05.30 Worst Week
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07.30 Worst Week
08.00 House
10.00 30 Rock
Worst Week. Episode 7. "The Vows" There are two problems with this episode. It starts off with an unlikely premise: our hero decided to wear his girlfriend's panties to ward off bad luck. And in the end everyone is much too nice to him when everything goes wrong. There's no edge any more.
Worst Week. Episode 8. "The Cake" Sam and Mel make a great team. I enjoy the moments where they work together against everybody else and you get the feeling that she is almost as dogged by bad luck as he is. This episode is driven by some more white lies (a standard device on Worst Week). Sam tells his dad a lie about Dick to stop him from bothering him, and Mel tells Sam's mum a lie about her own mother to - likewise - prevent a dispute she can forsee. The episode generates many laughs from these basic elements.
The middle section of the episode has - what is probably - the funniest sequence since the pilot. Sam is barefoot and trapped by a hallway full of broken glass. How is got there is an example of genius comedy writing and the results are hysterical.
Worst Week. Episode 9. "The Wedding" Nicely orchestrated chaos defined this episode. All the recurring characters pop up and events conspire nicely against Sam until - amongst other things - he sets the swimming pool on fire.
The edge has completely gone off Dick now. Despite what disasters befall Sam, Dick is basically nice to him. He even steps in to perform the wedding.
It's nice. But, maybe, it would be funnier if it was less... nice.
House. Season 5, Episode 11. "Joy to the World" The case-of-the-week is a bit blah. The best bits of the episode are the scenes of House in the clinic. He's trying to be nice (to win a bet) and ends up with the stupidest patient of all time. Later, he goes to extreme lengths to cover up for a girl that has cheated on her boyfriend (and gotten pregnant). Funny stuff, all of it.
Everything involving the teenager (who got pregnant and will die) is a bit... whatever.
30 Rock. Season 3, Episode 6. "Christmas Special" Elaine Stritch returns. And is wonderful. Jane Krakowski sings. And is also wonderful. It's a funny episode. Alec Baldwin blows everyone off screen with his guilt (over Jack hitting his mother with the car).
Highlight? Worst Week (the hallway full of broken glass)
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