Me, Myself & I - General Discussion

[biakbiak]

Not that it's a surprise but Bobby Moynihan was on the podcast Doug Loves Movies that taped last night and menyioned the show had been cancelled awhike ago.

[anthonyd46]

 

Well according to that and her other tweet before that, they did edit the episodes so maybe they will get uploaded online or burned on a Saturday night no clue. They did get finished it sounds like.

[anthonyd46]

Since they finished production on all those episodes why not just upload them online at this point?

[J-Man]

On 11/1/2017 at 11:56 AM, junemeatcleaver said:

CBS will either burn off the remaining episodes on Saturday or during the summer.

So is this ever going to happen?

[AnnaRose]

18 hours ago, J-Man said:

So is this ever going to happen?

I would like to know too!

[anthonyd46]

On 5/26/2018 at 7:55 PM, AnnaRose said:

I would like to know too!

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/06/07/cbs-to-burn-off-comedies-me-myself-and-i-living-biblically-on-saturday-nights-beginning-july-7-360513/20180607cbs02/

 

July 7th 2 episodes

July 14 2 episodes

July 21 3 episodes 

Edited June 8, 2018 by anthonyd46

[AnnaRose]

12 hours ago, anthonyd46 said:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/06/07/cbs-to-burn-off-comedies-me-myself-and-i-living-biblically-on-saturday-nights-beginning-july-7-360513/20180607cbs02/

 

July 7th 2 episodes

July 14 2 episodes

July 21 3 episodes 

That's awesome!  Thanks so much for posting the details.  :)

[anthonyd46]

On 6/9/2018 at 12:53 AM, AnnaRose said:

That's awesome!  Thanks so much for posting the details.  :)

Reylynn Caster the actress who plays Young Nori is very nice. I've tweeted her a few times and she always answers and has given me updates on the episodes being aired. I hope she is able to find some future roles on things. 

[AnnaRose]

1 hour ago, anthonyd46 said:

Reylynn Caster the actress who plays Young Nori is very nice. I've tweeted her a few times and she always answers and has given me updates on the episodes being aired. I hope she is able to find some future roles on things. 

Oh, that's nice.  I would like to see the actor who played young Justin in future roles.  I loved him!

[SoMuchTV]

On 6/8/2018 at 12:53 PM, anthonyd46 said:

http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2018/06/07/cbs-to-burn-off-comedies-me-myself-and-i-living-biblically-on-saturday-nights-beginning-july-7-360513/20180607cbs02/

 

July 7th 2 episodes

July 14 2 episodes

July 21 3 episodes 

Just bumping this up in case anyone was still interested.  I had forgotten all about it until I happened to look at my TV listings this morning.

[AnnaRose]

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Mid-life Alex becomes friends with another dad at Abby's school, Ben, without realizing he's the guy who ruined his marriage. Also, Young Alex competes for Nori's attention on a field trip, and Older Alex runs into his former business rival, Kelly Frasier.

I hope everybody has their DVRs set - two new episodes tonight!

[AnnaRose]

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Young Alex and Justin panic when they are left home alone for the first time and think someone is breaking in; Mid-life Justin notices Mid-life Alex financially struggling and asks for his help with a new business proposition; Older Alex and Justine become emotional when they return home to sell their parents' house.

[AnnaRose]

Did anyone watch?  I thought this second episode was a lot better than the one that proceeded it.  I particularly loved all of the home alone stuff with the scary clown delivery guy.  I thought it was pretty hilarious.  I also enjoyed seeing middle-age Justin find his new career path/passion for politics. (Ryan Hansen was very well cast.)  The future storyline was better than usual for me too, since it just focused on Justin and Alex, instead of Older-Alex and his romantic angst, which has been the least interesting aspect for me.  Side-note: Did anybody else notice the asking price for their childhood home 25 years in the future?  $8.1M... Yikes!!

[AnnaRose]

I liked the storyline with the paramedic, but couldn't really get into the other two storylines.  (Which is weird because I usually like all the past segments the most.)  This episode just seemed kind of off to me, and I thought the second one was much better.  Then again, maybe it just took a while for me to get used to the whole past-present-future gimmick again since there hasn't been a new episode in such a long time. (All the time switches are jarring and can be kind of frustrating... I still think this show would have worked better with just the past and present aspects.)  I will probably watch this episode again before I delete it to see if it improves.

