Original Air Date: October 16, 2012
Starring: Greg Davies, Andy Samberg, Philip Jackson
Directed by: Ben Taylor

Cat Out of the Bag Alert!  This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: While visiting Lorna’s father, Tony (Philip Jackson), Cuckoo (Andy Samberg) announces that the neighbor’s cat Floxsie is the reincarnation of the man’s late wife.

Cat Burglar (Scene Stealer): The family arrives at Tony’s house and he introduces them to Floxsie, a white Persian who belongs to the Dicksons up the road but has been visiting regularly.

As they sit around catching up, Cuckoo takes Floxsie onto his lap.

Cuckoo stares into Floxsie’s eyes and comes to a startling conclusion.

Cuckoo announces that Floxsie is the reincarnation of Tony’s late wife, Debra.

In order to prove the theory, Cuckoo sets up a test whereby the cat can choose to drink from one of two cups labeled “I am the spirit of dead Debra” and “I am just a nice white cat.”

Everyone, except Ken (Greg Davies), watches anxiously as Floxsie approaches the cups and drinks from the one saying she is Debra.

Tony is convinced Floxsie is Debra and becomes more attached to her than ever, even turning down Ken’s invitation to a football game.

Ken is frustrated and goes upstairs where he catches his son Dylan (Tyger Drew-Honey) playing with Tony’s old Korean War rifle.  Ken promises to take Tony to the pub and as he waits for him to get ready he spots Floxsie running in the yard below.

Kitty Carnage Warning! Ken points the rifle at the cat and pretends to fire.  But of course he ends up pulling the trigger and shooting Floxsie.

The rest of the episode entails Ken hiding Floxsie’s body in a bag and trying to get rid of it.  The fact that the dead Floxsie is so obviously a fake makes the whole scenario palatable in a strictly dark comedy sense.

Final Mewsings: Guns don’t kill cats … oh wait, yes they do.

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