I knew I was going to get this one.

In the spirit of Married by America, FOX has unleashed another fascinating creature called "Who's Your Daddy?" The premise is simple. TJ is a blonde woman who was left for adoption. The good news - FOX has found her dad. The bad news - FOX has also provided 7 phony dads for TJ to select from. If she gets the right dad, FOX will give her $100,000. If she blows it, the money will go to the imposter.

This show has gone through a lot of controversy in terms of the tastelessness of the plot - to the point that areas in North Carolina has not aired the show. So... is this show exploitative? It is just a bad show? Or is this actually a good show done tastefully to the point that this could be a huge hit on their hands?

This, my friends, is what I am here to find out.

We'll start with the host, Finola Hughes, telling us about 'T.J.', who was adopted when she was 6 weeks old. When she was 12, her adoptive parents divorced, and that spurred her determination to find her real parents. She has spent 8 years finding her and one of the only things that she knows is that her dad was 19 when he sent her to be adopted. She is afraid that dad doesn't want to meet her - but if that was the case, then we would have a very short show.

Dad, on the other hand wants to see TJ, and he says that it was an incredible moment for him as she is introduced to him - and the other 7 imposters. Let's meet all of them, shall we?

Carl (Simi Valley, CA) - He looks like a dirtier version of Timothy Dalton

Scott (Olympia WA) - He has a beard and short cropped hair.

Charlie (Yuma, AZ) - He looks like a cross between Charlie and Martin Sheen - with the age difference factored in, of course.

Peter (Mesa, AZ) - A tall strapping fellow who is clean-shaven and built.

Rick (San Clemente, CA) - He's got a brown and white goatee and is sandy-haired.

Ray (Redondo Beach, CA) - He also has a goatee but is more reddish than Rick

Jerry (Morco, CA) - With his white Bob Keeshan hairstyle, he looks like a cross between Tom Poston and James Doohan

Sam (Little Rock, AK) - He looks like one of the Beatles if you keep the same haircut on him and age him for 40 years.

Thanks to reunitetoday.com (PLUG!) they were able to verify that one of the guys is indeed TJ's father, thanks to DNA testing. If the DNA don't fit, you must acquit, eh?

TJ gets to meet all of the dads and she mingles with each of them. As for the first impressions, she admits that all of them could be her dad and that she is confused as to who it could be. Well, that's a lot of help, TJ.

After minutes of deliberations from TJ, we see Finola showing her a security system. She can monitor all of their actions and base her decisions on what is going on in the room that all of the guys are in. TJ is also told that the impostors don't know who the real father is. Finola also tells TJ that they could have similar food choices, so TJ rambles about who would like chocolate ice cream. Uhhh...about 75% of the U.S.?

After staring at the men in the room via the system, TJ is told that she needs to select four of the men who could be her dad. The other 4 people will be selected to be eliminated. If her dad is in the group that TJ thinks her dad is in, then nothing happens to the money. If she is wrong and accidentally eliminates her dad, then the group with her dad will stay - but she will lose $25,000 of her purse and the $100,000 will shrink to $25,000.

So for her selections... she eliminates Sam (who didn't give her any eye contact), keeps Charlie (who she feels emotions from) and Carl (who could be someone that her mom would go out with - though how would she know that?), drops Jerry (who confuses her), keeps a jovial looking Rick, drops Peter because he looks military, but probably isn't, and keeps Scott (while dumping Ray). Finola tells TJ that she is.....right. The money stays as it is and she is excited - and breaks out into tears. AwwwwwwBarf.

We find out who the impostors are. Sam the Beatle is actually is actually a different name, and Peter is Craig and is a salesman. Ray is Al, who admits that he was working it. So the 4 impostors leave and we are down to four.

Finola tells TJ to go to bed while they are planning on getting the next stunt ready for her. The next morning, she wonders if her dad is having a hard time and wonders if her father is Scott. She thinks that it could also be Charlie, as she was noting his mannerisms. Hmmm...

FInola tells TJ that back in the day, her dad was a disco dancer. The next challenge - to go to the dance floor and to see the four people disco dance. All of the guys are assembled in a line as TJ tells them that they have to learn disco moves from her. You have got to be kidding me. The men agree with me, as Rick adds that she's going to be sorry. Heh.

In 5 of the worst minutes ever in TV watching, we see four guys gyrate and try to do the funky chicken. This is as bad as it sounds and the person who thought that this would be entertaining should be shot. She thought that both Rick and Scott had it going on, while Carl was funny and Charlie kept good rhythm. She analyzes this while she cries - again. AwwwBarf.

After the dancing, Finola tells TJ that she will be communicating with her dad - via instant messaging on the internet. She learns that he called her sweetheart, that she looks like her birth mom, he said that they were a match, but they are no longer still together, but they were in love. When he came out, he was overwhelmed, but he was pained that she was in discomfort. He ends it by saying that he is going to get her for the dance letter - and TJ remembers that Rick said that - and that gets her crying again. ArghBarf.