[biakbiak]

5 hours ago, AnnaRose said:

Did anybody else notice the asking price for their childhood home 25 years in the future?  $8.1M... Yikes!!

Given it’s LA that seemed not that bad!

It seemed unrealistic that the parents at the end wouldn’t be excited/surprised to encounter the Governor of California and one of the  most famous rich guys in the country.

Edited July 8, 2018 by biakbiak

[anthonyd46]

First episode thoughts:

Great to have this show back even though its only for three weeks, but glad to be able to see it to its conclusion. The middle storyline always seems off to me. There have been a couple episodes where the storyline flowed great through all three, but this wasn't one of them.

Not having Nori in the second time line makes any storyline with her suffer a bit. While I do agree the second storyline this time was the strongest it just didn't fit with the other two even though the "theme" was similar. The first one was about impressing Nori and the last one was about getting over Nori. The middle while it was I guess burying hatchets/getting out frustrated feelings etc it would have been better if it connected to Nori somehow. I think the best episodes of this show were the basketball card type ones where that same card traveled through time and meant different things in each time line.

[anthonyd46]

15 hours ago, AnnaRose said:

Did anyone watch?  I thought this second episode was a lot better than the one that proceeded it.  I particularly loved all of the home alone stuff with the scary clown delivery guy.  I thought it was pretty hilarious.  I also enjoyed seeing middle-age Justin find his new career path/passion for politics. (Ryan Hansen was very well cast.)  The future storyline was better than usual for me too, since it just focused on Justin and Alex, instead of Older-Alex and his romantic angst, which has been the least interesting aspect for me.  Side-note: Did anybody else notice the asking price for their childhood home 25 years in the future?  $8.1M... Yikes!!

Just finished it. Will post more thoughts later, but I agree def better than the first one.

[ItCouldBeWorse]

18 hours ago, AnnaRose said:

Did anyone watch?  I thought this second episode was a lot better than the one that proceeded it.  I particularly loved all of the home alone stuff with the scary clown delivery guy.  I thought it was pretty hilarious.  I also enjoyed seeing middle-age Justin find his new career path/passion for politics. (Ryan Hansen was very well cast.)  The future storyline was better than usual for me too, since it just focused on Justin and Alex, instead of Older-Alex and his romantic angst, which has been the least interesting aspect for me.  Side-note: Did anybody else notice the asking price for their childhood home 25 years in the future?  $8.1M... Yikes!!

And it appears to be only a two-bedroom house, (otherwise there should have been an explanation of why the boys needed to share; I doubt a pilot needs a home office) although it looks bigger on the outside.

Alex really lucked out, getting the nicest step-brother in the whole world, in addition to a great step-father. (It not being a given that the son would be as thrilled as his father with the new arrangement.)

Edited July 8, 2018 by ItCouldBeWorse

[ItCouldBeWorse]

I thought it interesting that Alex's daughter knew to present her 65 year-old father with dating choices who were 47, 51, 53, 54, 55 and 57.  Not a single woman in her 60's.

[anthonyd46]

18 hours ago, ItCouldBeWorse said:

I thought it interesting that Alex's daughter knew to present her 65 year-old father with dating choices who were 47, 51, 53, 54, 55 and 57.  Not a single woman in her 60's.

Don’t forget brad 36

[anthonyd46]

I liked the second episode a lot better I felt this was one that tied all three together a lot better with the house being the common thing the three but also good to see the political career and Alex’s inventions/need for money being consistent between the three. 

I noticed the title for the last episode is called there she goes (the title of the nori song) so I wonder if we will get some kind of conclusion there. I still want to know why nori is not in timeline number 2 and hope that’s explained by be end. 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

25 minutes ago, anthonyd46 said:

Don’t forget brad 36

Yeah, how did he get in there?

[biakbiak]

25 minutes ago, anthonyd46 said:

still want to know why nori is not in timeline number 2 and hope that’s explained by be end. 

Because all the stories are through his eyes and it was established in the first episode when they meet at the diner that they hadn’t seen each other since they were kids.

