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S01.E09: Emergency Punch-Up

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In need of some real R&R, the team gears up to leave for a company retreat when supervillain Dr. Psycho releases a toxic gas in Charm City. Now stuck in the Wayne Security offices, Emily does her best to make the most of a terrible situation.

This episode already aired in Canada so I'm starting this topic. People who watched the episode can discuss it here. Don't read this topic if you haven't watched the episode yet and don't want to be spoiled.

Rowsdower

Rowsdower

As I viewed Emergency Punch-Up, I couldn't help but wonder why its broadcast wasn't postponed.  Then I learned that it was, but NBC waited until the last minute (thereby giving CTV insufficient notice to follow suit, apparently).

Even a passing resemblance to tragedies in the news usually results in an episode's rescheduling, so one about a toxic gas attack should have been caught sooner.

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newyawk

newyawk

Yeah, NOW I get why it was yanked last minute. That must have been a hard decision since the show is already struggling and they knew postponing it, especially last minute, would piss off viewers. But it was the right choice.

That said, this is the only show that makes me laugh out loud consistently, aside from Con Man.  I really want it to succeed and am hoping against hope for it to do so.  Van and his joke earpiece --LMAO.  "So THAT happened.."

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MarkHB

MarkHB

SINCE U BEEN GONE....

* Ahem * Sorry.

Anyway, as to the episode itself:

  • I'm glad Vanessa got a chance to sing
  • It seemed logical to me that Jackie was the one who should have been sent after Emily, because... what would the gas change?
  • Did anyone catch what was on Wendy's retreat shirt?  I think I saw "ASL" at the start of one of the "words," which makes me think it was a bunch of chat room pickup initialisms.
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Bill C.

Bill C.

If somebody at NBC has half a brain, we'll all be able to buy an "I don't have a catch phrase" T-shirt any minute now...

And I absolutely understand why it got pushed back, but IMO this episode made the Emily we saw in Van v Emily and Green Furious make more sense.  This would have been our first real glimpse of Emily's suppressed inner over-it-all bitch (and, to be fair, a stronger glimpse than in either of the other two episodes), and it might have been more striking coming where it should have.  That said, her going after Van and "Daft Punk without the helmet" Teddy and Wendy was still pretty glorious, as was the gang's saving her through the magic of karaoke.

And that aside...Wendy's detailed description of being stuck on an island with Van almost stole the episode.  And why couldn't they have gotten the actual writers for The Suite Life of Zack and Cody?  It's not like they're doing anything right now...?

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tennisgurl

tennisgurl

Angry pissed off Emily is pretty kickass. I kind of hope she gets possessed by a supervillain or something and lets Vanessa go full on Bad Bitch.

Loved Vans writers giving him jokes throughout the episode. "Great use of a Harvard education."

I hope they put this show on Netflix in the off season, and put all the episodes in order. NBCs order airing and episode descriptions have been a mess all year, and it might be affecting viewership.

thuganomics85

thuganomics85

Decent bottle episode at first, but Emily getting infected by that truth gas made the episode ten times better.  Vanessa Hudgens is surprisingly good at playing crazed lunatic (and strangely hotter too.)  Everyone's reaction to that was priceless.  Even Jackie let out a yelp when Ron's danish got flung on the window!  I really would love if they found some other way to turn her evil for an episode (granted, I really doubt this show is lasting past this season...)

Van having writers feed him jokes (and later an inscriptional speech) is so Van.  As was his suit.  Alan Tudyk is a treasure.

The whole desert question segment end up as expected, with Ted and Ron's feeling getting hurt, and Wendy scaring the crap out of Van (and everyone else, pretty much.)

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