- Max becomes a popular emcee on the Bar Mitzvah circuit, and he asks Brad to help him out. Alex and Dave vow not to take their renewed relationship for granted.
- Max enthusiastically brings the gang to one of his crazy gigs, hip-hop style 'hype' DJ at bar Mitzvahs. Only Brad is inspired to dance along, Penny suggest they should DH together, but Max ends up bitterly feeling pushed away. Alex is tormented by a diet and warned by Jane she and Dave must bring variation and spice onto their relationship which is not gross. When Alex try's to do what Jane told her to do she fails straight away.—KGF Vissers
- Max (Adam Pally) has had some interesting jobs over the years, mainly because nobody knew these jobs existed, such as salad barback, funeral seat-filler (he's quite good, once he got the name right), and his current job-nobody-knew-was-a-job: Bar Mitzvah MC. (PENNY: I think they prefer to be called Bar Mitzvah Hype Guys.) Certainly he needed to work on his intros, although his dreidel spin was pretty boss. Certainly the gang thinks so, although Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) wasn't supposed to eat any of the food, nor was Penny (Casey Wilson) supposed to hit on the rabbi. Jane (Eliza Coupe) admitted she could have fallen for a Jewish guy, and almost did right then, as Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.) joined Max on the dance floor.
Jane wanted to take Alex on a double date at a hologram concert. Hologram Graham Nash was opening up for Hologram Hall & Oates. (Actually, Oates would really be there.) But Alex was busy pumicing Dave's (Zachary Knighton) feet. Ewww. (Ever notice that's cute one way but gross the other way?) But Jane is understandably concerned and asked Alex about is as Dave "dumped out." (Again, ewww.) Jane thinks they need to not fall into old habits and mix it up, like she does with Brad when she plays cop and pulls him over...which sounds hot until the real 5-0 show up. Alex thinks she's crazy.
DAVE: (returing) False alarm. Oh, wait. False alarm on the false alarm. See you in 25 to 30.
On second thought...perhaps Alex getting flirty with painting the apartment would work. (in her outfit, you think it would) They playfully flick paint at each other, only she got paint in his eyes. ("Lasiks!") Then on his shoes. ("Asics!")
Meanwhile, Brad thought he and Max were awesome at the bar mitzvah, like a scene out of (not that he would know). Penny thought they should work as a team, and she thought they could be "the hottest mix-race dance crew since Paula Abdul and MC Skat Cat." (PENNY: He was Persian!) Max agrees, although he didn't think Brad could know every last move. Fifteen minutes later, he had all of them down. But Max drew the line at his dreidel spin. DJ Dikembe Mutombo does not let anybody dance in his house. Complete with finger wag, which as a Bulls fan I've always wanted to break that damn finger. But the next party is a smash; they had the crowd going. And Brad in particular had Jane going. (JANE: Look at that man move. That is some good material for the ol' the buzz bank.) As for Penny, she's improved from the last person who hit on her but was only 14. The person who sent her a drink looked at least 14 1/2. (PENNY: I am like Jewish boy crack.) As for Max, he isn't happy. He needed a quick break to catch his breath, only to find Brad doing his dreidel spin and driving the crowd nuts.
After Dave completely torpedoed Alex's idea of a weekend away (where she only packed condoms for him), he goes to Jane for help, who confirms Alex is afraid they're slipping back into old patterns. A trip to Paris came to mind for Dave, and Jane thought they could whisk Paris to Alex, which would be cheaper than whisking Alex to Paris. If nothing else, it would give Jane a chance to use her stewardess outfit instead of on the melancholy frequent flyer whose entire life could fit in an overhead compartment. (Yes, Brad.)
DAVE: You should have called ahead.
PENNY: I did call ahead, and apparently it did not make any difference.
Brad had to talk to Max, since someone wanted to hire only Brad to work at another bar mitzvah. But Max was upset over Brad stealing his dreidel dance move. Max was offended at Brad suggesting they be more professional. After all, he took an online class in bar mitzvah hyping. That he created and paid for with Dave's credit card.
BRAD: Didn't you fail that class?
MAX: Those exams are regionally biased!
Brad thought they should break up and Max couldn't agree more. Which, of course, free Brad up to take the gig at the bar mitzvah.
Jane did quite a great job with setting up a Paris setting. Perhaps too good, given Alex had plane tickets. Which meant Alex, being Alex, went to the airport. To be fair, she did figure it out...after the TSA had her in handcuffs. Dave and Jane sprint for the airport in his Steak Me Home Tonight van, only he parks it right at Departures. The cops nail Dave but Jane escapes the first taser. (JANE: You fools! That only makes me stronger!) The second taser put her down for the count. (Kudos to Eliza for pratfalling in that Tight of a skirt.)
As Dave and Alex sat in handcuffs while they towed the truck away, they admitted to each other they had changed a little. Neither of them had gone through this much effort the first time to be romantic to each other. (DAVE: You and I just tried so hard, we shut down O'Hare for two hours.) But at least they had their night in Paris, as they kissed under a poster of the Eiffel Tower. It even brought tears to Jane, although that may have been the pepper spray.
Brad is totally kicking it at his bar mitzvah gig, and even Penny has figured out how to discourage the 14-year-olds. (PENNY: Can you get me three kids and a Lakeview condo before I'm 35?) (To be fair, in this market the Lakeview condo isn't that difficult.) But Max shows up and it's time for a hype-off! (It's really hard to describe, but it's funny as hell.) Finally, they struggle over a limbo stick and fall into the cake. (PENNY: I know this seems awful, but given all the things your people have been through, this is really not that bad.) The two finally admitted they went too far. Brad loved the job because it was the first time he actually made people happy. (BRAD: I'm an investment banker. That's, like, one step below band leader.) Fortunately, Penny was able to smooth things over with some of the boys with two of her best assets. Her license and a car to drive the boys to the mall! What did you think I meant, you perverts?!?
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