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Recap / Paradise PDS 01 E 08 Task Force

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Kevin and his newfound task force try to crack down on the argyle meth kingpin. Meanwhile, a magazine company comes to interview at Paradise P.D. so Randall gets rid of Hopson to make the place look good.


  • Absurd Phobia: It's revealed that Fitz is terrified of clowns. This very clown phobia gets him put into a coma.
  • Accidental Truth: Dusty's excuse for not paying the rent to his apartment is that a crosseyed monkey came and stole his paycheck. However, Frank says that the crosseyed monkey has been with him all day.
  • Brother–Sister Incest: Delbert wants to have sex with his sister, Lady Gertrude.
  • Callback:
    • Hopson refers back to all of the previous episodes, where he was abused at his job, including getting glued to the ceiling in "Ass on the Line", getting buried alive in "Police Academy", and getting sent to a retirement home where he was kidnapped and used for scallops in "Black & Blue".
    • Delbert calls Kevin "Car Fucker" in a callback to the episode, "Karla".
  • Circus Episode: This episode's main plot is about Kevin, Fitz, Prop Cop, Handicop, and The Siamese Twin Cops going to the circus.
  • The Freakshow: The task force passes as this, being as goofy looking and messed up as they all are.
  • Girls with Moustaches: Lady Gertrude.
  • Irony: Handicop becomes able-bodied and starts talking for the first time. When he does, he speaks with a Scottish accent. In the previous episode, he had a racist with an extreme hatred for Scottish people.
  • Killed Off for Real: Prop Cop, Handicop, and The Siamese Twin Cops.
  • Mondegreen Gag: Randall thinks that Senior Living magazine is actually Señor living and goes through Hell, trying to make his place look all Mexican for them.
  • One Dialogue, Two Conversations: Dusty says one of these to Bullet, saying that he wants to auction off his "Virginia-T" (his T-Shirt of Virginia) and Bullet mistakes this for him saying "Virginity".
    Dusty: I've been waiting for a long time to give it to the right person but at this point, I'm just so desperate, I have no choice.
    Bullet: Well, it's illegal to post it in Ebay.
    Dusty: That's a weird rule.
    Bullet: I know, right? But I think I can post it on the Dark Web. Okay, what do you want me to put in the description?
    Dusty: First thing they should know is that it's tight. Real tight. At least I think it is. You want me to send you a picture?
    Bullet: NO! I mean, ... NO!
    Dusty: It's funny, when I was a kid, my uncle was always trying to pay me for it but he's so big, I was afraid he'd stretch it out.
    Bullet': Yeah, ... I gotta go.
  • Running Gag: Randall uses Poop on a Loop to escape interviewing the people from Senior Living.
  • Twin Telepathy: Gina kicks Ronnie in the balls and his Siamese twin shares the pain.

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