We’re rolling through every episode of Key and Peele on Pop Thruster. Here we go with “Terrible Henchman,” Season 4 Episode 8. Follow along on the journey!
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Bathroom Break
“Ooh momma!” – Key
This short – and I’m tempted to say “and pissy” – episode opener is about Key expressing his wild relief (joy? pain? euphoria?) at arriving at the urinal, right next to a non-plussed Peele.
Key & Peele On the Road: Part Eight
“The fop is trying to kill the president.” – Peele
K&P are back on the road out west, chitchatting away about all manner of things as an interstitial between sketches during the fourth and fifth seasons. Topics include “colorful henchmen” in spy movies, smoking weed, (scary good) Pacino and DeNiro impressions circa Heat, and one’s ability to save a friend when it counts.
Torturing Assistant
“I’m sorry, where did we find you?” – Dravic
This one shows off the ability for everyday sounds – a squeaky door, removing a lollipop from its plastic wrapper – to bring big laughs when deployed skillfully. And Daquon (Peele) is the perfect delivery vehicle for this as Dravic’s (Key) incredibly annoying and aspiring “torturing assistant.” Bonus: Hayes MacArthur is fun as the guy who is in theory supposed to be getting tortured.
Life Choices
“And then one day I got shot out of a catapult into the mouth of a dragon.” – Donnie Herrera
There’s scared straight and there’s real talk when trying to get through to youngsters about the consequences – and we hear a lot about con… se… quences in this one – of their actions, but what if the narrator is not, shall we say, a reliable one?
Roll With Me
“That’s my jam right there!” – Key
K&P and are on a road trip, and when “Roll With Me” – a song that both proclaim to be their jam –comes on the radio – one turns out to know the lyrics way better than the other. As someone who loves music but is pretty awful at memorizing lyrics, I feel particularly seen with this one.
Benjamin Buttons
“You don’t ever touch a grown man on the face.” – Peele
This sketch consists solely of K&P eating together at a restaurant. It starts off quite strangely before morphing into a puzzle box of sorts, followed by a surprising reveal that makes sense based on everything leading up to it. Overall, it’s more intriguing/interesting than funny.
Omnicose
The sound of Peele switching over to sugar for his coffee.
This dialog-free sketch is equal parts short and dark. Peele is sitting at a café table on a sunny day. He opens a packet of Omnicose, which we assume is a sugar substitute, when boom.
Some stats and info about Key & Peele, “Terrible Henchman”
TV SHOW – Key and Peele
SEASON/EPISODE – Season 4, Episode 8
AIRED ON – November 12th, 2014
NETWORK/STREAMING SERVICE – Comedy Central/Hulu
GENRE – Comedy, Sketch Comedy
CREATED BY – Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele