Liz, Judith's sister, points her arrows at Alan at Jake's birthday party. At the same party, Evelyn mainly focuses on the alcoholic beverages, not the cake.
Tropes:
- The Alcoholic: Evelyn who spends her grandson's birthday party just drinking.
- Betty and Veronica: Judith (the Betty) competing against her sister Liz (the Veronica) over their ex Alan (the Archie).
- Blatant Lies: Judith bragging to Liz and Judith that she's going to sleep with Charlie. Liz bragging to Judith that she's going to bed Alan. Neither succeed.
- Brick Joke: Rose saying she's got to go to a clown's wedding. When she arrives for Jake's birthday party, she's dressed as a clown.
- Double Entendre: Liz to Alan: "Alan, how are those magic fingers of yours?".
- Exact Words: Rose saying she's going to a clown's wedding. When she comes back for the birthday party, she's dressed as an actual circus clown.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Judith grows jealous and angry when she sees Liz flirting with Alan. Despite her insistence that she hates Alan and doesn't want Alan back.
- Hidden Depths: Jake is shown to be quite a talented magician.
- I'm a Man; I Can't Help It: Charlie admits to this when he confesses to being caught staring at Judith's chest.Alan: You looked at my wife's chest?!Charlie: Hey, I'm a guy...
- Lady Drunk: Evelyn, who spends the entire birthday party drinking, drinking some more when already drunk and then sleeping off the intoxication.
- Love Triangle: Alan finds himself awkwardly in the middle of a love triangle between his ex-wife Judith and her sister Liz.
- Nobody Calls Me "Chicken"!: Both Judith and Liz attempt to one up the other by sleeping with Charlie and Alan. Neither win as they were bluffing.
- Ms. Fanservice: Liz who wears a tight short red dress and heels, exposing her legs. Played by Terri Hatcher.
- Shoo Out the Clowns: Quite literally. When Rose arrives for Jake's birthday party dressed as a clown, Charlie gives her money to take Jake to the arcade so that they don't see Jake's mother and aunt fight.
- Sibling Triangle: Sisters Judith and Liz compete with one another over Alan.
- Meanwhile Liz, who has slept with Charlie in the past, wants to have a go with his brother Alan.
- Slut-Shaming: Judith and Liz slut-shame each other as they fight over Alan.Judith: You were always a cheap slut and you haven't changed!Liz: Oh I was the slut? Miss "Technically-I'm-Still-A-Virgin"?
- Stringing the Hopeless Suitor Along: Judith doesn't want Alan back but she can't stand to see him with her sister Liz either.
- Technical Virgin: Liz reveals Judith is this during their sister fight.
