But one thing I've realized during a mini-binge is how much of an absolute shithead Dan has become. It's always something with him losing another business or about to lose his house etc, which is life and I get that and of course we all want what's best for him and his family, but for instance right now he's passive-aggressively making Darlene live in the house so she can pay rent because Dan can't pay the mortgage, meaning she can't move in with her boyfriend and get her own life back again, but of course Dan insists on not losing the house....that everybody else is desperately trying to get away from...that I guess Dan still owes $$ on even though they bought it in the early 70s in Lanford, Illinois for what, like $11,000?....
And it's played like we'e supposed to be on Dan's side, we're supposed to root for his "stubborn, old man Midwestern salt-of-the-Earth ways!" no matter how stupid & destructive they may be. This is reinforced by another genre of Dan episodes, in which he throws out some old wives' tale bullshit about how to handle young kids and then a series of absurdly specific & coincidental things happen to show he's "right". And oh - we're supposed to believe that a still-smoking hot at 70 Katey Sagal - ahem, Peg Bundy, cough - would pine after Dan until he finally gives the okay for her to romance him, I mean come the fuck on people let's get back down to planet Earth.
I've seen the entire series as it rolled out on tv over the years so I'm guessing he gets back to being less of a fucking douchebag at some point, but right now Dan Conner you need to know that you are officially on Xmastime Blast! 😡
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