Duncanville Review: Born to Run (A Small Business) (Season 3 Episode 9)

Jack returns to the thing he loves most — besides Annie — on Duncanville Season 3 Episode 9, “Born to Run (A Small Business).”

Going against his city-worker wife, Jack commits tax fraud. Is it a crime? Yes. Does it look fun? Also yes. Jack also gets to experience Kimberly falling in love with something he taught her: music. 

Jack and Ronnie Sitting In a Tree

On “Born to Run (A Small Business),” we meet Ronnie. Ronnie is Jack’s old buddy and owner of the local band store. 

Ronnie is, overall, not very important to the story as a whole. He screws Jack over, flirts with Annie, and commits tax fraud with Jack, as all besties do. What’s especially exciting about Ronnie is that he’s clearly bisexual.

Even though this is a small tidbit that animated shows add to be funnier, the fact that Ronnie is suggestive with Jack multiple times pretty much seals the deal that he is, at the very least, not straight. 

This is what Queer people want when we talk about representation. He didn’t have a long-lasting storyline, but it was enough that, as a Queer woman, I got to see and enjoy that. 

Signs Point to ‘No’

Mr. Mitch is one of the most likable characters on Duncanville. He is seamlessly written into plots you’d never expect him to be in, saying things you’d rarely expect him to be saying. 

This is also the triumph of Wiz Khalifa, who voices Mr. Mitch, who makes every word that comes out of his mouth sound utterly hilarious and unbelievable. 

This episode is no different, and a few times, I found myself waiting for Mr. Mitch to come back on screen before anyone else. 

Like Father Like Daughter

Kimberly, who is getting into the teenage years of pretending to hate everything because it’s not cool to like anything, relentlessly gets on her father throughout the episode. 

After seeing Jack play, however, she wants to learn from him. 

It’s a lovely moment that I feel we don’t get often — usually, it’s Duncan and Annie or Jing and Jack — and I would love to see Kimberly join a band this season.

That said, Jack would probably want to destroy the guitar after hearing what Kimberly may play. 

Jing Protec and Jing Attac

This episode gives us a lot of moments between the family as a whole that are important and meaningful. 

Duncan finding a passion, acting on it, and immediately using it to destroy a building is so quintessentially Duncan that the show couldn’t have written it any better.

Duncanville once again proves that it’s one of the funniest shows on TV right now, and it is far more underrated than it should be. 

Stray Thoughts:

• The quotes on this episode are top tier: “You exploited my love for your axe hole!”
• I will be using “my rock-pologies” from now on, thank you very much. 
• Jack trying to connect with Mia and Kimberly by asking them if they worship Satan is perhaps why we should let Mia and Kimberly be friends. 

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Duncanville airs Sunday at 9/8c on FOX.

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