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It’s time for the Christmas themed episode of Happy Endings. I love Christmas episodes, I still watch the My So Called Life xmas episdoe every year along with the Popular episode (from season 1…the good season). There’s nothing like seeing some of our favorite characters get into the spirit. And unlike last year’s mediocre offering, this year is a pleasant surprise. Could this season have finally hit its stride? Let’s review.
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Relationships are hard. Just ask me…actually don’t. Whether it’s the relationship we have with our special someone, or the relationship with our best friend or even that somewhat strained relationship we have with our parents, you’ve got to work hard at maintaining that relationship. This week’s episode plays on all of these, and it gives us by far the best episode of season three so far.
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This week Happy Endings returns with Rob Corddry reprising his role as the Car Czar. It also has one of the funniest cold opens we’ve seen in a while. This is good. Unfortunately the whole Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Max (Adam Pally) side story is bad. Where does this leave the episode?
Let’s bitch. [Read more…]
The end of the year is upon us, which means that it’s time to figure out what your holiday schedule looks like. December is a month of season finales, mid-season finales, a single premiere and the second annual Bitch Awards, celebrating the best and worst in movies and television. [Read more…]
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Taking a page out of the Friends Thanksgiving episode playbook, this week Happy Endings gives us a kind of flashback episode when Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.) and Max (Adam Pally) met on The Real World: Sacramento. That’s right, it’s the return of old Brad and Jane (Eliza Coupe)! [Read more…]
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This week Max (Adam Pally) and Brad (Damon Wayans Jr.) team up to hype up some bar mitzvahs while Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) and Dave (Zachary Knighton) try to save their relationship by adding some romance to their dull lives. Meanwhile both Penny (Casey Wilson) and Jane (Eliza Coupe) are all but forgotten. Let’s bitch. [Read more…]