Finale Grade: B+
Season Grade: A
Modern Family has been really repetitive. It’s amusing, but not the comedy revelation it was in its first season. We don’t like when shows change or try too hard, but they shouldn’t just cover the same areas and jokes. We really like everything with Phil and Claire, like when they tried to change roles or when their kids walked in on them doing the deed. But the show is getting tired for us.
Finale Grade: B+
Season Grade: B-
Cougar Town just had its first solid season where Courtney Cox never, ever acts like a cougar. The rocky beginning this show had turned off a lot of people, but those tuning in now will find zany humor watching the group of wine-drinking buddies. They “pound grape.” If this show is your sense of humor (and it isn’t everyone’s), this season was pretty good. We like that the main relationship stayed throughout the whole season, leaving the group dynamic and Travis’ love stories to pick up the plot slack. This show doesn’t even need plot. It’s like hanging out and drinking in your living room with buddies.
Finale Grade: B+
Season Grade: B+
Happy Endings hasn’t been on for a very long time, and it aired a lot of back-to-back episodes, just chugging them out one right after another. Most of them are up on hulu. But this show made Ern stop hating Elisha Cuthbert, and that’s a hard task, because Ern watched 24. We’re glad it’s getting another season so that it can become more popular, because it really is pretty funny.
Finale Grade: B+
Season Grade: B+
Thanks for the shout-out, you guys! (I still have that Li'l Sebastian song in my head, btw.) As per usual, I totally agree with you on these shows. P&R was all kinds of brill this year; Modern Family is getting a little meh -- glad to hear it's not just me; Cougar Town has managed to get its ensemble just right and coming up with inside jokes to repeat for maximum hilarity ("Eat the sword", "Slap out of it"); and Happy Endings has totally redeemed Elisha Cuthbert for me, as well!
ReplyDeleteWe don't know how they can fix Modern Family without ruining it. For once, we have no suggestions. Sad.
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