S01.E11: Working for the Enemy

[chitowngirl]

Audrey's past rears its head when Georgie leaves the tire store to work for Fred Fagenbacher, Jim's longtime nemesis; Mandy struggles to keep peace in the house.
 

Airdate February 20, 2025 on CBS

[DoYouLikeMutton]

I guess everyone was watching the hockey game! 😂

[shapeshifter]

6 hours ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

I guess everyone was watching the hockey game! 😂

I mostly listened while washing the dishes. 
That seems to work well enough for this show.
I could actually stream it onto my phone in the kitchen, but that seems unnecessary for this show. 
If it wasn't followed by over 2 hours of much better TV, it might actually get more attention.

[Tom Holmberg]

Could have been a good episode in the DR. Tire story, but it was pretty blah.

[iarwain]

Still didn't think the show was funny, but I found the episode entertaining enough.

And I have to admit, when I saw George in the previews, I got a little choked up.

[appositival]

Fred Fagenbacher really dodged a bullet there! He really needs to see Audrey being ugly to someone. I wonder if he will ever show up again.

I was hoping that Georgie would stay at Fagenbacher's long enough to sell something, but I guess succeeding is not in the cards for this season.

[Snow Apple]

53 minutes ago, iarwain said:

Still didn't think the show was funny, but I found the episode entertaining enough.

And I have to admit, when I saw George in the previews, I got a little choked up.

I haven't enjoyed much of this show except a few rare moments and was finally going to give up until I saw that preview. Even easygoing Jim is showing his dark side.

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in."

[proserpina65]

I liked this better than last week since it focused more on Georgie.  And Audrey was less awful.

[MaryMitch]

I liked this - it showed how good at sales and people skills Georgie is. I do agree with Jim that Georgie shouldn't have ordered the tires, but I'm glad it worked out.

[Tom Holmberg]

3 hours ago, appositival said:

I was hoping that Georgie would stay at Fagenbacher's long enough to sell something, but I guess succeeding is not in the cards for this season.

I thought it would be good if Georgie stayed at Fagenbacher's for a couple of episodes and be a success, before Jim's begs him to come back.

[shapeshifter]

4 hours ago, appositival said:

Fred Fagenbacher really dodged a bullet there!

Audrey seemed to think she was the one that dodged the bullet, but then at the end…
I guess they had "chemistry."
How about Audrey leaves Jim for Fred, and Jim hooks up with Mary?
Mandy's mother-in-law would become her stepmother, Georgie's father-in-law would become his step-father, and Ceecee's grandparents would…still be her grandparents. A pair of matches made in heaven?

[iarwain]

3 hours ago, proserpina65 said:

I liked this better than last week since it focused more on Georgie.  And Audrey was less awful.

It was good that they gave her something more of a personality and a backstory, and let her do something outside of just hating Georgie.  

 

31 minutes ago, shapeshifter said:

How about Audrey leaves Jim for Fred, and Jim hooks up with Mary?
Mandy's mother-in-law would become her stepmother, Georgie's father-in-law would become his step-father, and Ceecee's grandparents would…still be her grandparents. 

And I'm my own grandpa.

[shura]

1 hour ago, shapeshifter said:

How about Audrey leaves Jim for Fred, and Jim hooks up with Mary?
Mandy's mother-in-law would become her stepmother, Georgie's father-in-law would become his step-father, and Ceecee's grandparents would…still be her grandparents. A pair of matches made in heaven?

They would also be Ceecee’s stepgrandparents, Mary would become Georgie’s stepmother-in-law and Jim Mandy’s stepfather-in-law, wouldn’t they?  But if Missy and Connor got married, they would still be just aunt and uncle to Ceecee without any additional titles?  

[Driad]

3 hours ago, iarwain said:

And I'm my own grandpa.

In case anyone doesn't know this song:  I'm My Own Grandpa

[Dimity]

I think I've realized what my biggest problem with this show is, I just don't care about any of the characters.  Maybe a little bit about Georgie but Mandy and her family just leave me totally cold.  I'm not even saying I don't like them, I don't don't care what happens to any of them.

