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Alan Coombs, a recovering alcoholic who works in real estate, is met at the office by Jerry, a young boy who claims to be his son. Alan insists that he only has one son, and that he's never seen Jerry before in his life. He takes Jerry to the police station so his real parents can hopefully pick him up, but upon returning home, Alan finds Jerry waiting for him, his wife Sharon and other son Petey insisting that the mysterious child is in fact part of his family. Whether or not Alan went back to the bottle and simply forgot he had more than one child, or whether Jerry is more than meets the eye, it's clear that Alan isn't painting himself in the best of lights as he confronts the kid.
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Alan Coombs, Coombs (Vic Tayback), a recovering alcoholic who works in real estate, is met at the office by Jerry, Jerry (Chris Hebert), a young boy who claims to be his son. Alan insists that he only has one son, and that he's never seen Jerry before in his life. He takes Jerry to the police station so his real parents can hopefully pick him up, but upon returning home, Alan finds Jerry waiting for him, his wife Sharon and other son Petey insisting that the mysterious child is in fact part of his family. Whether or not Alan went back to the bottle and simply forgot he had more than one child, or whether Jerry is more than meets the eye, it's clear that Alan isn't painting himself in the best of lights as he confronts the kid.
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* NoodleIncident: Alan's drunkeness was hell on his family in the past, as Sharon reminds him that he and they went through several jobs, moved several times in the span of months, not having any shoes, having all sorts of run-ins with the police, suffering from [=DTs=], and being reduced to begging at the supermarket for fresh food, if not outright stealing it.
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* NoodleIncident: Alan's drunkeness was hell on his family in the past, as Sharon reminds him that he and they went through several jobs, moved several times in the span of months, not having any shoes, having had all sorts of run-ins with the police, suffering from [=DTs=], and being were reduced to begging at the supermarket for fresh food, if not outright stealing it.
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Alan Coombs, a recovering alcoholic, is met at his real estate office by Jerry, a young boy who claims to be his son. Alan insists that he only has one son, and that he has never seen Jerry before in his life. He takes Jerry to the police station, but upon returning home, finds Jerry waiting for him, his wife and other son insisting that the mysterious child is in fact part of his family.
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of the adamant beliefs of his family thinking that he was drinking again, Alan turns out to be completely right that Jerry isn't his son, instead being some evil child/creature who is able to warp peoples' minds.
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing them into thinking he is part of the family and tormenting the unlucky addicts into thinking they've relapsed, until they eventually do.
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally tortures addicts into relapse through their loved ones just for the hell of it.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by going after Alan's replacement.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan's life, as well as the life of his replacement.
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of the adamant beliefs of his family thinking that he was drinking again, Alan turns out to be completely right that Jerry isn't his son, instead being some evil child/creature who is able to warp peoples' minds.
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing them into thinking he is part of the family and tormenting the unlucky addicts into thinking they've relapsed, until they eventually do.
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally tortures addicts into relapse through their loved ones just for the hell of it.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by going after Alan's replacement.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan's life, as well as the life of his replacement.
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!! The New Man
Alan Coombs, a recoveringalcoholic, alcoholic who works in real estate, is met at his real estate the office by Jerry, a young boy who claims to be his son. Alan insists that he only has one son, and that he has he's never seen Jerry before in his life. He takes Jerry to the police station, station so his real parents can hopefully pick him up, but upon returning home, Alan finds Jerry waiting for him, his wife Sharon and other son Petey insisting that the mysterious child is in fact part of his family.
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
family. Whether or not Alan went back to the bottle and simply forgot he had more than one child, or whether Jerry is more than meets the eye, it's clear that Alan isn't painting himself in the best of lights as he confronts the kid.
!! Tropes:
* TheBadGuyWins: Thanks to Jerry, Alan's family leaves him and he's fired from his job, reduced to a slobbering drunk once again.
* {{Bookends}}: Just as the episode began, it ends with Jerry going back to Alan's office and telling his replacement that he came to "get him".
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of all the adamant beliefs of hisfamily thinking family, who thought that he was drinking again, Alan turns out to be completely right that Jerry isn't his son, instead being some evil child/creature who is child or creature who's able to warp peoples' minds.
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy withpossible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, recovering alcoholics, brainwashing them into thinking he is he's part of the family and tormenting the unlucky addicts them into thinking they've relapsed, until they eventually do.
* {{Expy}}: Jerry is one of Anthony Fremont from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife "It's a Good Life."]]
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally torturesaddicts alcoholics into relapse through by invading their homes and brainwashing their loved ones into thinking he's part of the family just for the hell of it.
* {{Gaslighting}}: Jerry uses his cute, innocent, and youthful appearance to make it seem like Alan is drinking again and just didn't think he had a second kid.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by goingafter back to Alan's office and targeting his replacement.
* IronicEcho: Jerry's initial greeting to Alan, "I've come to get you.", is said again to his replacement. Jerry means that he's making each alcoholic he comes across his latest victim when he says this.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan'slife, as well as the life of his replacement.life.
Alan Coombs, a recovering
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
!! Tropes:
* TheBadGuyWins: Thanks to Jerry, Alan's family leaves him and he's fired from his job, reduced to a slobbering drunk once again.
* {{Bookends}}: Just as the episode began, it ends with Jerry going back to Alan's office and telling his replacement that he came to "get him".
