The One About Friends
"The One About Friends" | |
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The Cleveland Show episode | |
Episode no. | Season 1 Episode 3 |
Directed by | Oreste Canestrelli |
Written by | Jonathan Green Gabe Miller |
Production code | 1APS04[1] |
Original air date | October 11, 2009 |
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"The One About Friends" is the third episode of
The episode was written by Jonathan Green and Gabe Miller and directed by Oreste Canestrelli. It was viewed by approximately 7.8 million viewers in its original airing.[4]
Plot
Finally, Cleveland finds out that Lester's son, Ernie has no friends, which Cleveland realizes is a perfect opportunity to have his son make friends with another friendless child. It goes well, but things take a turn for the worse. Ernie leaves his family and joins the Brown family, much to their dismay. Ernie is unsanitary and disgusting, which pushes Donna to make Cleveland call
When a child service employee shows up, he brings Ernie back to his family, but instantly takes him away after he finds out how horrific Ernie's home is. Lester finds out that Cleveland called child services on Ernie, which messes up the relationship between the two.
Cleveland decides to get Ernie back, after he finds Cleveland Jr. miserable. Lester takes Cleveland (and some of Lester's redneck buddies) to Ernie's foster home, to get him back. But negotiations quickly turn sour, before matters turn into a shootout, but the foster parents are armed to the teeth. In the midst of the fight, in which most of the rednecks die, Cleveland convinces the child worker that he could check in on Ernie from time-to-time. Unfortunately, the worker was shot by a stray bullet before he could fully sign the release form, though Cleveland finishes signing for him. Though Lester has got legal custody of his son, the fosters outnumber him. Luckily, Cleveland shoots down a chandelier on them, trapping them.
Lester and Cleveland become friends again, and things end happily despite all the deaths.
Meanwhile, Holt and Tim go to Vegas.
Reception
In its original broadcast on October 11, 2009 on Fox, this episode was watched by 4.32 million U.S. viewers and acquired a 6.3/10 rating/share.[5]
The A.V. Club graded the episode a B−, stating "Cleveland still seems like kind of an unobtrusive person to build a show around, but if he’s quietly involving himself in the lives of the people in his neighborhood, he could prove to be a good lead".[6]
References
- ^ Direct link Reg. # PAu003365002 in the U.S. Copyright Records database.
- Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
- ^ "TV.MSN". Archived from the original on 2010-02-09. Retrieved 2009-10-21.
- ^ Green, Jonathan; Miller, Gabe; Canestrelli, Oreste; Appel, Richard; Henry, Mike; MacFarlane, Seth (2012-11-25). "The One About Friends". The Cleveland Show. Season 04. Episode 04. Fox.
- ^ TV ratings: NFL games score for CBS and NBC Sunday - From Inside the Box - Zap2it Archived 2012-03-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ VanDerWerff, Emily (2009-10-12). ""The Great Wife Hope"/"The One About Friends"/"Spies Reminiscent of Us"/"Home Adrone"". The A.V. Club. Retrieved 2011-10-06.
External links
"The One About Friends".
- "The One About Friends" at IMDb