I gotta share this with someone, because I'm laughing harder and harder with every episode I watch. I haven't been watching long; always meant to but just started DVR-ing it a few weeks ago.
Charlie and Dee trying to understand each other's problems was great. I might try Charlie's recipe of beer, glue and catfood the next time I can't sleep. Disgusting but funny.
Mac and Frank in the theatre answering their cell phones and playing with the laser pointer was great too. "Shine it on his dick! Shine it on his dick!"
I've been with this show Pre-Devito, and this year is kind of a dividing point for me. The storylines don't seem to flow as well for me this year. Prior to this season, only Curb Your Enthusiasm had a tighter ebb of story-by-story connections each episode. This season seems...kinda sterilized. The production value is up, but most of the jokes seem to be at the expense of the story. Also the writers seem to want us to know the jokes before the punchline, most of the time because it's gonna be shocking/disgusting. Like the glory hole deal earlier this year. From the second you saw it, you knew two of the main male characters would end up in an awkward situation with that and they didn't dissapoint.
Compare that to an episode from season two which is probably one of the smartest episodes of the series.
- Mac bangs Dennis' mom. - Dennis threatens to sleep with then-Supervisor Charlie's crush, the Waitress unless he gives up his power. - Charlie tells Dennis about Mac, telling him to go after MAC's mom. - Charlie dispatches Dee to take the Waitress to watch this. - Charlie then uses Dee as a double agent to have Dennis go after his own mother, again having Dee trail with the Waitress. - Dennis and Dee's mom dumps Mac, admitting it was only to get back at Frank. - The Waitress, getting revenge on Dennis, sleeps with Frank, Dennis' Dad, causing Charlie, who masterminded a four-layered master plan to fail and lose his supervisor position for nothing.
I think you can blame a lot of this on the sudden popularity the show gained because of Hulu.
My biggest fear for this show is that when they get to the next season and all the characters branch off away from each other and have their own groups... the budget and time constraints will not work.
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