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Season 2 of Don't Trust the B

Not as good as season 1

Don't Trust the B---- In Apartment 23 - Daddy's Girl

Even though it has been up on Hulu for people to watch since the beginning of April, Wikipedia tells us that the second episode of Apartment 23 aired on televisions last night. It's been a while since we saw it, but we remember liking it and thinking that it added some depth and feeling to Chloe. She needs to not be one-note, but she always needs to be a sociopath. This episode was perfect for that. And don't worry, June. That was a hot dad. We would have gone there too. Van Der Beek continues to provide laughs and we really need a third episode already. The wait for internet watchers has been long. Parent Trap airs next week on Wednesday night, and if you haven't tried the show yet, head to Hulu where the first two episodes are waiting. We think it's a pretty funny show.

Episode grade: B

Don’t trust the B---- in Apartment 23 - Pilot

This episode is on hulu to watch before the actual premiere, so we went ahead and gave it a try. This pilot has the most buzz for a comedy this year, and now we know why. First of all, James Van Der Beek plays himself in it and that is a magnificent thing. Second, Krysten Ritter is funny, unique looking, and has deserved a main role for a while now. She always plays the friend…or the druggy girlfriend. Thanks for giving Krysten something to do, Breaking Bad! Krysten’s Chloe is incredible. She’s the super bitch of our dreams, and her character is what’s going to keep people coming back.

In Apartment 23, an innocent business school grad, June, moves to New York City for her dream job. The day June walks into her new workplace, she finds that the company has gone under. Not only will June have no job, she will have no company-provided apartment. June gets a job at a coffee shop and meets super bitch Chloe. Chloe has “the morals of a pirate” and offers June a place to live…with her. Then Chloe starts acting out in order to get June to move out. Chloe would get to keep the rent.. But June has more pluck than Chloe imagined and starts fighting back.

We are eager to see more from this comedy, since the pilot was decent and weird. It wasn’t laugh-out-loud funny and it showed us too many jokes in the preview, which we saw last fall. But we really think subsequent episodes are going to rock. We are going to tune in when the second episode airs so we can see if this show improves and figures out how to avoid being a rehash of Two Broke Girls. The downside of having this new sitcom is that we will lose Happy Endings for a while, and we already know Happy Endings is funny. Bottom line: We’re not hooked yet, but we are interested. Leeard will give this show an A for all time, since they used a Childish Gambino song in the first scene of the series. Awesome. Ern will give it a B+ (and all subsequent grades, since Leeard really will love this show forever, no matter what, because of that song). 

New Show: Apartment 23

Apartment 23
ABC Midseason, Tuesdays at 9:30

Starring: Dreama Walker (Gossip Girl, Gran Torino) and Krysten Ritter (Breaking Bad, Gilmore Girls)

Plot: Two roommates who don’t get along at first. One is kind of a sociopath.

Why We Are Excited: It was originally titled “You Can’t Trust the Bitch in Apartment 23” and we think that title shows a lot of spirit. People who have seen the pilot are raving, saying it’s better than 2 Broke Girls, which is already supposed to be good. Krysten Ritter was great on Breaking Bad.

Why We Are Not Excited: Can’t think of anything. What’s not to love? Watch the trailer. It looks funny.

Preview:


Anticipation Score: 10/10

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