Recap / The Great North S1E10 "Game of Snownes Adventure"

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Original air date: May 9, 2021

Written by: Kashana Cauley
Directed by: Neil Graf

Before the Tobins could start their game night, the Tobins are worried that Wolf and Honeybee are drifting apart from them. While heading towards the main house for game night, Wolf and Honeybee are caught in a blizzard; Beef realizes they're trapped out there so he goes out to rescue them, but after taking a large dosage of expired cold medicine he starts hallucinating talking snowflakes. Meanwhile, Jerry originally planned on attending game night with the Tobins but a blizzard traps him at the mall so instead he helps Alyson recreate some photo when she had bangs at the time.

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Tropes:

• Big Storm Episode: A blinding blizzard leaves the Tobins stranded within just yards from their house.
• Couch Gag: The ship in the opening is named Being John Mackerel-vich.
• Hallucinations: After taking too much expired cough syrup, Beef hallucinates a talking snowflake named Denny, along with his wife and son.
• I Was Quite a Fashion Victim: Alyson is ashamed of the photos she took with her old friend Anthony because of the bangs she used to wear.
• If I Do Not Return: When Judy goes out into the blizzard, she tells Ham and Moon that if she doesn't make it back to tell her family she loved them. Ham points out that they are her family.
• Incredibly Lame Fun: Jerry misses his friend Kooky Kelly and all the weird things they used to do together, like going for walks and getting coffee.
  Jerry: One time, we switched meals at a restaurant. It was insane!
• Inner Thoughts, Outsider Puzzlement: After Beef took large doses of expired cold medicine, he starts hallucinating talking snowflakes. When he finds Wolf in the middle of a blizzard, Beef introduces his snowflake friends to Wolf, who's very concerned about him since he's in no shape to help in a blizzard and he has to take charge in order to find Honeybee.
• Innocent Innuendo: Alyson wants to show Jerry some horrific, but intimate photographs she took when she was younger which she is now ashamed of: her 2003 bang photos. When Jerry said he doesn't want to look at it and Alyson makes him look, he's relieved to see it's just photos her with hair bangs and her former friend getting their picture taken in different places and what she's ashamed of it her hair bangs.
  Alyson: I want to erase my memories of being in the bang gang.
  Jerry: Alyson, you need to work on how you're using that word.
  Alyson: No!
• Mushroom Samba: When Beef starts catching a cold, Judy decides to give him some cold medicine. When Judy discovers the medicine is expired, Beef believes medicine can't expire and still drinks it in large doses, resulting in him seeing hallucinations while he tries to rescue Wolf and Honeybee. When he reunites with his family in the blizzard, he thought he left the house 30 minutes ago but they reveal he left three hours ago.
• Ominously Cut Tether: Played with. Judy tethers herself so she doesn't get lost in the snow while looking for Beef and has Ham and Moon stay behind and hold the rope. Unfortunately, they follow her instead, making the rope useless. Moon had the rope tied to the barbecue grill, which they had unwittingly dragged along, leaving them lost.
• Poor Communication Kills: When Beef notices that Wolf and Honeybee aren't at the house early for game night, he calls Wolf. While talking on the phone, Wolf is making his Wolf's Wolfies which starts boiling over and he's forced to end his call with Beef to settle it. Beef states that Wolf always ends his call by telling him he loves him and he and the other Tobins takes it as a sign that Wolf and Honeybee are starting to drift apart from the family. After they unite in the blizzard, Wolf clarifies to Beef on why he hung up on him and reassures his family that while he and Honeybee may not be with them all the time he'll always be a part of the family.
• Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: The title is a shoutout to Game of Thrones.
• Potty Emergency: Wolf has to pee while outside but he has a Shy Bladder and he can't pee if Honeybee is near him. After stepping a few feet away to pee, he drops his drink down a hill and leaves to retrieve it. After he gets his drink, he turns around and realizes he lost Honeybee and he forgot to pee.
• Shout-Out:
  Honeybee: As the scientists say: "Bazinga".
• Shy Bladder: Wolf can't pee when he thinks anyone might be watching him, even Honeybee and even during a white-out blizzard.
• Snowed-In: Jerry and Alyson are trapped inside the mall due to the blizzard. They pass the time recreating some old photos Alyson was ashamed of.

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Denny & Tanya: ♫ Hello, everyone, and don't be frightened ♫
Denny: ♫ Come on over here and get your branches whitened ♫
Tanya:
♫ I'm ready to fall on Steve Buscemi's toes
Or take a one-way trip up Jeff Bridges' nose ♫
Denny: ♫ Celine Dion ♫
Tanya: ♫ Captain Ron ♫
Denny & Tanya: ♫ Those are some branches I'd love to be on ♫
Tanya: ♫ Plato, Sandra Oh, Bell Biv DeVoe ♫
Denny: ♫ Put your arms out, I'll cover 'em in snow ♫
Denny & Tanya:
♫ Hello, everyone, and don't be frightened (frightened, frightened, frightened, frightened)
Come on over here and get your branches whitened (whitened, whitened, whitened) ♫
Denny: ♫ Andie MacDowell ♫
Tanya: ♫ Colin Powell ♫
Denny & Tanya: ♫ Tammy Wynette and Mr. Keith Sweat. ♫

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