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We streamed it tonight and both my wife and I enjoyed it as an homage to the original movie that still felt like it said on its own merits. Neither of us was familiar with the musical stage show. I thought all of the core six actors were very strong in their roles. Gretchen is a much more tragic character this go around. Karen is a lot of fun. Damien feels more like a real person than a walking stereotype. Busy Philipps as Renee Rapp's mother is perfect casting. It is interesting seeing what a different experience High School is 20 years later with the advanced of smart phones and social media. The film captured that well. We did miss the post script catch up on where the girls ended up the following year.

That was definitely written by someone who's a fan of Nate, because it got his timing and emphasis on the joke down perfectly. I think the content is a little outside of Nate's wheelhouse (he mostly does more personal bits than macro concepts) but the observations were very much in line with how he delivers his humor. I'm a big Nate fan, because I think he's one of the few who has cracked the code for observational comedy in the 21st century. He can do compare and contrast comedy, as a white male, since he paints himself as the one in the wrong because of his "I'm dumb" stage persona. It never comes off as mean spirited the way many others who try to do the same thing do. Other comedians all seem to absolutely love him too.

Well the writers certainly like to write precocious children. Henry and Phoebe are pushing Nora levels. Otherwise I felt it was a good first episode for the season to set things up. Nice to see Ted turning down his previous favourite [spelled incorrectly] coping mechanism, a trip to the Crown & Anchor.

I do hope the showrunners knew it was coming and close out the series with an ending. As tiresome as the show had become, I did enjoy it early on. I prefer when shows go out on their own terms, I just wish that had been four or five years ago.

I agree that this would have worked well as a series finale if the show doesn't get picked up for another season. But of course they leave it open with a few "stories for another time" and the most Dwayne Johnson idea of all time.of starting his own country. Of course, given the accents of Gellgum, maybe in 15 years all countries are run by Americans... Lia's deportation and the family's move from Hawaii will be a bit of story, but it really does seem like the majority of what can be told is going to be the movie career now, if the show goes another season.

Becky seemed much more comfortable in this go out than in her initial appearance in the season opener. It was cool to see the actual picture of them at the event. Dwayne had definitely gone through a growth spurt that that stage, as he looked to be be significantly taller than both his folks in the "real life" shot. Given we know the move is coming, I'm guessing the death knell for Ata's promotion is coming, and I wonder if Lars is going to play a part in that. I agree that the modern timeline stuff seems to have really petered out from any sense of interest. I think it's okay if they just drop the framing device if the show gets renewed for another season.

Just watched it on Paramount Plus and enjoyed it. It's not quite as comedy forward as the original, but it's still witty. Hamm definitely doesn't have Chevy's timing, but his Fletch feels more like a real person. The movie is only 90 minutes so it's an easy watch, I highly suggest checking it out.

I've found the whole original cast is good, but the new kids just have no chemistry, and are all obviously Gen Zers. They don't seem to have much 90s aesthetic. Even Andrea Anders character seems to fit into the normal flow better than the kids.

I liked this one! Bev, Barry, and Erica were all really funny (in their actual plot.. the cold open was a little cringy). And I think it was because they gave subdued performances. I think they handled a real and complex situation well. This was also the funniest I have found Geoff in a long while. Letting him be silly worked well. It was cute seeing him be so excited about partaking in the movie.

Yup. Frost was definitely Shawn Michaels. "Vince's biggest superstar along with Stone Cold" who had to take time off in 1998 due to injury, and had a relationship with Vince that he used to look out for himself. The injury's different, obviously Frost is black and Shawn is white, so there's enough plausible deniability, but there we are. It wouldn't surprise me if Shawn didn't sign off on being portrayed in the show. But it also wouldn't surprise me if Dwayne had the foresight to not drag Shawn's name through the mud in his own show. Shawn knows who he was at that time, and has done a lot to reclaim his image with wrestling fans since then. Wrestling fans will know that he was frost but also know what has come since. No need for the show to drag a guy for 25 year old behavior to people who don't have full context. Fun episode though! They did a great job of portraying the match!

If you had told me which season was created and filmed across stricter pandemic protocols, I wouldn't have guessed that was season one based on the output. Season 2 has far less cohesive storytelling, the editing and blocking were more obvious (not in a good way) and everything just felt a little less professional. The supporting characters certainly developed with Caanan, Willow, Evangeline, and especially Lila all being very additive to the cast. And some of the storylines were good like Whitney finding her academic purpose, Leighton's continued growth, and even the overall concept of the Foxy and Bela's wins. There just was not a cohesive theme, which I think the season missed. And then this final episode wanted to make us feel like there was. Also, there was no reason to end the season on Bela's "cliffhanger". I really dislike when shows do that

When Mary dwells on what she's missing about the church she seems quite lost, but when she finds something to fill that time she's genuinely happy. I'm not religious myself but I can understand the importance of the community the church provides. It's a shame this particular church seems to place cult like adherence rules and judgment at the centre of acceptance into that community

I'm glad to see missus confidence in herself when it comes to her relationships is reaching the confidence she has in other areas of he life.

This is the second time Bela has taken Leighton's advice and twisted it in her own mind to "sleep your way to the top" ("make them like you" in the pilot and " make sure he remembers you" here). Indo think that both times she saw it as a hail Mary with things slipping away from her. I was glad that Dan wasn't a complete jerk and genuinely seemed to be down to support both Bela and Eric. We already had the jerk alum story. It just sucks that she made the worst decision. Hopefully there's some reckoning for her.

The show obviously has some momentum with more recognizable actors showing.up as University staff. Rachael Harris as the Dean and Kerri Kenney as the prof. I didn't mind the established actors as the parents in Season One since they only popped in and out, but more famous faces more generally around the show may take the focus off the leads. Fortunately both seemed to support in their roles this episode and not try to steal the scenes they were in.