Friday, October 14, 2011

The One With the Lack of Curses

While I procrastinate on getting out my thoughts on the next two album 54 shows, why not listen to my new review of "For the Birds" and find out if I think Eugene was out-of-character in this episode, if Wooton was a welcome addition, and my other opinions on the show?

Friday, October 07, 2011

My Review of "Wooton Knows Best" and a Few Episode Predictions

First of all, I have a review of "Wooton Knows Best"! Let me know if you prefer audio or written reviews if you want. :-)


Also, I have a couple of thoughts on upcoming shows, based solely on their descriptions.

Anger Mismanagement
I see that Abuelita's in quite a few episodes this season, which may or may not work out to be a good thing. Her starting up a salon in the Parker's living room sounds interesting--more so than Olivia and Valerie together again! 

Forgiving More...or Less
Red Hollard annoys me and I doubt this episode will change that. It might be nice to hear Camilla as the main character in a show, but making a forgiveness list sounds a bit dull.

You're Two Kind
Not looking forward to this one at all. Both storylines sound like they'll be lacking (although maybe in different ways).

A Penny Earned
I enjoyed Penny in TGRC and I want to hear more from her! For that reason all three episodes in this album featuring her are ones I'm looking forward to.

Never for Nothing
This show sounds like it's got a lot of potential, especially considering that Kathy Buchanan wrote the remarkable emotional-story-within-a-story episode "Something Significant." It's also got the highest rating out of all the album #54 episodes on AIO Wiki (99.9% from 14 votes). If it's done right, this could be my favorite show of this album.

Emily, the Genius
This sounds like a bad episode. Bob Hoose isn't a particularly talented writer and Emily isn't a particularly good character, so I have no hope for this episode.

How to Sink a Sub
This is looking to be the season of Kathy Buchanan episodes, which had better mean that we're not going to get five episodes as bad as "Opposite Day"! Despite that surprisingly poor episode in album #52, Kathy's become a great writer since her shaky early days on the show ("The Imaginary Friend," "Slumber Party," and so on) with great shows like "Now More Than Ever" and "Something Significant." Anyway, the thing I like best about this episode so far is its title--never would've guessed that "Sub" was standing in for "Subsitute [Teacher]"!

Unbecoming Jay 
I'm not a Jay fan, so just because this episode's all about Jay does not make me excited about it. I do not want to see this character over-used!

Childish Things
Penny's going to become a Christian in this one. Otherwise, this sounds like a pretty uninteresting episode to end the season with. We'll see if this show delivers on the higher expectations placed on a season finale, but I'm quite looking forward to this one.