TBS’s new comedy, The Detour, swerved into the Spanish Empire’s colonization of Mexico on Monday night’s episode, titled ‘The Restaurant.’ After much debate, the road-tripping family of modern-day progressives, led by father Nate (Jason Jones) and mother Robin (Natalie Zea), decide to pull over and feast at a culturally insensitive theme restaurant called ‘Conquistadors.’
What happens next is…well…what happens next:
**WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE**
Actors: In the year 1519, brave, nobel Christian soldiers landed on the savage coast of ancient Mexico...In a city called... "Teno-sh*t-lan." They were called the conquistadors. These gentlemen of god offered friendship in exchange for gold. But sadly, the ungrateful heathens clung to their violent customs, forcing the conquistadors' reluctant hands.
Dad: Wow. It is actually worse than I thought it would be.
The morally offended liberal family attempts to look past the theatrical genocide and focus on enjoying their brief rest from their long road trip. But the festive crowd gets swept up in the Conquistadors closing act. After all, what celebration of European colonialism would be complete without a rousing song of conquest and triumph?