Home Economics Season 3 Episode 3 Review: Sushi for Twelve, $482 plus delivery

On Home Economics Season 3 Episode 3, “Sushi for Twelve, $482 plus delivery,” all of the Hayworths are under one ritzy roof at Chez Connor. What can possibly go wrong?

If one is well acquainted with the siblings and their families then one knows the answer to that is a lot, especially when adding their parents into the mix.

Lupe (Lidia Porto) knows the key to making the situation work, all while keeping the familial relationships intact: boundaries. 

We recently saw Lupe exercise her right to set boundaries on Season 3 Episode 2, “Melatonin 10 Mg Tablets, $14.99” when Denise (Sasheer Zamata) oversteps while staying at Connor’s following a flooding in their apartment. 

A fire at Tom and Marina’s brings them to Connor’s as well, setting up one of the best jokes of the night and also kicking off the episode.

Lupe: Your family is everywhere, like locusts.
Connor: Oh come on, have a heart. Sarah and Denise had a flood. Tom and Marina had a fire. 
Lupe: Yes, a flood, a fire. I worry God does not like these people. 

I like Connor (Jimmy Tatro) learning this lesson from Lupe who has perfected the art of setting boundaries enough to where a sarcastic comment or glare will suffice. Connor is so generous all the time that it’s become expected and his siblings and siblings-in-law have, however subconsciously, taken that for granted. 

Sarah (Caitlin McGee) and Denise’s plan to get Connor a thank you gift for all of his hospitality goes hilariously awry in a strong subplot that highlights their discomfort and awkwardness around the wealthy elite. 

Denise: We have to figure out what to get the guy who has everything.

They pick the absolute wrong thing that ends up being the absolute right thing for the guy who has everything. The path this storyline takes is funny, has a few surprises, and a cleverly-crafted conclusion. 

The plot around the sex life of Tom (Topher Grace) and Marina (Karla Souza) doesn’t fare quite as well. Trouble in the bedroom of a long-together couple is an overused trope in sitcoms—one I could do without entirely, to be honest.

Even though, this storyline has a cute resolution that shows the strong couple we’ve come to know agree to take sex off the table temporarily. Grace and Souza nail the physical comedy and line delivery as always, it is the plot itself that’s a bit lackluster and unimaginative.

No matter how funny it is to see an amorous couple walked in on—by parents, no less. 

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Home Economics airs Wednesdays at 9:30/8:30c on ABC.

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