There's a very clear target audience for Steve Treviño's comedy, and for that particular group it's easy to see his appeal: he says what a lot of married couples probably have on their minds during moments of conflict, but he still doesn't take any of it too seriously. However, to an outsider, Treviño's comedy can't help but come off as one-sided complaining, lacking the willingness to make himself look just as silly as the people he rants about. Not that there's anything too mean about the things he says—the jokes as they're written just aren't particularly clever and don't really say much about married life that can't just be resolved through a little more basic empathy.

Simple Man is one of those stand-up specials that has the comedian suddenly delving into some highly personal territory as a way to ground the routine and to clear the air for more jokes later on. Treviño does this here by talking about his feelings towards his father now that Treviño himself has children of his own; the shift is definitely sudden, but the realizations he has are undeniably touching to hear, especially from someone who presents himself so much as a stereotypically masculine dad. Proof that it only would've made the special more interesting if he afforded the same sensitivity towards the women in his life too.