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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.

4 Seasons
42 Episodes
Canceled
Comedy Talk
Cast & Characters
episode image The Escape
8.5/10 (131 votes)

#1 The Escape

S3:E10

The Parkers finally happen upon help in an abandoned ghost town which is filled with deadly serious Pacific Rim LARPERS.

episode image The B.J.
8.1/10 (117 votes)

#2 The B.J.

S4:E4

Nate gets caught in the worst “parent trap” ever.

episode image The Pilot
8.0/10 (353 votes)

#3 The Pilot

S1:E1

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, nothing is really what it seems on the road.

episode image The Restaurant
8.0/10 (274 votes)

#4 The Restaurant

S1:E4

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

episode image The Goal
8.0/10 (134 votes)

#5 The Goal

S3:E4

episode image The Hotel
7.9/10 (288 votes)

#6 The Hotel

S1:E2

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?

episode image The B & B
7.9/10 (252 votes)

#7 The B & B

S1:E5

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 vodka.

episode image The Road
7.9/10 (215 votes)

#8 The Road

S1:E7

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 much. Stop.

episode image The Beach
7.9/10 (188 votes)

#9 The Beach

S1:E10

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 they don't give up without at least a punch to the throat and maybe a cheap kick to the groin.

episode image The Tub
7.9/10 (184 votes)

#10 The Tub

S2:E3

As Nate and Robin contemplate having another baby, a neighbor's casual get-together turns into a home birth. And Delilah learns what it means to be a third wheel.

episode image The Run
7.9/10 (154 votes)

#11 The Run

S3:E1

After a year on the lam across the continental US, the Parkers finally settle into the last place anyone will be looking for them. Alaska. But their lies and deceits soon come back to haunt them.

episode image The Funeral
7.9/10 (120 votes)

#12 The Funeral

S3:E9

Having crashed their plane into the Alaskan wilderness the family must rely on one another to survive. It's like the Revenant. But less cold and grunting.

episode image The Return
7.9/10 (117 votes)

#13 The Return

S4:E2

Following a breakthrough, the Parkers return to their hometown to find their daughter.

episode image The Sister
7.9/10 (126 votes)

#14 The Sister

S4:E3

Nate and Robin head to Ithaca expecting to find their daughter but find a new family member instead.

episode image The Wedding
7.8/10 (223 votes)

#15 The Wedding

S1:E6

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.

episode image The City
7.8/10 (187 votes)

#16 The City

S2:E1

Nate is offered a new job in New York City, so the family moves from Syracuse to the Big Apple. Robin isn't thrilled about the idea. And of course, getting there will be way harder than it should be.

episode image The Birth
7.8/10 (157 votes)

#17 The Birth

S2:E5

Ever wondered what happened the night the twins were born? Here's a taste: Halloween, drunk Nate, unhappy Robin and Gene dressed as Napoleon Dynamite.

episode image The Tank
7.7/10 (242 votes)

#18 The Tank

S1:E3

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.

episode image The Court
7.7/10 (160 votes)

#19 The Court

S2:E4

Robin attempts to get a divorce from Carlos, but he has other ideas. She's also forced to come clean about her past in the city.

episode image The Search
7.7/10 (142 votes)

#20 The Search

S4:E1

The Parkers embark on a world-wide search to find their runaway daughter Delilah.

episode image The Track
7.6/10 (193 votes)

#21 The Track

S1:E9

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.

episode image The Club
7.6/10 (176 votes)

#22 The Club

S2:E2

Robin's ex Carlos lures her back into their wild past with a visit to the club where they used to party, and Nate gets jealous. The kids meet Nate's new boss.

episode image The Trip
7.6/10 (134 votes)

#23 The Trip

S2:E10

New York to Florida in a janky van? This sounds familiar. But this time there's no stopping as Robin and Nate make record time to get to the kids.

episode image The Mule
7.6/10 (135 votes)

#24 The Mule

S2:E11

Robin and Nate live out their (mostly Nate's) action movie fantasies as they make their way to the kids, who are actually doing just fine without them.

episode image The Stop
7.6/10 (138 votes)

