The episode was just "meh" for me. I'm too young to remember the Vietnam War, but I did find those scenes interesting. I was getting annoyed that they kept hammering us with the fact that Jack's dad is a total jerk. yeah, yeah, we get it--he's an alcoholic wife-beater. They show him having no redeeming qualities. My objections are that first off, Jack had to learn his mad parenting skillz from somewhere. Secondly, most fathers, particularly back in the day, took their job of supporting their family very, very seriously--in part because they were the sole bread-winner. So, a workaholic dad makes sense, as does a dad not in the delivery room. I'm probably not explaining this well. I just think a 50's-era dad would have had a much different parenting role than what we see today. And Jack's dad must have done a few things right along the way.