"Road Trip" is a really good episode of the show. It takes a break from the usual "Will Alex Get Caught? Will Her Secret be Blown?" type of plot to focus on the relationships of the Mack Family. The 'A' plot focuses on George and Alex's relationship while the 'B' plot focuses on Barbara and Annie. Alex is envious of both George's relationship with Annie as well as Ray's relationship with his Dad. After George was innocently insensitive toward Alex Barbara suggests He go on a trip with her.

George decides to go to an unabandoned mine shaft in the middle of nowhere to look for rocks and chaos ensues and Alex soon finds herself at the bottom of the hole. George helps get her out. Back at home Barbara helps Annie stop being so intellectual all the time and admit to her that She was worried She would embarrass herself in front of a boy while bowling.

I really like Michael Blakely as George because He acts like such a real Dad: Goofy, a little clueless sometimes, innocently insensitive but well meaning. I love how George tries in his own bumbling way to bond with Alex. The conversation at the ending is genuinely very sweet as George admits to a surprised Alex that He wishes He as more like her and into stuff She liked. A nice Father/Daughter bonding moment.

I would give it a 9 out of 10. My only minor quibble with the episode is that the actress Larisa Oleynik really overacts in the scene where She's in the hole. Her constant "Daddy! Daddy! Help! I need to get out of this hole" can come off as a little hammish.

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