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Whenever I see Brandon Flowers (the lead singer of The Killers) with his stupid new moustache, I understand why my mom is always telling me to stand up straight and get my hair out of my face. Seriously, dude. You're such a nice looking young man. Don't hide your light under a bushel.
This constructive criticism is apropos of absolutely nothing, except that QB pointed out to me tonight that Brandon Flowers looks eerily similar to Jason Dohring at certain angles. Seriously. They totally have the same eyelids. If QB and I had our own sketch comedy show, we'd have Jason Dohring as a special guest, slap a Charlie Chaplin 'stache on him, and have him lip-synch to "When You Were Young" in lieu of an actual musical act.
I don't know if it's a sign of extreme lack of sleep or what, but I barely remember anything about this episode in retrospect. I remember enjoying it at the time - there were definitely some good lines. But all my impressions are general and vague now, possibly because they had so many storylines to juggle.
- Muhney! Such a delectable creep-ass loser. Lamb REALLY doesn't like Veronica, huh? Bringing up the whole "crying wolf" thing? Unless of course he is just telling himself she made it up, because he is DAILY EATEN ALIVE BY THE GRIEF OF NOT HELPING HER. What? It could happen.
- I loved that Dan Castellaneta guest-starred, because I may actually be able to gte my dad to watch an episode of this show if I tell him Homer Simpson was on it. Hated the dubbed in "D'oh!" sound near the end, though. Unnecessary!
- I seriously felt like I was watching I Love The Nineties tonight, though not in a bad way. Between a Boy Meets World alum, Keri Lynn Pratt (correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe she was in the Rob Thomas-penned Drive Me Crazy, yes?), the brother of that girl from The Nanny, and a graduate of Freaks and Geeks, it was like a smorgasboard of Hey It's That Guy/Girl From That Cheesy/Underrated Show/Movie That Was On In The General Vicinity Of My Teenage Years. I did for a moment get all confused, like, "Hey, wasn't Samm Levine in that episode last season where they crashed a fraternity party?" But then I realized I was actually thinking of an episode of Undeclared.
- I have a feeling that Dick, after his encounter with Veronica, probably came about as close as he gets to an existential crisis.
- I really, really, really thought that there was going to be a pony in that briefcase. My bad.
- Yay for Logan being back on his game! He was all cute and snarky and funny, but with a vague sense of broody apprehensiveness, due to that whole My Dead Murderer Father Was In Jail Before He Was All Dead And Stuff (though that was never explicitly stated, just well acted by Mssr. Dohring). I loved Wallace glancing at Logan before volunteering for the experiment, like they were sort of checking to make sure they'd have each others' back before signing up. I loved that Logan put his impressive powers of manipulation to good use in tricking Samm Levine into thinking he had the wrong address, since he was fairly obviously going to break. Logan got to be all brainy and clever, but then Wallace still prevailed in the end, without resorting to being all douchebaggy, unlike SOME PEOPLE (I am talking to you, Shawn! I will totally tell Mr. Turner on you!) Oh, and the whole "starcrossed" exchange with Logan and Veronica was so charming and adorable, I probably won't end up mailing my foot to Rob Thomas.
Erm, in conclusion: I also like pina coladas, Logan! Call me!
- Okay, so, yeah. I've gotta say it. I had some problems with the episode overall. I wasn't crazy about the "Veronica infiltrates a shady group for ostensibly good reasons, but then finds out they're not bad people after all and things are not as they seem, and then she is morally conflicted and stuff." Because, I mean, I already watched that episode back in the first season when it was called Drinking the Kool-Ade. And the resolution of Keith's subplot felt rather rushed and WTF?-esque, though I reserve judgment until I see whether it all ties into something bigger. And speaking of rushed arcs, I wasn't sold on the whole Mac extending the olive branch thing. I mean, I get it, but it just makes all the one-sided agita from last week seem rather convenient.
