The Detour Life has no safe word.

A what-in-the-living-hell-is-wrong-with-this-family comedy created by comic super-couple Jason Jones & Samantha Bee and inspired by their own experiences with family trips. Unfiltered dad Nate hits the road with wife Robin and kids Delilah and Jared. Every leg of their trip is fraught with disaster as they encounter one hellish turn after another. If there's trouble on the road, this family will find it and plow into it.

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Comedy
Talk
Created By

Jason JonesSamantha Bee

First Aired on

Apr 11, 2016

4 seaons till Aug 20, 2019

Popularity: 19.6689
120 votes
Networks
(US)
Production

Jax Media (US)TBS Productions (US)Studio T (US)Randy & Pam's Quality Entertainment (US)Nomadic Pictures (CA)

Status: Canceled

Show Canceled

Last episode: The Groom

Seasons & episodes

Total 4 seasons, 42 episodes

Season 1

Aired

10 Episodes
  • Episode 1The Pilot22 min

    Nate, Robin and the kids are headed from Syracuse to Ft. Lauderdale in a janky mini van instead of flying. Between truckers, aggressive drivers and road side breakfast spots, nothing is really what it seems on the road.

  • Episode 2The Hotel22 min

    Having driven their van, 'Blue Thunder', into a ditch, it has to be repaired over-night. The Parkers stay at a nearby motel, Swift Stay Suites. What could possibly go right?

  • Episode 3The Tank22 min

    The Parkers are barely back on the road when Nate gets pulled over for driving under the influence. He's completely sober but somehow there's still some jail time involved.

  • Episode 4The Restaurant22 min

    Back on the road, the Parkers begrudgingly stop to eat at a nauseatingly, culturally insensitive, roadside restaurant and dinner theater called Conquistadors.

  • Episode 5The B & B22 min

    While the kids recover from acute food poisoning, the Parkers decide to get some rest at a southern B&B. They are treated to southern hospitality, southern customs and Russian vodka.

Crew & Team

Robyn Ledoux

Third Assistant Director