Romance

"I'm With Busey" Episode 105

In arguably the funniest episode so far, Adam enrolls in "the Busey school of Romance."  It opens with Gary driving Adam to an ultimate fighting contest.  Gary tells Adam: "If we get splattered with blood, that's an honor," and Adam is a little freaked out.  Adam suggests that Gary teach him about women instead.  At that comment, Gary brings his car to a screeching halt and tells Adam, "When you want to know something about women, you've come to the right place."

Gary enlists the help of pretty friend Kim, who is incredulous that Gary is teaching Adam about romance.  Then Gary yells gibberish at some crows.  Later, Gary reveals that "romance" is an acronym for "Relying On Magnificent And Necessary Compatible Energy."  Adam is enlightened.

Gary arranges a blind date for Adam with a girl named Jamie, who is aware their date is being filmed for a TV show but seems ignorant of the specifics.  Gary feeds Adam lines through a wireless earpiece--brilliant stuff like "Every letter that makes up the word that creates your name builds a garden of passion in my heart."  Strangely enough, Jamie thinks Adam is a little weird.

After their meal, Adam takes Jamie mini-golfing, and things are going as well as one could hope, with Adam's self-effacing humor working its subtle magic on Jamie.  Then Gary repeatedly interrupts their date and excuses himself with the inscrutable but timeless exiting line "I gotta go run some garbage trails."  When mini-golfing is done, Gary serenades the couple with his guitar, and Adam steals an awkward kiss on the cheek.

I give two thumbs up to this episode.  You can never really tell whether the girl's reactions are genuine, but who cares.  Gary is in top form, and Adam is charming in his own comical way.  Ladies know what I'm talking about....