Focus Grill
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| Home Movies episode | |
Melissa, Brendon, and Jason re-watch clips from the majority of their movies.
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| Episode no. | Season 4 Episode 13 |
| Directed by | Loren Bouchard |
| Written by | Brendon Small |
| Original air date | April 4, 2004 |
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"Focus Grill" is the thirteenth episode of the fourth season and the series finale of the American animated sitcom Home Movies, and 52nd episode of the series overall. It originally aired in the United States on Adult Swim on April 4, 2004. In the episode, Brendon, Melissa, and Jason decide to finally film an ending to the first movie they did together.
"Focus Grill" was written by Brendon Small and directed by Loren Bouchard. Despite struggling with the knowledge of the show's cancellation since the start of the fourth season production run, Small noted that this final episode was actually an optimistic note for the series. The episode concludes with Brendon's camera breaking, which Small believed was a way to finally eliminate the hindrances of the character's metaphorical crutch.
The final episode received a largely positive response, with reviewers praising it for its sentimental, bittersweet way of concluding the show.
Brendon, Melissa, and Jason decide to start screening their movies in front of a focus group that consists of their schoolmates Fenton, Junior, Perry, and Walter. The group members harshly criticize this latest movie, and in the midst of trying to find the flaw in it, the three friends discover that the first movie they ever made together — in which they are a biker gang contemplating whether or not to fight an unknown adversary — is missing an ending. The three cannot agree on a conclusion for the movie, so they decide that each of them will create their own, and then screen the three potential endings in front of the focus group. All of their endings, however, are harshly criticized. The three sit down and watch a reel composed of scenes from several of their film projects; they come to the consensus that their movies are designed only for them and should not actually be seen by anyone else.
Meanwhile, Coach McGuirk volunteers to assemble Paula's large and complicated new grill, but he proves to be both incredibly inexperienced and largely incompetent at performing such a task. When McGuirk believes that he has finally completed the grill, he gathers Paula and the three kids together to witness its first ignition, but he ultimately causes a large explosion. The five go off on a drive, covered in soot, and Brendon accidentally drops his camera on the road, where it is run over by a car. He groans "oh no," and almost begins to tell the others about what had just happened, but ends up getting drawn into a conversation about where to go for dinner.
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