I considered ignoring this week’s episode of My Own Worst Enemy. The show is officially dead and although I’m sure someone is out there watching this trainwreck it just seemed like a lost cause. It all seemed pointless until I saw the opening scene of this weeks episode. The ridiculously titled “High Crimes and Turducken” kicks off with Henry waking up with a turban on in a middle eastern market.  Seriously? No one even thought for a second in read through that it might look a little ridiculous to have Henry running around a middle eastern market? No? No wonder this ship has sunk.

After stupidly coming to in the above mentioned idiotic scene, Henry turns on his cell phone getting a message from Edward. He tells Henry that he’s working “outside the company”. Then the show uses one of the most boring plot devices in TV history, the words 48 hours earlier flash on the screen

Apparently Edward is on the trail of his parents killer. The implication here is that Janis has some knowledge of why the awesome young football playing Edward’s parents where killed in a phony car crash. Edward has a meeting with a shady Russian spy (how quaint) who offers him the information.

In order to get the info, Edward must steal something called “the Falcon” and deliver it to the Russian. Edward and Raymond are sent in to attempt a theft of the Falcon to test the security of the facility. Raymond gets the wool pulled over his eyes and Edward snags the Falcon.

This brings us back to the opening sequence. After Henry tries to exchange the Falcon, he is nearly caught by Raymond. Henry confesses his fears about Edward’s possible subterfuge to Dr Skinner. Edward wakes up and goes to Dr. Skinner to get some lovin’ and to tell her his master plan to find his parent’s killer. Just in the middle of the lovin’ Henry comes back. this is perhaps the most awesome moment in the entire series. Henry pulling himself off Dr Skinner and recoiling in horror is funnier than any episode of Kath and Kim.

Speaking of lame, Tom and his wife are making turducken and making babies on the floor of Henry’s kitchen when no one is around. Why do we have to see this?

Edward delivers the Falcon and gets a name for the KGB agent who killed his parents. After a sappy flashback to his father, Henry wakes up in the park and discovers that Edward succeeded in handing over the Falcon. Henry decides to turn Edward in, but before he does the boss tells him that the Falcon has been recovered and its been wiped clean. Edward appears to not be a traitor and Henry gives a sappy speech over Thanksgiving dinner.

This is a perfect example of why this series is DOA. The plot was overly complex and opaque, the acting was tired and robotic, and the scene was filled with stereotypes and nonsense. Its sad that this is what’s become of Christian Slater’s career. I just hope he can get cast in a Tarantino movie again someday.