[Chit Chat]

6 hours ago, Tom Holmberg said:

I thought it would be good if Georgie stayed at Fagenbacher's for a couple of episodes and be a success, before Jim's begs him to come back.

I didn't want Jim to beg him to come back.  Jim is Georgie's boss.  If he said not to order the Korean tires, then Georgie should've done what he was told.  He's young.  He has a lot to learn.  Had that been any other employer, he would've been fired on the spot.  Even if Georgie is right, he's not the boss!  

[Yeah No]

I didn't hate this episode but I didn't love it either. I'm more focused on the realistic car repair shop sets, LOL. I feel like they're not putting much effort into this and the situations and characters are boring. Although I did like the scenes at the competitor's tire shop and Audrey's interactions with Fred. They could have done so much more to make this laugh out loud funny.

[janeyjay]

I keep trying to like this show, in deference to how fond I am of "Young Shelton" but Show keeps letting me down. I like Georgie,  Mandy's OK and then of course Cece but the rest of the McAllisters... meh. The writers are not providing Rachel Bay Jones and Will Sasso anything worthwhile to work with, as they are (IMO) much better than the material they're being given. This episode was a prime example of this -- coulda, shoulda, woulda -- but wasn't. I had a hard time believing that Audrey was all that in high school because she's so not that as an adult. 

I just want the show to be better than it is. 

[iarwain]

13 hours ago, Yeah No said:

I'm more focused on the realistic car repair shop sets, LOL. 

Someone mentioned in another episode thread that there are never any customers in the shop - or hardly ever any, anyway.  Which makes me think, whenever I go to the local tire shop, there are always people waiting in there.  Maybe it's because Jim appears to only have one worker there who does actual manual labor, and they schedule things sparingly.  But it looks a little strange.

[MollyMelrose]

Did like that Georgie was less than perfect in this episode. Seemed much more like a real person ... and much less like Goober Pyle.

[DoYouLikeMutton]

20 hours ago, Dimity said:

I think I've realized what my biggest problem with this show is, I just don't care about any of the characters.  Maybe a little bit about Georgie but Mandy and her family just leave me totally cold.  I'm not even saying I don't like them, I don't don't care what happens to any of them.

Agreed!  None of the characters are likable.  I thought I liked Jim well enough, but even he is becoming a jerk.

[Dimity]

1 hour ago, DoYouLikeMutton said:

Agreed!  None of the characters are likable.  I thought I liked Jim well enough, but even he is becoming a jerk.

Yeah I think the powers that be misunderstood my plea - I wanted them to make Audrey likeable not make Jim unlikable!

[txhorns79]

On 2/21/2025 at 9:01 PM, Yeah No said:

I feel like they're not putting much effort into this and the situations and characters are boring.

Yes, it's almost an admission by the writers that Georgie and Mandy are not interesting enough characters to center a sitcom around.  So little happens episode to episode, and it feels like the writers don't really have anywhere to go with them.  I mean, what's the excitement here?  Looking forward to Georgie and Mandy eventually divorcing?  For me, the best episodes have been the ones that brought back the Young Sheldon cast, and you can really see what is missing. 

[Snow Apple]

I agree this show has it's moments but it's mostly boring. YS was mostly a traditional family sitcom with parents, meemaw, children, and a teenager. They also have a marriage to work on complete with outside temptations (professional and personal). So they have different levels and situations to work with.

I don't know what this has. Audrey and Jim have a stable marriage and their children are grown. I don't want to watch Georgie and Mandy fight all the time just to explain the future divorce. So it's mostly interfering and fighting among themselves. 

In Everybody Loves Raymond, the focus wasn't on the children and we have interfering parents across the street, but it worked somehow. This show is not working. But it got renewed so what do I know?

Edited 3 hours ago by Snow Apple

[Shrek]

5 minutes ago, Snow Apple said:

 

In Everybody Loves Raymond, the focus wasn't on the children and we have interfering parents across the street, but it worked somehow. This show is not working. But it got renewed so what do I know?

How this gets renewed as old & stale as it already is yet something like Bookie which is original & laugh out loud funny gets cancelled after 2 season is a mystery that normal people like us will never fathom.