Senator/Grandpa Burke arrives just in time to explain some of the show's bizarre familial backstory, which puts the "situation" in Situation Comedy. Unsurprisingly—and awesomely—the character is cut from the same cloth as Mona from Who's the Boss?

This man shows us how cantankerous grandpas everywhere defend themselves against ridiculously persistent yet incompetent assailants using only a rolled-up magazine and his chair.

The following is a 100% authentic email about what I should do next from my mom's father. Two things to know: He makes wine with grapes he grows himself in Southern Maryland! Also, he is alive (it was the other one).