DEN OF GEEK: You mentioned before that a lot of what went on in the first two episodes was to build to a certain gag in episode three. What was that payoff?

LMOE Executive Producer ANDY BOBROW: Maybe I phrased it wrong. I didn’t mean to imply it was a specific gag, but rather the whole idea of them spending episode three back in the house, trying to make it safe from Pat. I was also talking about using episode three to show Melissa really starting to slide off the edge. So I just didn’t want to spoil those ideas with my answer. The ending of episode two was specifically to set up the fun we wanted to have with the fish and the bombs and stuff. We could have had them on the road in episode three, but we really wanted to do an episode about fear before putting them on the road.

That Big Mouth Billy Bass alarm system gag is so glorious. From now on I’m going to think of Last Man instead of The Sopranos when it comes to that toy, which is high praise.

I think that just came out of the room. I don’t remember who pitched it. And until now I had forgotten it was in The Sopranos. But I think that wouldn’t have dissuaded us since our use of it is very different. We wanted to use “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” but it was cost prohibitive. I wouldn’t have guessed it was out of range, but I suppose it just comes down to who owns the publishing rights and how much demand there is. Music licensing is Chinatown.

I loved the addition of the death threats to the walls last episode, but Carol dressing them up as niceties this week is even better and perfect characterization on her end.