Married... with Children (TV Series) Hood in the Boyz (1993) User Reviews

C-can't we all just get along?

[gridoon2024 · 8/10 · 26 May 2016]

Al returns to his old neighborhood to help a store owner, a woman he always had a crush on during high school, face some young street punks who are harassing her. But to hide all this from Peggy, he is forced (it is Jefferson's idea) to stay with her at a local hotel for a "second honeymoon". The "sex montages" alone are enough to make this episode a classic, but there are plenty of other funny lines as well (Peggy: "How come you never take me to the beach?" Al: "What for? You'd just find your way back!", Al: "Kud, Belly, what are the four of you doing here?", Al: "No sex. Two kids. Three dollars. Not on me."), and a speech full of vintage Al Bundy wisdom. *** out of 4.

Let's rumb-Al!

[BA_Harrison · 22 December 2022]

Al goes to the aid of Mary Ellen (Debra Engle), the first girl he ever loved, by confronting Ray Ray (Matt Borlenghi), the young thug who has been causing trouble at the inner city convenience store that she now runs. Despite being beaten up by Ray Ray and his gang, Al perseveres because he is a man, he is stupid, and will do anything to impress a woman.

I can't say I particularly like this episode: although Al doesn't have sex with Mary Ellen, the fact that he goes behind Peggy's back to help the woman, and eventually asks her if he would get to nail her if he wasn't married, it still feels a lot like the he is being unfaithful. I also didn't like the montages of visual metaphors used when Al reluctantly has sex with Peggy: it's all a bit too obvious to be funny, and the joke is repeated several times.