Franklin & Bash Recap: Season 1, Episode 6 “Big Fish” (7/6/2011)
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Summary: Franklin & Bash doesn’t simply limit
itself to philosophical explorations of ancient topics (love, beauty); it also
brings to light contemporary issues in American and global society. In Episode
6, “Big Fish,” Franklin and Bash find themselves defending a former CEO of a
major corporation (played by Jason Alexander) who is dying and wants to change
his ways. Meanwhile, Karp and Linden tap Pindar to help them land a major Indian
account. Can our heroes do what is morally correct and still perform their
duties in defending their client? Can a man truly change his ways? Had we but
world enough, and time, the answers would be revealed. This episode is but a
proposition, an entrée into a deeper explanation of charity and corporate
responsibility. More dramalarity (Drama + Hilarity).
Episode 6 of Franklin
& Bash opens with Jason Alexander being led into the office on
rollerskates by an attractive blonde in a pink bikini, also on rollerskates. I
have a feeling this episode is going to be great. Franklin and Bash are arguing
about hygiene around the Man Cave; Franklin accuses Bash of not washing the
sink after he shaves, while Bash claims Franklin leaves his toenail clippings
lying around. Franklin demands tangible proof!
Check out last week’s recap.
We interviewed Claire Coffee, who plays Janie Ross on FnB.
Jason Alexander comes rolling into the office, and the boys
are stoked that their marketing technique of giving a “Franklin and Bash”
suntan tramp stamp to a beautiful woman worked. George Cost—Jason Alexander
says that he needs some unconventional thinking to help him. Good thing he came
to Franklin and Bash! He throws a backpack of cash on the table and reveals
that he is Carter Lang (no relation to Clubber), disgraced former CEO of Grotin
Financial. He says he has two months to live, and he hopes to pay back all the
shareholders whose lives were ruined by his irresponsible personal spending.
FnB agree, but only after they are satisfied that Lang’s actions will truly go
to help those whose shattered lives can probably never be recovered.
Stanton Infeld congratulates them for landing such a “big
fish” of a client. Their reward? Basketball tickets! To see the Clippers… ho
hum. Stanton warns against trusting a guy like Carter Lang.
At the Man Cave, the boys find assistant Debbie there with
the Carter Lang files. They offer her some advice on sexting; Debbie is trying
to DTR with some random dude named Alan. She thanks them for their help.
MEANWHILE… Damien Karp convinces Hanna Linden (old lovers)
to help him land the account off Abba Jaya, the Indian head of the Mandolin Exports
who is looking to expand. They decide that their case would be helped if they
brought Pindar aboard.
Back to Carter Lang. He comes into the office and says he
has a problem. The police are right behind him and say he’s under arrest for
grand larceny. It turns out that his protégé, John Stills, had his yacht
stolen. FnB encounter super bitch attorney Ellen Swatello again, who says she
got moved up because Janie (Peter’s ex-fiancée) was preparing for her Italian
honeymoon. Bail is set at $1 million, which Carter pays in cash.
Karp and Linden try to convince Pindar to join their team.
Carmen intervenes like a stubborn little bitch. Pindar is intrigued.
Outside the courtroom, Lang explains that he must go to all
of the executives to steal back the money they stole from the shareholders.
Robin Hood! He then proceeds to buy a pretzel cart. Really.
We return to the Man Cave, pretzel cart in tow, and Pindar
expresses his dissatisfaction with the lack of appreciation he receives from
FnB. Our heroes share a moment of reflection.
BUT… they’re interrupted. Carter Lang has been arrested
again! In the nude! He says he wants to give the public some embarrassing
pictures of him. Bail is set at $10 million, but then our friend John Stills
comes into the hearing room and claims that Lang broke into his house and stole
some sh*t. SNAP. Carter Lang is going to jail.
Stanton Infeld tricks Peter into giving half his bonus to
charity. Oops!
