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‘Enlisted’ Season 1, Episode 9: ‘Paint Cart 5000 vs. The Mondo Spider’

Posted byBy ABS Contributor | Published on: | Updated on September 2, 2016 CommentsComments (0)
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“Enlisted” season 1, episode 9: “Paint Cart 5000 vs. The Mondo Spider” airs Friday on Fox.

Coming up on the next episode, Second Lieutenant Tyson Schneeberger tricks the platoon into being test dummies for his experimental automobile, “Mondo Spider,” causing its victims to run for the latrine. So Pete attempts to rescue them. Meanwhile, Sgt. Major Cody asks Derrick to take his self-portrait, but he turns out to be a very difficult subject.

Fox describes the show as follows:

“Three brothers, one Army, but absolutely no fighting! “Enlisted” is an irreverent but heartfelt single-camera comedy about three brothers on a small Florida Army base and the group of misfits who surround them. Charming, funny and a natural-born leader, Sergeant PETE HILL (Geoff Stults, “Ben and Kate,” “The Finder”) was on a path for a huge military career until one mistake overseas got him booted stateside to Fort McGee, the base in Florida where his two younger brothers are stationed. Now, as head of their platoon, Pete must serve both as big brother and military boss. Corporal DERRICK HILL (Chris Lowell, “Private Practice,” “Veronica Mars”) is the middle brother – smart and sarcastic, he likes to stir up trouble and doesn’t really care about being a soldier. Private RANDY HILL (Parker Young, “Suburgatory”), on the other hand, loves it. He’s the hyper-enthusiastic, hyper-goofy – just hyper – youngest brother who wants to be the gung-ho “GI Joe” military ideal.”

“Enlisted” season 1, episode 9: “Paint Cart 5000 vs. The Mondo Spider” airs Mar. 28, at 9:30 on Fox.

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