Hustle 'N' Bros.

Hustle 'N' Bros.

Freight Train adopts Paco Fishbowl, making him Tom's brother.

Season: 4 Episode: 07

Total Episode Count: 71

'''Prod. no.''': 4BQT03

Featuring: Taylor Fishbowl, Tyler Smith, Tom Smith, Paco Fishbowl

Also Appearing: Shubie, Vera, LeVar Smith, Evelyn Smith, Sandals, Harold, Lenny, Dennis, Larry the Sea Leopard, Arch, Mr. Waterman, Rock Hudson, Laverne & Shirley, Tony Danza, Erin Gray, Casey Kasem, Turbo

Plot: While Tom prepares for his father's sixty-third birthday party, Paco shows up for his alimony and Tom reluctantly invites him to the party. Paco shows up Tom's quilt gift with tickets to a Las Vegas prize fight for LeVar and when they return, LeVar reveals that he adopted Paco so he could have a son to be proud of. Tom shows up at their house and finds Paco there. After a late poker game, LeVar reveals that he gave Paco Tom's old room and they fight until sent to bed. They decide to break into the liquor cabinet and bond, with Tom wanting to know how to hutsle like Paco does. Paco outfits him in a track suit and sends him to run crummy jobs while Tom is unaware that he is being hustled.

Meanwhile, while Tyler and Taylor play, they break Shubie's recorder before a gig at a car dealership. She demands they get jobs to earn money for a replacement. While trying to figure out what to do, they spot flyers offering rewards for lost worms and decide to become worm bounty hunters. They don't have luck at first, but find a poster for a reward from Mr. Waterman's worm offering $5000. They locate the lost worm, but Taylor becomes attached to the worm. When Shubie threatens Tyler's stuffed Larry the Sea Leopard doll, he takes the worm back and Taylor follows, still upset that they have to return the worm. But when they arrive at Mr. Waterman's house, they find that Mr. Waterman really hates the worm and keeps trying to get rid of it and it's his wife that keeps offering the reward to bring it back. When they think they are about to get stiffed, Taylor hits on the idea of getting the reward money in order to keep the worm. As the worm barks, Mr. Waterman grumbles about the blackmail, but pays up and they are able to replace Shubie's recorder just before she uses a saw of Larry.

When Tom finally figures out he is being hustled, he discovers it's because Paco's jealous of everything Tom ever had while Paco had nothing. Freight Train gets angry at Paco for pulling a hustle on another family member and spanks him while Shubie plays her recorder and Tom gets a laugh.

Trivia

 * There was originally going to be a scene where Taylor is giving Rock Hudson a bubble bath, but it got cut out.

Rating
TV-14: DLSV

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