Trophy Wife 1.08 Review: Taking Control of the Matter

For all those that have yet to watch tonight’s episode of Trophy Wife, entitled ‘Lice and Beary White’, now would be a good time to go do that. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! Proceed at your own discretion.

I really liked this week’s episode. Aside from the school nurse, who was annoyingly bland and not funny at all, this whole lice situation made for an interesting episode. We were able to see everyone interact with each other, and see a struggle of power and wills between Diane and Kate. I’m finally starting to see this series comedy grow into its own, and the ensemble is definitely beginning to work well with each other.

So, basically, this episode was all about Bert being found with lice, and everyone having to be round up to wash their hair of the bugs. Kate had things under control, but then Diane swoops in and takes over, not believing Kate can handle this better than her. Diane’s jabs at Kate were definitely funny, and Kate’s trying to get back at Diane by switching out the lice shampoo made for a hilarious circumstance. Of course Hillary’s play was Hair, under these circumstances. I totally loved Diane and Kate at least agreeing to back away and let another kid take the wrap for spreading lice. At least they managed to agree on one thing.

Elsewhere in the episode, Bert and Warren struggled over who would get to keep Beary White, a well worn teddy bear. I love every time Pete gets to use his job at home; it just brings a certain realistic hilarity to things. The way he also tried to settle who would get to keep the bear, by telling them the story of Solomon was perfect. Neither of these kids are very smart upon hearing the story and being okay with the bear being cut in half, but then Bert’s a kid and Warren obviously gave all his smarts to Hillary.

All in all, this was a very enjoyable episode. The Crazy Ones is still my favourite new sitcom of the year, but this series definitely takes second place. I’m not as big on sitcoms as I am dramas, so the fact that I’m still watching this series definitely says something good about it. The lice circumstance to this episode definitely gave it a lot of material, although I doubt the bear will be remembered or mentioned again, with the fact it had lice in it. Also, the fact that Jackie can’t drive was just hilarious. I’ll be sad to not have this series on my Tuesday nights until December 3^rd.

My rating: 7.5 out of 10.

Best Lines:

“Bert’s got lice. We’ve got lice.” – Kate says into the phone. “Round up the others.” – Pete whispers back. “I’m on it.” – Kate replies.

Jackie referring to herself as, “The Jackal.”

All right, I’m off to watch The Originals now. I may or may not watch both it and Supernatural before reviewing either, I’m not sure yet. But stay tuned.

Trophy Wife 1.07 Review: The Overstepping of Boundaries

All those that have yet to watch last night’s episode of Trophy Wife, entitled ‘The Date’, now is the only time where I will suggest you go and watch it before reading ahead. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

Before I get onto the review, let me just congratulate this series for getting a full season pick-up. I guess now I can finally settle in and get more attached to these characters.

Now that that’s out of the way, let me begin with the review. This week’s episode was more what I was looking for from a sitcom, mind you only three of the series’ I watch out of twenty are half-hour sitcoms. Maybe it’s that I’m finally being able to see how these characters all fit together or maybe the actors are finally feeling more comfortable in their roles and each other, but they’re seeming to mesh better than in previous weeks. Specifically Diane and Hillary’s mother-daughter relationship, which was really fun to watch in this week’s episode.

I really love the different styles of comedy to this series. The way Hillary is written with the dry sense of humour is great, being that it’s my own form of humour I tend to stick to. Bert has that cute kid kind of comedy to him that is just plain adorable, and then Jackie has that in your face, too close for comfort kind of comedy to her. The others have a mix of humour to them that just fits pretty well together.

 One thing I’d still like to see with this series is a bit more depth to the characters. Sure, we’re finally starting to see pieces of their personalities coming out, but I’m not completely seeing a range to these characters that was part of the reason I loved Friends so much. Comedies are still able to poke out the dramatics in times that are necessary while still holding their sitcom standing, and that’d be nice to see sometime soon.

All in all, this is a very easy comedy series. It doesn’t give me sidesplitting laughter like the new series The Crazy Ones, while it also doesn’t make me see mind-numbing stupidity in it like New Girl has gotten around to doing. By this I mean it’s an easy sitcom to turn on at random and still be able to enjoy without completely following it. So I’ll stick around to watch it as long as it keeps me entertained.

My rating: 7 out of 10.

Best Lines:

“I like your face.” – Meg tells Pete’s coworker at the party.

“She’s not the boss of me, I’m older.” – Warren says. “Yeah, but I’m smarter.” – Hillary replies, after their mother leaves her in charge.

“I don’t think so, but I’m pretty drunk.” – Meg states, about not being the one in Pete’s office having sex with his coworker.

“I gotta rescrub. Rescrub!” – Pete yells, while him and Kate clean his office after the happenings of the party.

This review may seem a bit scattered, being that my roommate’s currently watching American Horror Story: Coven on the television right next to me, and it’s a bit distracting. But I think I did pretty well with this anyways, so here this is. I’ll be posting my brief review of New Girl in a few minutes, and probably Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. later on tonight. After that I’ll probably leave The Originals and Supernatural until tomorrow night.

The Crazy Ones 1.06 Review: How to Stay Relevant

For all those that have yet to watch Thursday night’s episode of The Crazy Ones, entitled ‘Hugging the Now’, here’s where I suggest you go and do that now, before reading ahead. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

There’s not much I can say about this episode that I haven’t said before in previous episodes. This series is amazing. I love how well these characters; these actors work together in this sitcom. It’s made this series my favourite new sitcom of the year, and favourite sitcom currently airing. This cast ensemble just works together so well, that you’d almost think they’d actually been working together for years.

