9 Big Questions After F Is For Family Season 3
7. Will Jeffrey Dahmer Return?
It wasn’t a blink and you’ll miss it moment (they lean on it a little hard for that), but with no payoff it seems like a weird Easter egg to just toss in there. Frank is shown arguing with a young kid named Jeffrey at the Fourth Of July parade, a boy with striking resemblance to the serial killer. If viewers still weren’t getting it, we see his father is named Officer Dahmer, confirming 99.99% that Frank had a run in with that future monster.
The big question is why? They don’t really use any Dahmer specific jokes, and the show hasn’t had too many ‘Forrest Gump’ moments where they intertwine with history previously. Was it all set up for something in future seasons?
If not, it seems rather wasteful to just drop Dahmer in there. We didn’t really need any extra reason to be on Frank’s side; he threatens to put his kids through a wall all the time. We weren’t going to lose respect for him because he argued with a bratty little boy. As Jimmy seemed to soften this season, maybe young Jeffrey will be the next major antagonist.