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Happy Endings recap 2×13: ‘The St. Valentine’s Day Maxssacre’

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Recently, this website posted their 100th post, and this anniversary had me in a nostalgic mood. I decided to revisit my very first post. Way back then I had gone on a mini-rant about Happy Endings, and especially the character of Max (Adam Pally). It seemed like his character had eschewed all development in favor of crude jokes and crazy antics. Well, it’s as if the writers had been reading this blog all along – this week’s episode seems to have answered my prayers. Let’s do this!

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Happy Endings recap 2×12: ‘Makin’ Changes!’

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Change can sometimes suck. Like when Popular got “weird” in season 2. Or when Felicity cut her hair. But sometimes we need to change. Last night’s episode of Happy Endings dealt with this idea: the good kind and the bad kind, and the struggle we sometimes go through when faced with change.

Oh, and it featured the ever-so-delicious Ryan Hansen!

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Happy Endings recap – 02×11: ‘Meet the Parrots’

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Last week’s episode of Happy Endings hinted at a possible romance between Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Penny (Casey Wilson), so how did the twist pan out in this week’s episode? By making Dave and Penny brother and sister! Wait, what??? Where is Erica Kane and when did this become All My Children? Ok let’s rewind here and recap.

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Happy Endings recap – 02×10: ‘The Shrink, The Dare, Her Date and Her Brother’

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Well it’s the new year, and I have already forgotten about my resolutions, but luckily a new episode of Happy Endings is here to distract me. The first half of this season has been a little rocky for our beloved show, but if this episode is any indication of what’s to come, then we are in for a treat. So much to discuss and gush over so let’s have at! [Read more…]

Happy Endings recap – 2×09: ‘Grinches Be Crazy’

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Last night was the last new episode of our beloved Happy Endings until the New Year, as well as being the Christmas-themed episode. This was the last impression we have until the show starts airing new episodes in the new year – more than a month from now. Did they hit it out of the park? Did they leave us wanting more? Well…not so much. But for a show that leads with its comedy first and it’s heart last, this episode did give us a few gifts to keep us warm until January.

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Happy Endings recap – 02×08: ‘Full Court Dress’

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Ok so let’s just get this out in the open and not dance around the subject, this week’s episode was pretty lackluster. And by lackluster I mean probably the worst of this season. Coming off of last week’s classic episode probably didn’t help, but not much worked for me this week. This episode made me go back to my first recap and how the show just wasn’t scoring high on the funny meter. And boy did this episode rate low on good jokes. [Read more…]