Jared Franklin was out talking to Lang’s doctor in the hopes
that the whole “I’m dying” excuse will earn them some leniency. But there’s a
TWIST when it turns out that Lang’s test results were mixed up with another man’s,
and Lang isn’t dying at all! He is, however, looking at a lonnnnnng jail
sentence. Lang tells FnB to fix things.
Now we’re teleconferencing with the Subcontinent. Pindar
convinces Abba Jaya to meet with his team by virtue of his shared neurotic
tendencies with Abba. Score one for Indians!
More sexting with Debbie and Alan. They have yet to meet up.
Jimmy Barett—we mean, John Stills—is on the stand. Franklin’s
Robin Hood argument fails, and it looks like our boys are doomed. They’re
doomed especially because Lang threatens to have them charged with a crime
because he said that he sent over plans to Stills’ house, and one might
construe that they had prior knowledge of his planned crimes. Uh oh, Lang might
be a bad dude after all.
Abba comes to the Man Cave, and it’s pristine! Karp and Linden are impressed/confused.
FnB decide it might be wise to talk to Stills to find out
why Lang only came after him. It turns out that the Grotin board had named
Stills Lang’s successor, and when Lang thought he was dying, he figured it was
a good opportunity for revenge. What an asshole.
Things are going well in the Abba Jaya meeting, until she
discovers the word “Proof” written in toenail clipping on construction paper
hanging on the fridge! Ah, it all makes sense now. She flips out, and the team
will now have to compete with a bunch of other firms.
FnB are conflicted. Their morals tell them they should help
put Lang away, even if it means jail time for them, but their professional
obligations dictate otherwise. They’re playing darts, so Jared says that if he
hits the bullseye, they’ll take a dive and help get Lang off the streets. He
miraculously hits the bullseye with a behind-the-back shot. Of course he does.
Is this the end of FnB?
Pindar and Carmen hatch a plan to deliver to the lawyer
meeting their strategy for solving Abba Jaya’s factory problems.
We’re in court, and FnB have Carter Lang on the stand. They
proceed to lambast him with stories of his extravagance, his philandering, his
general douchebaggery. Everyone is confused, especially Carter Lang. Then there’s
a TWIST! They’ve backed Lang into such a corner that they get him to agree to
plea to lesser charges, to liquidate the remainder of his assets, and to pledge
two years of charity work in Haiti if the court lets him off. He’s under oath!
He can’t back off or it’s perjury! How did they DO THAT?!
Carmen and Pindar’s strategy? Deliver the solution to Abba
Jaya’s legal issues via fortune cookies. Seriously. It works, of course.
Our boys are back at the office and are feeling fantastic.
They encounter Debbie, who says that Alan asked her to dinner…the weekend his
wife was away. FnB were right again! They say they’ll give raises to Debbie,
Pindar, and Carmen.
Somehow Stanton Infeld and Peter Bash trick Jared into giving
a ton of money to charity. How the f*ck do they do that? Jedi Mind Tricks. The
world is a better place. Boom
SumOlogy: Fantastic
work on the contemporary theme of corporate malfeasance. Franklin & Bash doesn’t shy away from controversial subjects, and
while we don’t see too much partying, we get a bit of relationship advice mixed
in. More great summer television from TNT. Jason Alexander is awesome.
Grade: 7.8/10
Leftovers
-Where the f*ck is Janie Ross, and why doesn’t Peter Bash go
get her before she goes on her honeymoon?!?! This is driving me insane.
-Jason Alexander kills it, as expected.
-Another twist! Carter Lang isn’t dying after all. A lesson
to those who would commit huge crimes upon learning their pancreas are full of
cancers.
-Not only do we get corporate malfeasance, but we get Haiti.
Remember how Haiti used to be f*cked up? Yeah, it still is. They never should
have shot Wyclef.
-Debbie is a cutie, but she’s no replacement for Janie Ross.
-When are we going to get a Freudian analysis of why
prosecutor Ellen Swatello is such a c*nt?
-They sh*t on the Clippers, and Bash makes fun of Franklin’s
height. Art imitating life.
-“Oh look: They washed off all the blood.”
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