The Millers
I was SOOOOO disappointed! Poor Will Arnett. To go from awesome shows like Up All Night and Arrested Development to this. Will, Mr. Arnett, we love you. We want you to do well. Please get a new agent. I don’t care how popular CBS comedies are or what a great lead-in audience you have, this is not good enough for you.
I don’t really care for Beau Bridges one way or the other, but I like Margo Martindale! This is another comedy about midlife aged children dealing with their crazy parents. I was mostly disappointed because most of the jokes didn’t land, even worse than on Mom.
However: if you do one thing, find the clip of the Dirty Dancing scene. It was by far the funniest, and perhaps the only funny scene in the entire episode. Was it worth watching for that? Yes. Will I watch it next week? Maybe.
Once Upon a Time in Wonderland premieres next week in the first primetime slot on Thursday, so I’ll probably watch that, but I may catch up with this the next day online. Only on the principle that I like to give shows two episodes before I strike them from the list. If I didn’t feel that was fair, I wouldn’t bother with this again.
The Crazy Ones
Not as laugh-a-minute as last week’s, but still really fun and enjoyable.
Andrew is the focal point of this episode, specifically his mini-rivalry with Zach. Andrew helps Sydney come up with an ad campaign for a local coffee company, and it’s a really grand, crazy idea (a giant coffee cup with free coffee for everyone), and Simon rewards Andrew after always seeming to reward Zach. Playing favorites, in Andrew’s mind.
Still, once Andrew gets a taste of the favoritism, though, he enjoys it. Simon’s got a pet pro bono project he’s working on, raising ducklings to go into a lake they’re aiming to conserve, and he invites Andrew to help out with the care for the little guys. It’s kind of adorable.
The grand idea goes awry, but Sydney manages to find a silver lining and use the catastrophe in a new campaign which the clients also love. Win-win!
Hamish Linklater isn’t really as funny as James Wolk, let alone Robin Williams, so putting him front and center took the comedy down a notch. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I think maybe the writers ought to leave the heavier comedy to the pros until Linklater gets his sea-legs here.
BONUS: Just so you don’t think Sarah Michelle Gellar can’t sing based on last week’s episode where she had to win over Kelly Clarkson: here’s a clip that she can sing and isn’t half bad! (Yes, this was a real episode, Netflix it, yo!)
The Michael J. Fox Show
I really enjoyed this episode. I thought it was way funnier than either of last week’s episodes, so I’m really glad that it doesn’t interfere with The Crazy Ones in the line-up anymore!
The daughter, Eve, has been taking her new photography class home with her, including some nude photos of male models. Her parents lose it, but they both end up making matters worse.
Shenanigans ensue, but it all winds up with an “awe, but they really love each other” moment at the end. I think that’s the pattern for this show, and I think it’s lovely. Funny’s great, but at the end of the day, family’s better.
Elementary
MATHS! No, that’s not a typo. British people like Holmes say “maths” instead of “math” or “mathematics”. This episode is all about P vs. N(P). If you’re not a math or logic nerd, this is a complex mathematical problem worth a million bucks to whoever can solve it. But in Elementary, math leads to murder.
After finding two mathematicians dead, both of whom were working on P vs. N(P), Holmes and Watson search for the perpetrator. Not quite as clever or complex as last week’s premiere, but still plenty entertaining.
Watson also happens upon (or was it on purpose?) the son of the man whose death made her quit surgery. They had become close, and Watson feels responsible for him since it was her accident that left him fatherless. But, when the kid asks for a loan (or rather, an “investment”) to open a bar, Watson hesitates. First, she wants to, but after talking it over with Holmes, she feels obligated to withhold the money unless the kid uses it to finish school.
With this episode, I got another X Files vibe. (Maybe it’s just me – got Mulder and Scully on the brain!) The friendship and platonic nature of Holmes and Watson’s relationship reminded me a lot of Mulder and Scully through those first seven years. It really was a beautiful friendship, and while I think they put together the romance nicely in the end, it almost might have been best if they had remained only friends.
I don’t have such hopes for Holmes and Watson, though I do believe they can maintain professionalism longer than Mulder and Scully, because Holmes is even more logical and analytical than Scully was.
Up Next:
Recaps from Thursday night’s new eps of Grey’s, Parenthood, and Scandal. Then, Five-0 Friday!! I’ll also be watching the Avs game for a bit, so GO AVS!
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