Not Following Stereotypes
Lip is struggling with Fred because Tami is still in the hospital. He meets a mom who tells him to come to new mom AA because he is already in AA and she says it will help. He is obviously the only man in the room. He hangs around with all of these young moms who teach him their tips on how to parent. This is not very stereotypical because usually the mom would go to the classes and teach the father, but it is the opposite.
When Mikey is about to go to prison Frank tells Mikey that he prayed for him and that he is going to miss him. Frank gets emotional and tries to talk Mikey out of going to prison. Men usually do not get emotional over other men.
Following Stereotypes
Frank and Mikey are trying to fulfill Mikey’s dream of becoming a businessman before he goes to prison. They then steal briefcases and go to a conference to win a bunch of free stuff. The reason that this is stereotypical is that they were implying that men are business people. Anytime they showed an example of a boss or a business person, it was a man. Usually, we think of men when we think of businesspeople and bosses.
Bechdel Test
Amy and V are talking about Amy’s job and how they should partner to sell a new drug. Since they are both female characters with a name and they were not talking about men this passes the Bechdel Test.
Debbie and Megan meet at the grocery store and catch up. Megan starts telling Debbie how she should file for child support against Derek because he is not helping raise the child. Since these were two female characters and they were talking about men this fails the Bechdel test.
Debbie then goes to Derek’s house to ask him about paying for child support but is greeted by his wife, Peppa. Peppa tells Debbie that Derek has died while at war. Since again these are two female characters talking about Derek this fails the Bechdel test.
Debbie meets back up with Megan and a lawyer named Patty to discuss her options on how to get child support even though Derek is dead. Since these are all female characters and they are again talking about Derek, this fails the Bechdel Test.