A review of tonight's Veep coming up just as soon as I quote the late Lionel Richie... There's a famous moment at the end of the first season of Cheers that half the TV business has been chasing in the 30-plus years since it first aired. It's the moment where the line gets obliterated between Sam Malone and Diane Chambers' utter disdain for one another and their animal attraction, and one moment they're threatening physical violence, and the next they are passionately making out. If you're the kind of person who reads this blog, odds are you've seen at least the most iconic part of the scene before, but here it is, anyway: That show, and that moment, bottled the idea of Unresolved Sexual Tension, which later series would try variations on. Sometimes, the will-they-or-won't-they couple would have mutual loathing for each other like Sam and Diane (David and Maddie...
- 6/6/2016
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Freaks and Geeks Episode 16 ‘Smooching and Mooching’
Written by Steve Barros
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Aired 7/8/2000 on NBC
By the time the script for ‘Smooching and Mooching’ was broken in the writer’s room, the writing was on the wall for Freaks and Geeks. Knowing they only had three episodes left to work with, they attempted to cram as much into those episodes as possible – especially ‘Smooching and Mooching’, an episode that pales in comparison to its counterparts, mostly because there’s just too much going on for it all to be effective. It’s a melange of great scenes and performances, no doubt (headlined by Jason Segel and John Francis Daley), but it’s clear that the script tries to pull in one too many directions to really be effective.
The bit that really doesn’t work for me is Bill’s diatribe against Vicki during their ‘Seven Minutes...
Written by Steve Barros
Directed by Jake Kasdan
Aired 7/8/2000 on NBC
By the time the script for ‘Smooching and Mooching’ was broken in the writer’s room, the writing was on the wall for Freaks and Geeks. Knowing they only had three episodes left to work with, they attempted to cram as much into those episodes as possible – especially ‘Smooching and Mooching’, an episode that pales in comparison to its counterparts, mostly because there’s just too much going on for it all to be effective. It’s a melange of great scenes and performances, no doubt (headlined by Jason Segel and John Francis Daley), but it’s clear that the script tries to pull in one too many directions to really be effective.
The bit that really doesn’t work for me is Bill’s diatribe against Vicki during their ‘Seven Minutes...
- 8/15/2013
- by Randy
- SoundOnSight
Please allow me to spoil you right from the beginning and not make you wait for the verdict. This was easily, far and away, my favorite episode this season. There! I said it! In a season plagued with flaws like less than stellar characterization, retreading of old ground, and the boys sharing minimal screen time together during most episodes, this was a very welcome return to form that addressed most complaints in the fandom this season. Now let’s get into the why, how, when, and where of it all, shall we?
We open with the “then” and “now” recap and a clip of Sam telling Dean, “How many people do you think Dad saved? That’s his legacy, so we've got to keep going.”
I'm thinking, “Really? Where was that Sam earlier this season?” Anyway, moving on…
In the very real town of Normal, Illinois (the irony is not...
We open with the “then” and “now” recap and a clip of Sam telling Dean, “How many people do you think Dad saved? That’s his legacy, so we've got to keep going.”
I'm thinking, “Really? Where was that Sam earlier this season?” Anyway, moving on…
In the very real town of Normal, Illinois (the irony is not...
- 1/31/2013
- by KindaSkimpy
- The Backlot
Highlights of tonight’s show 10pm on Channel 4
9.30am
The housemates are woken up by the theme tune to The Magic Roundabout. Sam suggests they all try to think about what horrible things Big Brother will do to them this morning via the Magic Roundabout. Josie says “a never-ending roundabout and we have to stay on it all day.” Jj says to Sam “Lets hope the magic roundabout makes you shut the f*** up for 5 minutes.” Sam says Jj is a prick.
10.36am
Last Night Josie played a prank on Sam and put nail varnish on his toothbrush.
Sam asks Josie if she is scared about his revenge. Josie says she is s******* herself.
In the Diary Room Andrew says he was down on Friday because Ben left and Sam came in. Andrew says Sam needs to “watch what he says”, and that he “goes after Josie”. “I understand friendly banter,...
9.30am
The housemates are woken up by the theme tune to The Magic Roundabout. Sam suggests they all try to think about what horrible things Big Brother will do to them this morning via the Magic Roundabout. Josie says “a never-ending roundabout and we have to stay on it all day.” Jj says to Sam “Lets hope the magic roundabout makes you shut the f*** up for 5 minutes.” Sam says Jj is a prick.
10.36am
Last Night Josie played a prank on Sam and put nail varnish on his toothbrush.
Sam asks Josie if she is scared about his revenge. Josie says she is s******* herself.
In the Diary Room Andrew says he was down on Friday because Ben left and Sam came in. Andrew says Sam needs to “watch what he says”, and that he “goes after Josie”. “I understand friendly banter,...
- 8/2/2010
- by Lisa McGarry
- Unreality
Fox Hugh Laurie in “House.”
Worthy Sir William bested the bad Black Knight in a sword fight and then collapsed, his eyes a scary bloodshot red. It seemed just like another bizarre patient hallucination until the worried King whipped out his cell phone and summoned 911 to the Renaissance Fair.
William, the patient of the week, was part of an acting troupe pretending to be knights. “I’m not pretending!” he insisted from inside the Mri machine at Princeton Plainsboro, where while the doctors tried to puzzle out what was wrong with him. Indeed, William fancied himself all noble and chivalrous; he was also in love with the actress playing the Queen, the King’s girlfriend, but too honorable to tell her.
Cut to a naked House, who was toasting a bagel in his kitchen when a woman walked in. Not just any woman. In a plot twist destined to last...
Worthy Sir William bested the bad Black Knight in a sword fight and then collapsed, his eyes a scary bloodshot red. It seemed just like another bizarre patient hallucination until the worried King whipped out his cell phone and summoned 911 to the Renaissance Fair.
William, the patient of the week, was part of an acting troupe pretending to be knights. “I’m not pretending!” he insisted from inside the Mri machine at Princeton Plainsboro, where while the doctors tried to puzzle out what was wrong with him. Indeed, William fancied himself all noble and chivalrous; he was also in love with the actress playing the Queen, the King’s girlfriend, but too honorable to tell her.
Cut to a naked House, who was toasting a bagel in his kitchen when a woman walked in. Not just any woman. In a plot twist destined to last...
- 4/20/2010
- Speakeasy/Wall Street Journal
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