So I have decided to lump all the shows on a single night
together, so as to keep these posts from getting too long. Today, we had three of NBC’s Thursday night
comedies return, with 30 Rock returning after the SNL primetime shows end.
Anyway, I’ll just get right to it.
Up All Night: Friendships
and Partnerships(S2E1) I heard that this
show had gone through a bit of retooling over the summer, so I’m giving it
another shot for recaps. This episode
was cute. Reagan lost her job, since Ava’s
show got cancelled. Chris decides to
step up to the plate and got his job back at his law firm, since they had just
started on a bathroom remodel and need to be able to pay the contractors. Except for, of course, he hates it. You can’t have a law firm executive on TV
without them being evil, amirite? So he
decides to go into business with Reagan’s brother, the aforementioned
contractor on the bathroom, in a construction business.
In Reagan and Ava news, they get in a fight because Reagan
is still trying to run Ava’s life, except it turns out they’re both just
scared. But it did create a comedy gold
moment:
All in all, not a bad start to the season, getting everyone
situated in their season arcs and whatnot.
The Office: This is the final season for our friends at
Dunder Mifflin, and the writers are keenly aware of that fact. It seems they are going to throw everything
at the wall to see what sticks, starting with tonight. Andy has turned asshole, but only toward
Nellie, who is still there, for some reason.
She is a much less obnoxious character when humbled, so hopefully that
will stay…but the Andy being a jerk thing can go away. Pam and Jim are going to be in for some strife
next episode, when everything hits the fan on Jim accepting a business opportunity
located in Philadelphia. You could see
it coming a mile away, and we even got a fun little fake ‘behind the
documentary’ scene after their first joint talking head, where we hear some of
the documentary crew answering a question as well. Dwight has gone back to solo crazy schemes,
and with New Dwight possibly encroaching on his sales, Dwight goes through a
series of misadventures that ends with him hanging from a bike attached to a
tightrope. It was weird. Kelly and Ryan’s absence was explained, and
we learn Oscar is sleeping with Angela’s husband.
Cause if there’s anything we know about Oscar, it’s that he’s
a husband-stealing manwhore.
*snerk*
It was a decent start to the season, but I think I would
have appreciated a bit more callback to the show’s roots.
Parks and Rec: Squeee! I love this show. The chemistry of the main couples are
fantastic, the jokes actually hit, and are smart, and character development is
a thing on this show, unlike most sitcoms.
So, Leslie and Andy go to Washington to visit Ben and April, since they
are both working on the congressional campaign Ben got hired onto last
season. Leslie has a proposal to get
money for a river clean-up, and is in a super good mood…until she gets
cock-blocked by the obnoxious secretary.
Then, she has a fancy party with Ben, and is completely demoralized by
the tall, intelligent, tall, beautiful and tall women at the party. She has a short breakdown, but then Andy
reminds her that she’s a strong woman, and this makes her realize that can
totally clean the river up herself!
Which she does! To which I say, ewwwww!
Meanwhile, back in Pawnee, Ron has decided to run the
Employee Appreciation Barbeque ‘properly,’ that is, with no foof, only
meat. Naturally, everyone is…not nearly
as excited as Ron, and he storms off in a huff.
Chris has to remind him that it was an EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION barbeque,
not an employee appreciation BARBEQUE, so Ron makes it up to everyone by
bringing in corn, and telling them he appreciates them. OH!
Ann and Tom broke up, Twinkle Twinkle big star!
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