We get more thoughts of TJ. She doesn't feel that Rick is the right person. She also isn't feeling it with Carl. She says that she and Charlie have the same dental pattern while Scott is sincere - but is he playing her?

It's back to the eliminations, as the 4 remaining guys show up outside by the pool. Once again, she is told that she can't eliminate her dad, but if she puts him in the wrong section, she will lose $25,000. With that, she tells Rick that he...is eliminated, because she thinks that he is playing her. She keeps Scott because he caught her attention. Carl has got her spirit - but Charlie has caught her heart, and he stays. Carl joins Rick in the eliminated section, and TJ is told that she....is.....right. So either Charlie or Rick is daddy.

TJ thought that from the beginning that it would be one of those two. It wasn't Steve Peterson (Rick) or Donnie Gilmore (Carl), as they revealed themselves. TJ once again goes back to bed for the night, as the 2 remaining people also get some sleep.

The next day, TJ gets to see videos of dad's friends. Don tells her that her dad was an All-American jock while mom was on the cheerleading squad. When they all graduated, dad joined the military and went into boot camp - and realized that he can't take care of her and be in boot camp. He tried to escape with TJ, but that didn't happen and she went up for adoption. Don explains that dad has been trying to find her ever since - and that gets her crying again.

FInola tells TJ that she will get some one on one time with the final two people and can ask them questions. Scott goes first - and he brings her a stuffed dog as a gift. He tells her that her mom decided to send her up for adoption after he decided to go to Viet Nam - and he accepted the decision. After the discussion, he gives her the dog, which she was delighted about because black Labradors was her favorite.

Charlie is next - and he talks 19 miles an hour. He talks about the same story - but adds his age in there. He gives her a drawing of a picture he made of her while he was thinking of what she would look like. It sort of looks like her and she is blown away.

TJ says that her original guess was Scott - but Charlie just blew her away. In addition, when the disco night was over, she gave them all a salute - and only Charlie saluted her back correctly. Hmmm...

Finola brings TJ back to the video wall, where she sees the pictures of Charlie and Scott. She doesn't want to pick wrong - but she thinks that she is convinced who her dad is. We'll soon find out as Finola talks to her. There is a door in front of her. Behind that door is her real father. She has to say who his name is and then open the door. If the name matches the face, she wins $100,000. If it doesn't, then the money goes to the imposter - though they still have the reunion.

She goes to the door and says that her dad told her to be strong, and she is. She believes that her father is...Charlie. The person open the doors and it is....Charlie, as he says 'Sweetheart, I'm home.'

He apologizes and asks for forgiveness. She says to not bother and that she's glad she found him - and they hug. The tears start flowing as TJ says that this is everything that she thought it would be.

Finola calls out Scott, who says that his name is Don Robbins and who is glad that he can help (?) them on their journey. TJ and Charlie hug and she fins the full $100,000, but there is another surprise for her. As they watch the video, Charlie tells her that she has an extended family. She meets her new sisters..and her birth mom Bobbi Jean! They hug and kiss some more and the tears continue to flow. Bobbi told her that the adoption idea came from her parents, who didn't want them to keep the child because she didn't complete her schooling. We get more hugs and a thank you to everyone from TJ, who hugs everyone, and we get a fade to black and a AwwwwwBarf.

My take? Well, I don't think it's exploitive like other shows. Unlike some mean-spirited shows, everyone knew what they were getting into, and you were going to get some sort of fun reunion. Obviously, the dad has no problems with this, as all of the family got involved at the end, and for the most part, you would get a happy ending, so I have to say that the show wasn't nearly as bad as everyone portrayed it to be.

Now, is it a good show? The answer.... no. The contestants were fine, but Finola is just not a good host for this sort of show, as she really seemed out of place. The editing was incomplete and there wasn't enough going on that the audience could play along, which would be a turn-off. (though in its defense, I have a feeling that this was condensed to 1 big episode instead of small episodes due to all of the heat that it was getting). The exercises were mixed - I liked the internet chat idea, but they didn't do much with the security camera and don't even get me started with the disco dancing segment.

The idea wasn't terrible, but as usual, it fell to the FOX advertising machine, which teetered it to the cliff, while bad editing, rushed information in terms of gameplay and terrible gaming ideas pushed it off. It's not as bad as I thought it was going to be - but it's still not very good and it gets a D+ from me.

Hopefully, this will be the last time we'll be seeing this show. If not, then I will be trying to petition North Carolina to air future episodes so that Chico can cover it (C-Note: Good bloody luck getting the greenlight from Schenck). Then maybe we can change this from Who's Your Daddy to Who's Your Recapper?.

This is Gordon Pepper, who isn't anyone's daddy, but who is done with this recap. Thank you for reading.