Review: Mike Tyson Mysteries “Losin’ It”

Spoilers Below

Over time, I’ve noticed, that the show works best when it follows the following format: start the episode with the inherent conflict, have funny one-liners in between the conflict and resolution, have the conflict be resolved, albeit not resolved in the typical-fashion. I’m glad to say that this week’s mystery followed the format, and got it right!

Starting with Mike giving an introduction to an ex-morbidly obese client in front of people that he hired to cheer for and support him, the mood is set by Mike exclaiming that he didn’t realize just how fat Miles Kleffman was until he revisits the old pictures of him. A mini-documentary is played back to the fake audience to chronicle Miles’s efforts on his journey. When the gang first is introduced to him, he’s partaking in a cake sandwich, which as you probably guessed, is a piece of cake for the center, with two pieces of cake for the buns. In all actuality, it’s just three pieces of cake stacked up in a pile.

It’s quickly apparent that the mother of Miles is the reason for his severe obesity, as she encourages him to eat for fear of him becoming fit, finding a wife, a job, and leaving her. After an effort at actual exercise, as Mike as his coach, Miles is dismissed for throwing up on Tyson’s shoes after a few poor attempts at jumping jacks. He’s left on his own, but not without hidden cameras that were installed unbeknownst to the Kleffman residence. The secret of how Miles actually lost weight is revealed to the crowd as well as the mystery solving team, and in typical Mike Tyson Mysteries, it’s not what the average viewer would expect. Miles lost the weight by bludgeoning his mother to death, cutting her limbs off with a saw, and juicing her appendages for the low-calorie nutritional benefit.

Between the beginning and end of the episode, there were a lot of silly gags that worked and had their fulfilled effect. The ongoing feud between Pigeon and the temporary cameraman, Deezy was pretty funny. Mike misinterpreting the meaning of dietary “juicing” was a match made in comedic heaven. Marquess bad-mouthing people as they happen to walk into the room only to start laughing in an extremely exaggerated tone to try to cover it up was classic him. For a 15 minute show, this established format of “conflict-funny jokes-resolution with a dark twist” works, and when the show strays from it, the results get mucked up (see last week’s episode – “Unsolved Situations”). If every episode of the show went in the direction of this this week’s episode and followed the same path, the show would be a personal favorite with an outstanding track record.