Review: Boondocks “Pretty Boy Flizzy”
What does the return of Boondocks bring us?
See this?! That’s last night! We finally have the final season of the Boondocks! And things got started from the opening fade.
We get our first parody in the first 5 seconds, with two old white cops inside a knocked over convenience store, talking about R&B like in Law and Order. We even get the mocked theme. The show doesn’t take long to get on the parody train. Riley is trying to get food, but Granddad doesn’t really have any. Pretty Boy Flizzy got arrested for the armed robbery in the convenience store, which seems like this is just the latest in a Chris Brown type of rap sheet. Ruckus comes to the white man’s rescue, trying to get Flizzy banned. Words do no justice in his tirade. They hear some yelling, and it turns out to be Sara and Tom arguing because Tom is a flat out pussy. Tom gets kicked out because of it, and he ends up sleeping on Granddad’s stoop. Huey helps him by giving him a Pop Tart and toilet paper. +
He is at the office, and he is talking to Flizzy about him knocking over the store. It just boils down to Flizzy being messed up on drugs. He takes the case, but feels like shit because of his home life. Speaking of which, Sara gets her panties wet because he mentions him. She urges him to take the case so she can “UUUUNNN” on him. He finally gets assertive, and leaves, screaming at Granddad that he’s a cheap bastard.
Tom bitches out to Flizzy, but he is trying hard to keep him. Flizzy uses Tom’s bitch-dom against him so Tom gets his wife back. This brings a shopping montage on with Flizzy, Tom, and Flizzy’s entourage. The short version of the conversation is that Tom needs to be a bad ass. We continue on the worst woman advice tour ever, with Flizzy telling him to mix compliments with being a douche. The Freemans try to crash the party, just to tell Tom that Flizzy is trying to bang out his wife. They make it in, and Sara is already white girl trashed. She is making an ass out of the family to the point where Tom just ups and leaves. Flizzy shows up, because Tom has no one left to call. All the while, Tom is now trashed. Flizzy tells Tom that he is going to Man Camp.
At Flizzy’s, Tom is hitting the ganja, and partying it up. The next day, he’s at the store, for tylenol. Tom ends up with the security tape, and he sees that Flizzy staged the whole thing. Turns out most of the incidents were staged just to keep Flizzy relevant because (and I quote) “music sucks now.” Flizzy entices Tom to hit him to make Tom look better in front of his wife. Turns out, Tom growing balls gets Sara’s panties even moister than talking about Flizzy. They get inside, Sara gets him all hot and bothered. Tom tries to carry her up, but his body gives out.
Out of the gates, we get the Hillcrest version of Chris Brown staging stupid crap just to stay relevant. This sounds like most of the music industry, actually. This episode was different, mostly because common sense would say that the season premiere is going to be all about Huey and Riley. boy was I wrong. I am not even feeling bad that I was wrong.
Tom finally got a set of balls, and he got to keep his wife with them. Ironically, Flizzy is a genuine good dude. He took an ass whoopin’ from Tom just so Tom can get his wife to put out. This is a character changer, but knowing the show, it’s going to last until the end credits roll. This episode is a very good episode to return with, but I feel the fireworks come next week when the Freemans are broke.
Speaking of which, if you pay attention to the beginning of the show, it’s very evident that the Freemans are broke. Why did they have this episode premiere before showing the Freemans going broke? I see another long standing tradition of The Boondocks have stood true. Anyway, confusing airing schedule aside, this was an awesome episode. You can catch the episode online, as long as you use your television service login for Adult Swim!
