is actually one of the best villains I've ever seen. Is that an exaggeration? No, it's actually not. He's a perfect dose of he's tall, dark, and handsome. He's very intelligent, he's a complete scumbag. He's completely self-centered, but he knows how to make you feel special, which is the most important part. But he's just young enough to where he can make these quote-unquote mistakes in business and no one's gonna hold it over his head. He's if he's he's in the pocket right now of being a scumbag. But his fatal mistake is that he is running game on people who are in too close proximity to one another. And now he's got Diana, and Diana's, y'all know she's a nightmare. I can't imagine she's gonna make his life any better, but Lily May will comfort him. Diana used to help him out, or I mean, as of this episode, she's still helping him out. I hope she repossesses his car. Trying to figure out how he's gonna get kicked out of Lily May, or excuse me, it's not Lily May's house. That is Vandalia's house. Wonder if he's gonna get kicked out of there. It doesn't seem like he would. Actually, I guess he hadn't really been found out because Steve already knew he was with Diana and Lily. May knows that too. I don't know if they have that kind of relationship, but she's definitely very fond of him. She knows he runs around with both of them. So it seems like Diana is a wild card, and I think he picked the right run on the wrong day. All right, guys, that's it. That's all. I hope you'll join me on the next episode of Stoaploor where we dive back into another piece of vintage primetime gold.

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