In-Laws and Outlaws

Kate Davis understands the petty mechanics of long-term family warfare. When her teenage daughter renames her in her phone contacts as Dad’s Wife, Davis does not offer a lecture on respect; she retaliates with an equally spiteful entry in her own phone.

Filmed at Comedy Bar in Toronto and released in February 2026 on the venue’s CB Max channel, the 48-minute set catches the veteran Canadian comic well past the early motherhood years that informed her book Second Best Mom. The empty nest she expected never materialized. Adult children moved back in, soon joined by a mother-in-law living under court-ordered supervision after a run-in with the law.

On stage, Davis treats thirty-five years of marriage as an ongoing battle of attrition. Catching her husband secretly typing under the dinner table leads to a blunt distinction between wireless and wifeless. Other routines focus on modern domestic indignities, including a late night out where facial recognition software fails to verify her identity, and the friction of sharing square footage with an unruly house guest.