Monday, September 28th, 2009
05.30 Z Rock
06.00 Law And Order
02.00 Wings
Z Rock. Season 2, Episode 2. Two of the guys meet and date two women.
Another easy-going and likable outing for the guys. Some of the best episodes from the first season were plot-driven, but at it's heart this is a very laid-back series about a bunch of normal guys. This episode illustrates this side of the show to perfection. The guy's are getting back into the rhythm of rehearsals when two of them meet two women and start dating, which puts a minor indent in the time allotted for rehearsing. By the end of the episode both new relationships have reached their logical end without anything overly-dramatic happening. And there's been a few laughs along the way.
An easy-going and dependable show. The guys and likable and the show never delivers a weak episode.
Law And Order. Season 19, Episode 15. "Bailout" Kidnapping of a rich guy's mistress.
I love when they lose! Not because I like to see Michael Cutter taking a beating (I don't, he's one of my favourite TV heroes right now) but because it makes for a better story and because it makes the show better overall.
In this episode there is a great point to be made by having the jury vote the guy "innocent" and it's powerful. The jurors seem to by-pass the death of the girl and see the case in terms of a poor guy going up against a rich guy. Interesting outcome. Unpredictable.
Wings. Season 3, Episode 1. "The Naked Truth" Ten months later...
The show does a wonderful job of re-booting the Joe and Helen romance. Ten months have gone by and Helen is unhappy in New York. So, with help from Joe and Brian, she returns to Nantucket and finds that Joe is now in a serious relationship with someone else...
Helen's (over)reaction doesn't make a lot of sense, really, since she was the one to leave Joe, but it makes for some very funny TV.
And, from the writers/producers perspective it allows them to generate a lot of story material for Season Three that they could never do with Joe and Helen as a happy couple.
Highlight? Law And Order (I love when they lose)
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