Andrew’s grandpa dies and he jerks off at the funeral after pressure from his cousin Cherry.
Tropes in this episode:
- Ambiguously Bi: Maury seems to have had a past relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Bait-and-Switch:
- When Andrew confesses how he killed his zeyde from straying from the Glouberman method, Barbara starts to tell him how he didn't cause the death to calm him down... before making Andrew's anxiety worse by pointing out how death could happen from anything at any second.
- Maury's apron says, "I Believe Batali", only to unravel the rest of it saying, "Did Everything People Say He Did", a reference to how celebrity chef Mario Batali was accused of sexual assault.
- Blatant Lies: Connie tells Jessi she always thought her mother was a good woman. This is very contrary to her opinion that she was "Shitshow Shannon".
- The Bus Came Back: Skip, Cherry, and Vicki all come back for the funeral. The Shame Wizard also briefly appears to tell Andrew how low he has sunken.
- Call-Back:
- We get to know what Cherry thought of Andrew's dick pic from "How to Have an Orgasm". She made it her phone's lock screen.
- Also from that episode, Andrew wrote that the two may meet again at a Glouberman funeral. They do.
- Lola comes to the funeral for Marty, who was very simpatico in "Drug Buddies".
- Caught with Your Pants Down: Once again, this happens to Andrew. This time by his parents, extended family and assorted other people.
- The "Fun" in "Funeral": Andrew jerks off in front of his zeyde's open coffin.
- Gayngst: Matthew is hit with this due to his mother's inability to accept his sexuality.
- Good Parents: For all their flaws, Greg and Shannon show they truly love Jessi and are determined to get their acts together for her sake even though they don't love one another anymore.
- Metaphorgotten: Matthew and his mother try to talk about his sexual orientation using baking metaphors, but decide to drop them when Matthew officially comes out to her.
- Running Gag: This time, Tito is the one calling Andrew's manhood a chode.
- Sexiness Score: Maury irrationally hates Matthew's little sister Brittany, and mocks her appearance with a low "score" despite her being a little kid.Maury: Brittany's such a busted bitch. She's got, like, no teeth. Like, hello! Meth head, please.
Matthew: Maury, she's seven.
Maury Yeah, she might be seven, but let's be honest, Matt. She's a fucking three. - Shout-Out: At the end of the cold open, Maury instructs the viewers to get up out of their chairs and shout, "I'm as mad as hell that Maury's not gonna get his hair pubed, and I'm not gonna take this anymore!"
- Greg's spare room bed has promotional pillows for The Phantom Menace.
- This conversation between Maury and Andrew:Maury: Well, Something's Gotta Give! [to audience] Shout-out to Nancy Meyers. [to Andrew] It's What Women Want! That Baby Boom (1987)!note
Andrew: Maury, It's Complicated! Ya think I don't wanna put my Private Benjamin in her Parent Trap?
Maury: She did Parent Trap?
Andrew: She wrote it.
Maury: She got a good body of work, Nancy Meyers.
Andrew: Indeed.- It should be noted that Meyers also directed Parent Trap. It was her directing debut.
- Maury tells Andrew, "The levee's gonna burst and George Bush doesn't care about Black people!"
- Status Quo Is God: Jessi moves into her dad's apartment in the end, allowing her to return to the main group and their school again.
- There Are No Therapists: Averted. Greg and Shannon decide to get Jessi a therapist after seeing just how deeply depressed she's become since their divorce and the move.
