Thursday is currently my favorite day, if only for
Community. I seriously cannot get enough
of this show. In the last three weeks
that it has been back, people have been wondering if the forced hiatus changed
it, for the worse. Tonight, we got our
answer.
Community: Troy
and Abed’s fight from last week has turned into all out war; the pillow fight
vs. the blanket fort will be a battle that will live in infamy…at least to
Greendale students. Jeff not giving a
damn, Pierce being…Pierce, Big Cheddar making a reappearance, this episode had
it all.
When Jeff actually went to the Dean’s office to get the
imaginary hats, even though no one was looking, I knew this episode was
destined to be a classic.
The battle was framed as a PBS war documentary, with still
shots and voice-overs providing much of the narrative. It was definitely high concept, but it was
much more accessible than the ‘Dean goes crazy filming a recruiting video’
episode.
All in all, this episode was great. I was laughing through the entire thing, and
got to learn a bit more about characters outside of the main study group. Leonard likes this post.
30 Rock: I said
this last week as well, but I think this show is getting a bit tired. Liz plays the parent figure to Tracy…Jenna
gets pranked by the writers…Jenna acts like a human, only to go back to crazy
two seconds later…Jack attempts to ‘help’ one of his underlings and only makes
things worse for them…
There were a few funny moments, like when Liz and Jenna said
the whitest ghetto speak next to mine…
For shizzle, my nizzle
And the end cap was pretty great, with several cast members
reading their self-assessments, and Jack’s critique coming true.
Happy Endings: Since
we again have no Office or Parks and Rec, I’ll finish with the season finale of
Happy Endings. I only discovered this
show a couple of month ago, but I just can’t get enough of it. The main group of friends are all likeable
for the most part, and they all seem to be having an absolute blast building
this world for us.
The highlight of this episode for me was Jane, the only one
of the main group not asked to be in the wedding party of a mutual friend of
the group. When she found out the couple
were going to have issues keeping the wedding in budget, she went into crazy
control mode, turning Pigs in a blanket to piglets in a binkey, and trading out
the brie for a napkin.
Even though I like Community better, I do enjoy how this
show actually has character development mixed in with the funny. Even though it’s a bit cliché, two of the
group maybe will be getting together in the next season, and they previewed
that in this episode. Luckily, it felt
organic, like something these characters would actually do, and not just some hackneyed
plot device to create conflict later.
Of course, though, I can forge the piece de resistance, the thing everyone will be talking about…MANDONNA! Chicago’s number three all-male Madonna cover
band! Fronted by Max, I must say, it was
glorious.
Hopefully this still works when this post publishes
And that’s all for this week! Next week:
More new funny, or Chaos.
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