The Detour
The Detour
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The Detour

Life has no safe word.

7.1 / 10
2016
4 seasons
42 episodes
ComedyTalk

A what-in-the-living-hell-is-wrong-with-this-family comedy created by comic super-couple Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and inspired by their own experiences with family trips. Unfiltered dad Nate hits the road with wife Robin and kids Delilah and Jared. Every leg of their trip is fraught with disaster as they encounter one hellish turn after another. If there's trouble on the road, this family will find it and plow into it.

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Seasons

  • The Pilot

    1.The Pilot

    6.1
    11-04-201622m

    Nate, Robin and the kids are headed from Syracuse to Ft. Lauderdale in a janky mini van instead of flying. Between truckers, aggressive drivers and road side breakfast spots, nothi...

  • The Hotel

    2.The Hotel

    8.2
    11-04-201622m

    Having driven their van, 'Blue Thunder', into a ditch, it has to be repaired over-night. The Parkers stay at a nearby motel, Swift Stay Suites. What could possibly go right?

  • The Tank

    3.The Tank

    9.2
    18-04-201622m

    The Parkers are barely back on the road when Nate gets pulled over for driving under the influence. He's completely sober but somehow there's still some jail time involved.

  • The Restaurant

    4.The Restaurant

    8.2
    25-04-201622m

    Back on the road, the Parkers begrudgingly stop to eat at a nauseatingly, culturally insensitive, roadside restaurant and dinner theater called Conquistadors.

  • The B & B

    5.The B & B

    8.2
    02-05-201622m

    While the kids recover from acute food poisoning, the Parkers decide to get some rest at a southern B&B. They are treated to southern hospitality, southern customs and Russian...

  • The Wedding

    6.The Wedding

    8.2
    09-05-201622m

    Instead of getting back on the road, Robin agrees to marry the southern gentleman Dr. Rob and his Russian bride but soon realizes that something is very, very, very, very wrong.

  • The Road

    7.The Road

    8.0
    16-05-201622m

    Blue Thunder is stuck in traffic. Nate and Robin take a stroll down memory lane about how they met and the kids learn an important lesson in 'too much information'. Seriously. Too...

  • The Drop

    8.The Drop

    7.5
    23-05-201622m

    Nate needs to take a detour to Salvation, Florida where it's Christmas every day of the year - except on Christmas. Things get tense when the family discovers that Nate has been ly...

  • The Track

    9.The Track

    7.6
    30-05-201622m

    The Parkers finally make it to Ft. Lauderdale only to have Nate's plan of getting his job back completely unravel. Fortunately, at a nearby race track, there is hope.

  • The Beach

    10.The Beach

    8.5
    30-05-201622m

    Nate, Robin and the kids attempt to take down Nate'’s company in epic whistle blowing fashion. It won'’t be easy, but if there's one thing we'’ve learned about this family is that...

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