Probably my favourite part of the episode was the nod to Sarah Michelle Gellar’s long-running love interest on Buffy the Vampire Slayer, the lovely David Boreanaz’s series Bones, with a nice little name drop in there too. I love being able to catch little Easter eggs on series to my favourite show – the aforementioned Buffy.

My one little issue with this episode was how silly they made the two dates relationship with Sydney’s high school crush. Sure, I can believe that he had a crush on her in high school as well, but it was played up a little too frivolously. But I do love that it lead to that whole moment in the bar where Sydney ends up dancing with Zach, and her other coworkers mimic her high school fantasy. Plus, did you catch the nice little chemistry between those two. No, they’re not ready for a relationship any time soon, but it’d be nice for that to be built towards. But maybe I’m reading too much into things.

All in all, this sitcom is amazing. If you’re not already watching it, please go and do so because it’s quite well done. Nowadays when characters are basically thrown out for flash and drama, this is a nice family/coworker sitcom that shows that family really isn’t just about blood.

My rating: 7 out of 10.

Best Lines:

“Keep an eye on her.” – Simon says to himself regarding Lauren.

“It’s snowing inside your high school?” Zack asks Sydney about her high school fantasy.

“Do you even like David Boreanaz?” – Sydney questions Josh, name-dropping her long-running TV love interest.

“First rule of snow globes: no talking in snow globes!” – Andrew shouts at Sydney.

Anyone that doesn’t recall my reasons behind the lateness of this, my apology can be found at the end of the latest Revolution review. Otherwise, I’m off to go review Grey’s Anatomy and The Vampire Diaries. After that I’ll be catching up on Dracula and Haven and hopefully reviewing one, if not both of those. Stay tuned.

The Crazy Ones 1.03 Review: An Unconventional Relationship

If you haven’t watched last night’s episode of The Crazy Ones, entitled ‘Bad Dad’, then now would be a good time to do so. This has never been and is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! You’ve been warned.

I really like this sitcom. It has a heartwarming family vibe, with great workplace chemistry inserted into it. This is shaping up to be the best new sitcom of the season.

Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar just have an amazing familial connection. I really feel that these two are a father-daughter team. They understand each other and love each other, despite their faults, and that genuinely comes across on the screen.

Gellar is also beginning to find a nice little niche in this comedy, versus her other long-running character (*cough*in the best series ever*cough*). This episode focused a little more on the relationship between her and Williams’ character, and that made her able to highlight who this character is, just as quirky and nutty as her father.

As always James Wolk and Hamish Linklater were hilarious, in their own respective ways. There was less of Wolk in this episode than the last two, and we got to see more of Linklater’s character and who he is, so that was nice little switch up.

But it was Amanda Setton’s character Lauren that really got beefed up in this episode. I like seeing she can hold her own, especially on a series other than Gossip Girl. I’m definitely happy to see her apart of this cast, she’s great in the supportive secretary role.

This episode definitely deepened who each of these characters are. It’s good to know that a certain level of depth can be reached in this sitcom, which is what has helped the greats like Friends and How I Met Your Mother last so long. While that amount of depth wasn’t exactly in this episode, there was a certain amount of character progression.

Overall I really do like this series, so I really hope it gets a full season pick up. It appears it’s holding its own in the 9:30 Thursday time slot, so it should be okay, especially since it is a sitcom. I really hope this series gets a second season two, but we’ll have to wait and see how the rest of the season goes first.

Best Lines:

“You don’t like being corrected.” – Lauren says to Sydney, after learning she has a woman’s name wrong.

“I’m trying to be here for you, but it’s not easy.” – Sydney explains to Zach.

The entire colonoscopy segment, which was too long to copy down.

“Are all my mugs lies? Do I actually like Monday’s?” – Simon reflects, after learning he’s kind of a bad dad.

Okay, that’s it for this review. There were a lot more lines I loved, but I’d be pausing this show every two seconds if I copied down all the good ones.

I’m off to watch Once Upon A Time In Wonderland, then I’m going to try to catch Grey’s Anatomy, but no promises on a review for that, I’m quite tired at the moment.

New Girl 3.04 Review: Feelings Versus a Physical Relationship

If you haven’t watched last night’s New Girl episode, entitled ‘The Captain’, then now would be a good time to do so. This is not a spoiler free blog. THIS REVIEW MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS! Proceed at your own discretion.

What can I say about this episode? I honestly have only one note, and it’s not even a note, it’s my favourite line of the episode. There were some funny moments, one in particular being when Jess turns off the light and makes the horn noise. Winston was also funny, with his desire to get his cat laid. He genuinely did get it right though, that he’s hosting a cat brothel, but still the most normal roommate in the loft.

I’m really just looking forward to seeing Coach back in the series, for whatever time he is in it. Winston is great, but he’s the only thing that keeps me watching it week to week, as I wait to see Coach. Jess and Nick’s relationship is incredibly dull already, and they’ve only been together one month. And then the whole Schmidt situation where he didn’t end up picking one woman just came to a head way too early. This series is nowhere near the comical standing of Friends, I can’t see it lasting more than another year or two, if this is the way it keeps going.

In the beginning, these characters were funny, they were getting to know each other, we were getting to know them. Now it’s like we know them too much, and there’s nothing left to learn. Don’t get me wrong, I always enjoy seeing how much characters know about each other, but there has to be a little bit of mystery for the audience to be able to grow fond of.

My rating: 6 out of 10.

Best Line:

“How often do you groom your cat?” – Winston asking a woman, and she thinks he’s referring to them as cats.

All right, I’m going to try and punch in Trophy Wife and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. but it looks like I’m not going to get to Supernatural tonight. Stay tuned.