episode review
This episode is extremely relatable to me on one night when I cried my eyeballs out for being selfish of my boyfriend’s time. My boyfriend has been nearly always in the same difficult times that Danny has.
Danny is forced to make time for her two brothers who have raised him after their parent died, for his girlfriend Kim and his client McKenzie. Apparently, Kim gets jealous when Danny is with his brothers and vice versa. It is a tense situation for him as everyone is being too demanding of his time. Consequently, Danny “just say yes to everyone.” He even adds, “sometimes I gotta do the same thing twice but at least everyone’s happy.” This is very heart breaking because he does not deserve to be treated likewise and feels guilty so that everyone can fairly have their own ‘Danny Time’. Similarly, I have not cared or even took notice about my boyfriend’s feeling and physical as well as mental exhaustion at all times when I demand to be with him after his long days of classes, meetings, tiring rugby training and having to socialise with his friends. Danny, while also my boyfriend; can only hope for people to understand them or at least to find solitude where they can rest peacefully. In the scene where McKenzie repeatedly asks Danny to focus on working on his suspected murder case, Danny frustratingly says “coming here is the most relaxing part of my day. It’s the only place my brothers and Kim can’t bother me.” Then, he sleeps off right there and then. It is proven here that socialising is indeed tiring. What’s more, I suppose it is from this particular scene and dialogue that this episode’s title ‘Danny escapes to prison’ originated from. Finally, McKenzie becomes a big help to Danny when he throws the truth at Danny’s brothers and Kim that “Danny’s killing himself trying to be all things to all people here just because he doesn’t want anyone to be upset with him.” It comes to my realisation that I should have supported, cared and loved my boyfriend when he has been struggling with commitments these past few weeks. Instead, what I did was only being distant and sulking because I have felt like I am losing his attention for myself. This is actually depressing for Danny and my boyfriend too, because people are never caring for their feelings. That other night, I felt so terrible for further hurting my boyfriend as if he had not been through enough troubles; because it has been my faults that I have not yet corrected to understand him, to understand my share of him with his other commitments. I believe what I was feeling that night is just the same as Kim and Danny’s brothers are feeling at the end of the episode. Not just that, I come to think that “if I love this relationship and him, I should change myself to be better and deserving for him.” In conclusion, my boyfriend and Danny need some good, understanding and affectionate people in their lives.
I chose ‘Danny Escapes To Prison’ from this sitcom because I was interested in the hilariousness of the main character, Danny who is constantly striving to balance his family and love relationship as well as his working hours routinely to receive everyone’s acceptance. I enjoyed the episode so much when the mounting tension between Kim and his brothers leads Danny to spend his downtime with his client, McKenzie, in prison.