This week has been a bit of a letdown on most of our favorite shows, and because I'm feeling miffed about that, I'm not granting each of them a separate review. Yes, I know the producers of these shows must be in tears over their inability to read my extended commentary (sure to be witty and not at all meandering), but they shall overcome, I'm sure. I recall a similar slump around this time last year-- now that all the dust from premiere season has settled, the shows can rest up in preparation for Halloween episodes (if applicable) and of course, November sweeps, which are only a few short weeks away. How I Met Your Mother, 2 Broke Girls, and Up All Night were each funny but underwhelming, and I'm pretty sure NBC is running repeats of its Thursday night lineup, so that should indicate the kind of week it's been. My hope is that seeing these usually strong shows phone it in this week means that we've got a lot to look forward to in the near future.
How I Met Your Mother 7.06-- Mystery vs. History: This show is famous for having some episodes that are very sitcom-y in that they really are just filler, there to issue a few laughs and maybe, just maybe move a subplot along by baby steps. And that's exactly what we got from HIMYM this week (no pun intended on the baby steps thing). We found out that Marshall and Lily are having a BOY, and...well, that's pretty much everything of note that happened. The rest of the episode had Kevin noting some of the gang's less than psychologically sound behaviors, which for me threw up a red flag that he and Robin may be headed for trouble soon (not that I was expecting them to last, since the writers are kind of already slowly ruining the character, as they do whenever we aren't supposed to get too attached). Oh, and also, they painted the baby's room a truly hideous shade of yellow. Oh yeah, and Ted went on a date with a girl he did not research on the Internet, and who is also...not the mother.
2 Broke Girls 1.05-- ...And the 90's Horse Party: More clever banter, more hipster bashing, more crazy antics involving the girls' adorably awkward boss. Overall, this episode was definitely chock full of things I enjoy...except for forward momentum. This show needs to get a thread that can tie episodes together, something slightly more significant than the running total of funds for their cupcake shop.
Up All Night 1.05-- The Birth: I was skeptical going into this about having the birth as an entire flashback episode, but this actually turned out to be the best show of the week (though as discussed, the competition was far from stiff). All three of the lead actors were charming and hilarious as usual, and it was admittedly fun to get to see what happened before the beginning, in a sense. Maya Rudolph was especially funny as Ava in pre-baby meltdown mode (and she wasn't even the one having a kid), and bonus points to the writers for not dragging out the actual labor scenes, which are always, always tedious to watch.
Two additional thoughts: pretty sure whatever reruns they dig up of Parks and Community will be better than the new episodes of most of these shows. Additionally, New Girl has been on hiatus for two weeks, and isn't coming back till November 1st, and I...don't really miss it at all. Oh well.
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