"In case you forgot, you can be in your 50s and your parents can still fuck you up real good. The youths don't have a lock on that, okay? It's a shame that Alex and Cory have such a distaste for one another at the moment because both of their parents are psychotic in their own special ways, but psychotic nonetheless, and those two would have a lot to share after the events of "The Parent Trap.""
"Alas, there is no end in sight to the tornado of hoity-toity chaos that is Martin Levy. He arrives at her office to demand that she interview him on her show so he can tell his side of the story - both the plagiarism and the Revere urination sides. He feels his reputation is being torn apart because critical thinking is dead, and also because his daughter is famous. Or something."
Adult children remain vulnerable to parental dysfunction well into their 50s. Alex and Cory both endure severe parental disruptions that derail their lives. Cory witnesses his mother take a pill in front of him. Alex copes with her father Martin's drunken arrest for urinating on a Paul Revere statue, a viral video, and lingering plagiarism accusations. The timing compounds stress when Alex must meet with the White House press team about a possible Biden sit-down. Martin pressures Alex to interview him, blames broad societal ills, and insists she fix his reputation.
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