- Jules becomes crazed when Travis stays away too long from game night.
- The letters in... COUGAR TOWN can be rearranged to spell "Taco Rug Now" (which also makes no sense).
For those of you wondering, the price of having Jules (Courteney Cox) do your laundry is a big hug and a "I love you, Mom," as Travis (Dan Byrd) found out the hard way. But now it was Family Night, which meant the shade on the window where Tom (Bob Clendenin) popped his head all the time was closed, and Travis' date would have to feed Tom's cat while he was in Cancun...even though she lived nowhere near there and it was a blind date. (Trav, rookie mistake. SERIOUSLY!) It wasn't going to get better when Jules decided to remain hip by watching Game of Thrones (2011), which was a bit on the racy side. (JULES: Do her nipples look like mine?) And of course, Grayson (Josh Hopkins) was depressed about the fact he was last in that room to see Jules' breasts, after Bobby (Brian Van Holt) and Travis. However, Jules was feeling a bit guilty about making Travis show up for Family Night. (JULES: I want to be friends with benefits. I used that wrong, didn't I.) Of course, Travis couldn't figure out why when he forgot his date's name, she liked him more.
TRAVIS: Why is it when guys start treating girls like crap, their clothes can't stay on?
JULES: If I could answer that, you would not exist.
Meanwhile, Ellie (Christa Miller) had a meeting with Bobby and Andy (Ian Gomez) about things that annoyed her, like Dog Travis licking his junk on her couch and Bobby sitting around in a t-shirt and boxers. And Andy left his socks everywhere. Andy was upset for being yelled at, but Bobby gave Ellie some advice about giving Dog Travis treats when he did stuff right, like fetching him a beer. (ELLIE: Where did he find that? We don't even have beer here!) She gives it a try: she offers to kiss Andy on his forehead if he picked up his socks. He thinks it's a trick, but he gives it a try. And Ellie kisses him on the forehead. (How much wine did I drink tonight?)
Laurie (Busy Philipps) took a picture of the guys and Stan in the pose from Three Men and a Baby (1987), which got the guys to thinking of growing a mustache. (Because that's NEVER been done on a sitcom before!) But even better news was Jules decided to ditch Family Night. (JULES: I just had the amazing a grown-up date with Travis. We talked for hours but it felt like five minutes!) She decided Travis only had to come over when he really wanted to see her.
Nine Days Later...
Jules is freaking out. (shocking!) And the guys had mustaches. (shocking!) Jules wasn't impressed; she's grown body hair before. And showed us. And not in a good way, either. Grayson was sure Travis would come by because Jules raised him to be dependent and helpless. But Jules wasn't convinced, and the 'stache rash wasn't helping things. (JULES: I'm in love with him! I mean, I love him! Isn't that the same thing?) Laurie thinks Jules is desperate and shouldn't call him. Jules could take solace in having the next-best thing: Dog Travis. (Apparently, he learned how to get into Jules' refrigerator to get beer. He even brought Andy a club soda because Dog Travis made him designated driver.) Ellie thanks Bobby for the advice (again, not a misprint) because Andy was doing what Ellie wanted with only a kiss on the head as payment. Or a spoonful of peanut butter...for when he has to take his vitamin.
While Grayson had doubts about the mustache...mainly because guys were hitting on him and he was a bit homophobic...Jules handed Ellie her phone so she wouldn't call Travis. (ELLIE: That's a calculator.) But Jules was desperate, so she called from Ellie's house and claimed she butt-dialed Travis. (which Travis figured out, natch) Travis said he was super-busy (blowing bubbles) so he hung up on her. Which Jules didn't like.
Meanwhile, Laurie decided to Tweet the GLarmy (the Gay Laurie Army) that there was a rainbow-friendly bar in Gulf Haven: Grayson's bar. Oh, she even fixed his sign so the neon "R" in "Gray's Pub" was not working. Grayson was getting upset, so he confronted all of the gay customers to ask what was wrong with him preferring to be straight. He respected their choice, only to have someone yell it wasn't a choice. But Grayson thought there should be no labels and they should all share mani-pedis, chest waxing, and rainbows. He didn't get much support from the gay customers, but at least he got Laurie off his back.
Meanwhile, Ellie came to get Andy to deal with Stan's kindergarten teacher. Bobby didn't want him to go, but she clicked. (like when you want a dog to come to you) Despite Ellie's threat to give Bobby a vasectomy with a plastic fork, Bobby told him Ellie was training him the same way he trained Dog Travis. Andy was in denial; he was a man, dammit! (and shook his head back and forth to get the beer out of his mustache...it's a visual and funny as hell. Watch the damn show, willya?)
Jules went to visit Bobby on the boat to talk to him about Travis not wanting to see them because he's grown up to be a man. But Travis just happened to be on the Jealous Much? with Bobby, so Jules' pride got a sucker punch to the gonads. Jules felt horrible, and Laurie could sympathize. (LAURIE: I don't know about it personally, but I heard about it from girls with small boobs.) Andy comes by to ride on Jules' sadness coattails about Ellie treating him like a dog, but Jules wasn't having it. Moreover, Laurie suggested revenge. Which of course Jules and Andy were totally on board with. Jules went to Travis' school and brought him his laundry...right in front of all of his bubble-blowing friends. (JULES: I even used the lavender soap because I know how much you like to smell like a bitch.) And Andy decided to chew up Ellie's favorite sandals. Unlike Travis, Ellie knew to react with confusion and regret because it messed with Andy's head. Andy confronted her on it, but Ellie wanted the "dog training" motif because it let her get what she wanted from him while still being a nice person. But Andy assured Ellie, no matter how others saw her, he sees his fiery hilarious beautiful wife who he knows loves her. He goes in to kiss her. (ELLIE: No, you've got to shave that thing! It feels like I'm eating Willie Nelson!)
Travis finally visited Jules in the same place where they had their first "date," at the wine bar in town. Travis apologized, but sometimes he liked hanging out with his father and just not talking and watching TV and farting in the fart jar.
TRAVIS: Yes, that's exactly what it sounds like.
JULES: Don't have to tell me; I got a couple in there.
Travis wasn't always up for Jules asking him about real stuff, such as who he's dating or if he was over Laurie. But Jules remembered Nana Ruthie, whom Travis never wanted to talk to. Granted, that was more about Ruthie's racist doll collection, racist plate collection, and racist salt shaker collection.
JULES: The whole point to having a child is to love it, to nuture it, and to worry about it. And eventually, if you've done your job right, the child doesn't need you anymore. But that makes me happy. (as she breaks down crying) Travis joins her for Family Night, even though she said they weren't doing that anymore. And Jules was happy she was able to figure out which Game of Thrones (2011) guy was from the future. (TRAVIS: None of them.)
JULES: This show has so much butt sex!
Oh, BTW, they forgot to feed Tom's cat. And the cat's been feeling a bit...neglected. Tom has the scratches to prove it.
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