- But I still love this show. It is bitchin'. Rosenbaum loves it, too. He told me. We're getting along much better since he shaved off his ill-advised moustache. TAKE A HINT, BRANDON FLOWERS!
This constructive criticism is apropos of absolutely nothing, except that QB pointed out to me tonight that Brandon Flowers looks eerily similar to Jason Dohring at certain angles. Seriously. They totally have the same eyelids. If QB and I had our own sketch comedy show, we'd have Jason Dohring as a special guest, slap a Charlie Chaplin 'stache on him, and have him lip-synch to "When You Were Young" in lieu of an actual musical act.
I don't know if it's a sign of extreme lack of sleep or what, but I barely remember anything about this episode in retrospect. I remember enjoying it at the time - there were definitely some good lines. But all my impressions are general and vague now, possibly because they had so many storylines to juggle.
- Muhney! Such a delectable creep-ass loser. Lamb REALLY doesn't like Veronica, huh? Bringing up the whole "crying wolf" thing? Unless of course he is just telling himself she made it up, because he is DAILY EATEN ALIVE BY THE GRIEF OF NOT HELPING HER. What? It could happen.
- I loved that Dan Castellaneta guest-starred, because I may actually be able to gte my dad to watch an episode of this show if I tell him Homer Simpson was on it. Hated the dubbed in "D'oh!" sound near the end, though. Unnecessary!
- I seriously felt like I was watching I Love The Nineties tonight, though not in a bad way. Between a Boy Meets World alum, Keri Lynn Pratt (correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe she was in the Rob Thomas-penned Drive Me Crazy, yes?), the brother of that girl from The Nanny, and a graduate of Freaks and Geeks, it was like a smorgasboard of Hey It's That Guy/Girl From That Cheesy/Underrated Show/Movie That Was On In The General Vicinity Of My Teenage Years. I did for a moment get all confused, like, "Hey, wasn't Samm Levine in that episode last season where they crashed a fraternity party?" But then I realized I was actually thinking of an episode of Undeclared.
- I have a feeling that Dick, after his encounter with Veronica, probably came about as close as he gets to an existential crisis.
- I really, really, really thought that there was going to be a pony in that briefcase. My bad.
- Yay for Logan being back on his game! He was all cute and snarky and funny, but with a vague sense of broody apprehensiveness, due to that whole My Dead Murderer Father Was In Jail Before He Was All Dead And Stuff (though that was never explicitly stated, just well acted by Mssr. Dohring). I loved Wallace glancing at Logan before volunteering for the experiment, like they were sort of checking to make sure they'd have each others' back before signing up. I loved that Logan put his impressive powers of manipulation to good use in tricking Samm Levine into thinking he had the wrong address, since he was fairly obviously going to break. Logan got to be all brainy and clever, but then Wallace still prevailed in the end, without resorting to being all douchebaggy, unlike SOME PEOPLE (I am talking to you, Shawn! I will totally tell Mr. Turner on you!) Oh, and the whole "starcrossed" exchange with Logan and Veronica was so charming and adorable, I probably won't end up mailing my foot to Rob Thomas.
Erm, in conclusion: I also like pina coladas, Logan! Call me!
- Okay, so, yeah. I've gotta say it. I had some problems with the episode overall. I wasn't crazy about the "Veronica infiltrates a shady group for ostensibly good reasons, but then finds out they're not bad people after all and things are not as they seem, and then she is morally conflicted and stuff." Because, I mean, I already watched that episode back in the first season when it was called Drinking the Kool-Ade. And the resolution of Keith's subplot felt rather rushed and WTF?-esque, though I reserve judgment until I see whether it all ties into something bigger. And speaking of rushed arcs, I wasn't sold on the whole Mac extending the olive branch thing. I mean, I get it, but it just makes all the one-sided agita from last week seem rather convenient.
- But I still love this show. It is bitchin'. Rosenbaum loves it, too. He told me. We're getting along much better since he shaved off his ill-advised moustache. TAKE A HINT, BRANDON FLOWERS!