"Blunt Talk" Recap: "Meth or No Meth, You Still Gotta Floss"

Written by John Edward Betancourt

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Wow. That's really the only word that comes to mind when I continue to think about last night's episode of Blunt Talk. I say that, because after seven episodes the show has completely found its stride and last night's episode was simply sublime. It featured the perfect mix of comedy, heart and touching interactions between the characters and it also gave us one of Walter's finest moments. 

Yes, "Meth or No Meth, You Still Gotta Floss" left me captivated and a little misty eyed as once again, storylines we saw earlier this season came back to life and at long last, we finally got a good handle on what's going on with Rosalie's husband Teddy. In fact, Teddy was the focus and the catalyst for the plot to be honest since his actions set everything in motion last night.

Teddy as it turns out had a nasty fall and cut on his forehead requiring stitches, putting Rosalie into a panic and Walter decides it would be a kind gesture to accompany her to the hospital and that's when everything unravels. Teddy has decided to check himself out of the hospital, and begins to bounce around town. Thankfully Rosalie has an app that can track him by way of the car service she and her husband use, and sets off to follow him and Walter is more than happy to help her. In fact, he goes above and beyond to help her as Teddy continues to go further and further from home, skipping his first broadcast in years and handing hosting duties over to Jim for the night. 

Jim of course is terrified, despite this being a dream he told Walter about a few episodes back and despite Harry's best attempts to put him through the Walter Blunt regiment to get him ready for airtime and in the end...he does amazing. Granted he has an issue keeping his eyebrows under check but the show is in good hands without Walter. Thankfully, while that is going on, Rosalie and Walter find Teddy at last, hiding out in the pool of a seedy motel in the middle of nowhere and unfortunately Rosalie has to face the fact at last that something is seriously wrong with Teddy's mental state and it will only get worse. But for now, her husband is safe and sound. 

Seriously, what a beautiful episode. This is hands down the first time we have seen Walter truly do something selfless and without hesitation and that's incredible growth for the character. To see him drop everything and even say aloud that Rosalie was more important than the show was absolutely amazing and the tearjerking moments came at the end when we learned about Teddy's dementia. I personally think it's worse than that, I think this is the beginning of Alzheimer's but either way, that ending was beautiful, tragic and wonderful and this show...it continues to impress me every week. Truly I think this was the show's finest moment to date, and we still have a couple of episodes to go. Until next time. 

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