‘Mr. Throwback’ Recap: ‘Eric Roth Costs a Fortune, Bro’

Written by John Edward Betancourt

MR. THROWBACK -- “Eric Roth Costs a Fortune, Bro” Episode 106 -- Pictured: (l-r) Stephen Curry as himself, Adam Pally as Danny -- (Photo by: David Moir/Peacock)

Caution: This article contains spoilers for the Season One Finale of ‘Mr. Throwback’. To revisit the previous episode, click here.
​
If there is one particular question, we’ve all been eager to have the phenomenal Peacock series, Mr. Throwback, answer… it would be… can people who lie through their teeth for personal gain be redeemed? Because folks that do that, are selfish in nature, and truly do hurt people along the way. To the point where lives are forever changed, and spirits are forever broken. So badly in fact, that it seems like there can be no redemption for the lie, the act of deception and well, after five weeks of Danny Grossman toying with a lie to benefit himself, we finally received the answer to that all-important question in the show’s season one finale. 

Wherein it seemed as though, the answer was initially no. Because ‘Eric Roth Costs a Fortune, Bro’ opened up with the reveal that Mitch was now in prison for defrauding Steph Curry and the foundation. And rather than come clean and take the fall for his own lie, Danny saw this as a chance to properly punish his father for his transgressions and move on in life and not have to worry about dealing with an exit strategy. For the charity game was on the horizon and getting through that would solve all of his problems. Because then it would be done, and life would return to normal. But alas, that simply was not the case. 

Because the truth was beginning to poke through the dark clouds Danny surrounded this whole mess with. Since the film crew wanted there to be genuine accountability and well, the push to expose the truth and the fact that Danny received some time to reflect upon his lie, helped him to realize… he was no better than his dad. In fact, he was repeating the cycle, hurting his family in the name of revenge and agency and that prompted him… to finally tell the truth. Granted he did it on the national stage and took a hell of a punch from Steph, one that was deserved. But this did teach us that if the circumstances are right and perhaps someone doing this madness can take a moment to see their mistake objectively, they can in fact… be redeemed.

Which brought about a sweet ending. One where Danny finally made peace with his past and even worked to make peace with his father. So that they could have a relationship at last. Not to mention, he found grace for all of his transgressions and was able to let life play out as it should. In an organic manner where people lived their lives, and he only worried about his own. Which was lovely to see play out, because let’s be honest… Danny was never a villain. Just a busted man with a busted soul that needed to heal and find a way forward from that, and he did here and that made for a lovely ending that set the stage for a potential second season for this gem. Since there was a hint that overseas shenanigans lie ahead.

But while we wait for a season two announcement, we can celebrate one magnificent finale. One that was emotional, raw and supremely human. Since it brought everything together beautifully by pointing out that people like Danny, do this because of their hurt, their marginalization and that if we offered people that have made mistakes or have been manipulated a little more care, and a little more grace, perhaps they can achieve wonders like Danny did here and find their path. Making this story more about how we heal and overcome over anything else and that made for a satisfying ending to this chapter in Danny’s life and gives us hope that we can all come back from our trauma and find the peace we all seek. 

---

Watch ‘Mr. Throwback’

Powered by JustWatch