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of all the adamant beliefs of his
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with
* {{Expy}}: Jerry is one of Anthony Fremont from the ''Twilight Zone'' episode [[Recap/TheTwilightZoneS3E73ItsAGoodLife "It's a Good Life."]]
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally tortures
* {{Gaslighting}}: Jerry uses his cute, innocent, and youthful appearance to make it seem like Alan is drinking again and just didn't think he had a second kid.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by going
* IronicEcho: Jerry's initial greeting to Alan, "I've come to get you.", is said again to his replacement. Jerry means that he's making each alcoholic he comes across his latest victim when he says this.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan's
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* TheUnreveal: We never find out just what the hell Jerry's deal is. Whether he's a product of Alan's mind, some kind of creature able to manipulate the minds of people close to his victims, or a sociopathic child who goes around driving addicts to relapse for the hell of it, is never revealed.
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* NoodleIncident: Alan's drunkeness was hell on his family in the past, as Sharon reminds him that he and they went through several jobs, moved several times in the span of months, not having any shoes, having all sorts of run-ins with the police, suffering from [=DTs=], and being reduced to begging at the supermarket for fresh food, if not outright stealing it.
* RememberTheNewGuy: The episode plays this quite darkly, as Jerry weasels into Alan's life and has his wife and Petey thinking he's part of the family while Alan's never met the kid before.
* RiddleForTheAges: What the '''''hell''''' is Jerry? Is he truly Alan's second kid who he doesn't remember? Is he some random kid with psychic powers that brainwashes Alan's family to screw with him? Or is he some kind of demon who tortures struggling alcoholics like him into relapse for his own sick amusement? The episode never gives a straight answer, and that makes him all the more horrifying.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Jerry never raises his voice above his soft, high pitch, even as he tortures Alan back into drunkeness.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: A possible theory is that Alan did indeed start drinking again, and his mind conjured up Jerry as a scapegoat to blame for his attitude change.
* TheUnreveal: We never find out just what the hell Jerry's deal is. Whether he's a product of Alan's mind, some kind of creature able to manipulate the minds of people close to his victims, ora some sociopathic child who goes around driving addicts to relapse for the hell of it, is never revealed.stated.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: The episode plays this quite darkly, as Jerry weasels into Alan's life and has his wife and Petey thinking he's part of the family while Alan's never met the kid before.
* RiddleForTheAges: What the '''''hell''''' is Jerry? Is he truly Alan's second kid who he doesn't remember? Is he some random kid with psychic powers that brainwashes Alan's family to screw with him? Or is he some kind of demon who tortures struggling alcoholics like him into relapse for his own sick amusement? The episode never gives a straight answer, and that makes him all the more horrifying.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Jerry never raises his voice above his soft, high pitch, even as he tortures Alan back into drunkeness.
* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: A possible theory is that Alan did indeed start drinking again, and his mind conjured up Jerry as a scapegoat to blame for his attitude change.
* TheUnreveal: We never find out just what the hell Jerry's deal is. Whether he's a product of Alan's mind, some kind of creature able to manipulate the minds of people close to his victims, or
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* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing them
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* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing themthem into thinking he is part of the family and tormenting the unlucky addicts into thinking they've relapsed, until they eventually do.
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Alan Coombs, a recovering alcoholic, is met at his real estate office by Jerry, a young boy who claims to be his son. Alan insists that he only has one son, and that he has never seen Jerry before in his life. He takes Jerry to the police station, but upon returning home, finds Jerry waiting for him, his wife and other son insisting that the mysterious child is in fact part of his family.
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of the adamant beliefs of his family thinking that he was drinking again, Alan turns out to be completely right that Jerry isn't his son, instead being some evil child/creature who is able to warp peoples' minds.
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing them
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally tortures addicts into relapse through their loved ones just for the hell of it.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by going after Alan's replacement.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan's life, as well as the life of his replacement.
* KarmaHoudini: Jerry gets off scot free for ruining Alan's life, and prepares to ruin the life of his replacement soon after.
* TheUnreveal: We never find out just what the hell Jerry's deal is. Whether he's a product of Alan's mind, some kind of creature able to manipulate the minds of people close to his victims, or a sociopathic child who goes around driving addicts to relapse for the hell of it, is never revealed.
!!"The New Man" provides examples of:
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: In spite of the adamant beliefs of his family thinking that he was drinking again, Alan turns out to be completely right that Jerry isn't his son, instead being some evil child/creature who is able to warp peoples' minds.
* EnfantTerrible: Jerry, a young boy with possible psychic powers who spends his time invading the families of addicts, brainwashing them
* ForTheEvulz: Jerry mentally tortures addicts into relapse through their loved ones just for the hell of it.
* HereWeGoAgain: After driving Alan back to the bottle and making him lose everything, Jerry ends the episode by going after Alan's replacement.
* ItAmusedMe: Jerry's reasoning for ruining Alan's life, as well as the life of his replacement.
* KarmaHoudini: Jerry gets off scot free for ruining Alan's life, and prepares to ruin the life of his replacement soon after.
* TheUnreveal: We never find out just what the hell Jerry's deal is. Whether he's a product of Alan's mind, some kind of creature able to manipulate the minds of people close to his victims, or a sociopathic child who goes around driving addicts to relapse for the hell of it, is never revealed.
