Lodge 49 season two, episode two recap: The Slide

Dudley and Son aka Dudley’s Son

Dud’s pool cleaning business gets off to a good start. He’s got equipment that he stole from Booie’s (Sam A. Coleman) Pool Party truck. He’s got Ernie driving him around the neighborhood. And, darn tootin’, Dud’s got moxy. When dud gets to the first residence, Ernie gives him advice. If you have to ask for the sale, it’s too late. Just sell the potential customer on yourself. But, when the first door opens Dud asks Mr. Dwyer to let him clean his pool.

Even though Pool Party is already his official pool cleaner, Mr. Dwyer allows Dud to clean his pool. While cleaning the pool, Dud sees images of himself and Liz as kids swimming in the pool. It makes him feel at home. Dud decides to clean everyone’s pool for free. Since free is cheaper than anything else, Dud becomes the de facto pool cleaner for Long Beach, California.

At the coffee shop, Greta (Beth Felice) and Booie confront Dud. But Alice (Celia Au) and Herman (Sam Puefua) have Dud’s back. Nobody in the strip mall is particularly happy to have Pool Party sharing their space. It looks like there’s something brewing between Dud and Booie.

The Electric Liz

Liz added another houseguest to mix. Her ex Bobby (Trent Garrett) answered a booty call and hadn’t left. Liz is clearly nauseated by his new age ways and man bun. But Bobby also has a six pack and Liz has needs. So, he’s there enjoying free room and board. Liz is clearly starting to disconnect from the world and people. That’s a very scary sign that could lead to serious consequences.

At work, Liz goes through the motions with Dr. Kimbrough (Bronson Pinchot). He’s convinced that all homeless people make thousands of dollars per day. What they’re doing is basically a trick and Liz should watch out. When the good doctor is done proselytizing, he gives Liz his gold card with the keys to his luxury sedan and instructs her to get him a “good” lunch after she gets the car washed. Gross.

Liz takes the car to a volcano car warsh where there are different colored LED lights that make the wash seem like more of a trippy carnival ride than a car wash. It made me a little jealous of drivers. Liz falls asleep and imagines a pregnant woman in her passenger seat. Was that her mom pregnant with her? Was that a version of Liz that’s pregnant? She wakes up and realizes she left the window down. A totally soaked Liz gets out the good doctor’s car to find him being arrested by the FBI. They’re also rolling out boxes of incriminating documents that she failed to shred. Liz just gets back in the car and drives away.