This episode exposes the weaknesses inherent in forcing a one-hour format onto a successful half-hour show. It's overlong and obviously padded with pointless scenes and occasionally laughable dialogue, this one has the special added detraction of a shrill, one-dimensional performance by the miscast Pat Hinkle. He is absolutely intolerable as the bipolar self-absorbed lout who can't think of anything or anyone else but himself and his lost childhood. The repeated family bickering and shouting fail to develop character and only add to the irritation factor. Like most of these hour-long TZ's, you can figure out the ending about 15 minutes in. The concept and writing on this one is thin at best.
Review of The Incredible World of Horace Ford