#25 The Stop

S3:E2

Nate tries to navigate his new role as stay-at-home dad. Between the kids hitting puberty and Robin’s long work hours and incessant partying, he’s managing. Kind of.

episode image The Drop
7.5/10 (204 votes)

#26 The Drop

S1:E8

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 lying to them.

episode image The Heat
7.5/10 (152 votes)

#27 The Heat

S2:E7

The Parkers settle into a seemingly normal New York City routine, but they're being surveilled by Federal agents who see much more than they intended to.

episode image The Tournament
7.4/10 (152 votes)

#28 The Tournament

S2:E6

At Delilah's taekwondo tournament, Nate has to have a tough conversation with Jared and an even tougher one with Carlos.

episode image The Job
7.4/10 (142 votes)

#29 The Job

S2:E8

Faced with the threat of losing his job, Nate tries to land a new customer and brings the family along.

episode image The Ass
7.4/10 (133 votes)

#30 The Ass

S2:E12

The family is reunited, but this time it's Robin who makes a huge mistake.

episode image The Plane
7.4/10 (124 votes)

#31 The Plane

S3:E8

Nate reunites with his family and pulls off an evacuation away from Edie and the feds, but they have to rely on a terminally ill, 90-year-old Alaskan bush pilot.

episode image The Dilemma
7.3/10 (131 votes)

#32 The Dilemma

S2:E9

Her past finally having caught up with her, Robin prepares to go away for a long time. Nate tries to piece together what went wrong and Delilah and Jared make the most of their school talent show.

episode image The Mark
7.3/10 (135 votes)

#33 The Mark

S3:E3

Edie continues to surveil the Parkers and is looking for the stupidest member of the family to get close to. Fortunately for her, she's got a lot of choices.

episode image The Boat
7.3/10 (129 votes)

#34 The Boat

S3:E5

With Robin out of work, its Nate's turn to earn-- on an Alaskan factory fishing trawler. But it's only 7 months of rotting fish, meth fumes, and family separation. What could go wrong?

episode image The Vows
7.3/10 (131 votes)

#35 The Vows

S3:E6

Upon returning home from a winter at sea, Nate is left at the dock by his family. After a lift back to his "life"in town, he soon realizes things change fast. And he's not sure he likes it. Actually, he really hates it.

episode image The Same
7.2/10 (91 votes)

#36 The Same

S4:E8

Nate and Robin chase their kids around the world.

episode image The Bride
7.1/10 (89 votes)

#37 The Bride

S4:E9

In order to save his family Nate ends up on a Russian bride tour.

episode image The Year
6.9/10 (123 votes)

#38 The Year

S4:E5

Delilah and Jared reunite and catch up on the past year.

episode image The Water
6.8/10 (132 votes)

#39 The Water

S3:E7

A look back at Robin and Nate's first vacation together. A trip to the tropics and their first time alone since the kids were born. Spoiler Alert. They have an awful time.

episode image The Entertainer
6.5/10 (101 votes)

#40 The Entertainer

S4:E7

Jared comes up with a morbid plan to reunite the family.

Cast & Chracters

character image Nate

Nate

Actor: Jason Jones
character image Robin

Robin

Actor: Natalie Zea
character image Jared

Jared

Actor: Liam Carroll
character image Delilah

Delilah

Actor: Ashley Gerasimovich

The highest rated episode of The Detour is "The Escape" (S3E10) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 131 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Game Show" (S4E6) with a rating of 5.80.

This episode received 169 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Pilot" (S1E1) with a rating of 8.00.

This episode received 353 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Drop" (S1E8) with a rating of 7.50.

This episode received 204 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Tub" (S2E3) with a rating of 7.90.

This episode received 184 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Dilemma" (S2E9) with a rating of 7.30.

This episode received 131 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The Escape" (S3E10) with a rating of 8.50.

This episode received 131 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Water" (S3E7) with a rating of 6.80.

This episode received 132 votes.

The highest rated episode is "The B.J." (S4E4) with a rating of 8.10.

This episode received 117 votes.


The lowest rated episode is "The Game Show" (S4E6) with a rating of 5.80.

This episode received 169 votes.

Name Department Job
Robyn Ledoux Directing Third Assistant Director
Samantha Bee Production Executive Producer

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