[anthonyd46]

1 hour ago, biakbiak said:

Because all the stories are through his eyes and it was established in the first episode when they meet at the diner that they hadn’t seen each other since they were kids.

Yes but I'm wondering when and where he finally loses his crush on her. Like at the end of hs or does she go out with some other guy in their early 20's do they ever actually date before losing contact etc?

Edited July 9, 2018 by anthonyd46

[biakbiak]

I haven’t seen the episode in awhile but I thought they said her family moved. Based on how he reacted when he saw her again, I don’t think he ever really got over his crush.

[anthonyd46]

Just now, biakbiak said:

I haven’t seen the episode in awhile but I thought they said her family moved. Based on how he reacted when he saw her again, I don’t think he ever really got over his crush.

Well loses it enough to date other girls I guess. If the family moved that would suffice. 

[anthonyd46]

13 minutes ago, biakbiak said:

I haven’t seen the episode in awhile but I thought they said her family moved. Based on how he reacted when he saw her again, I don’t think he ever really got over his crush.

I just went back and found the scenes on youtube and all it says is her husband died, she bought the diner shortly after that, and the mint ruined his chances with the love of his life. So I'm assuming they never dated at any point in the young storyline probably just a bunch of near misses, but considering the last episode is called There she goes I am sure there will be some kind of resolution where we find out how it ended. Maybe the theme on that one will be endings i dunno. Every episode seems to have a theme all 3 deal with in some way or another.

Next episode synopsis: 

Darryl and Wendy set up Mid-life Alex on a blind date during Thanksgiving dinner; Young Alex and Justin compete to impress Nori's brother when Nori and her brother join their family for Thanksgiving; Older Alex goes to the diner to see Eleanor on Thanksgiving Day and is surprised when Kelly shows up.

[chaifan]

Feng Shui, what the hell do you know about feng shui?  OK fine, so you know a lot about feng shui.  House destroying monsters who hated happiness.  I love this show.

With all the other dreck that gets renewed over and over, it's really sad that this show wasn't renewed.  I'm glad they're at least showing the remaining episodes. 

So how long has that house been empty?  The furnishings are the same as in the middle timeline. 

[anthonyd46]

3 hours ago, chaifan said:

Feng Shui, what the hell do you know about feng shui?  OK fine, so you know a lot about feng shui.  House destroying monsters who hated happiness.  I love this show.

With all the other dreck that gets renewed over and over, it's really sad that this show wasn't renewed.  I'm glad they're at least showing the remaining episodes. 

So how long has that house been empty?  The furnishings are the same as in the middle timeline. 

Well they said both parents were dead in this episode so sometime between when he was 40 and 65 both died and the house was empty I assume.

[jmonique]

Bobby Moynihan will always be the odd link in this show for me. I can see Young Alex in Old Alex, but I don't see any planet on which Bobby Moynihan conceivably ages into John Larroquette.

[ItCouldBeWorse]

1 hour ago, jmonique said:

Bobby Moynihan will always be the odd link in this show for me. I can see Young Alex in Old Alex, but I don't see any planet on which Bobby Moynihan conceivably ages into John Larroquette.

Exactly! Young Alex could become Bobby Moynihan or John Larroquette, not both.  Larroquette is far taller than average, supposedly 6'4", while Moynihan is supposedly 5'8''.  It almost seems like the casting people were daring the audience to believe the that the transition was possible. (If there had been a throwaway line from future Alex about his having invented a growth drug for adults, then, maybe.) I also don't buy that Moynihan's quirky, but often playful personality would change to that of the dour Larroquette. I could believe that young Alex might develop that way, I suppose.

[AnnaRose]

10 hours ago, jmonique said:

Bobby Moynihan will always be the odd link in this show for me. I can see Young Alex in Old Alex, but I don't see any planet on which Bobby Moynihan conceivably ages into John Larroquette.

 

9 hours ago, ItCouldBeWorse said:

Exactly! Young Alex could become Bobby Moynihan or John Larroquette, not both.  Larroquette is far taller than average, supposedly 6'4", while Moynihan is supposedly 5'8''.  It almost seems like the casting people were daring the audience to believe the that the transition was possible. (If there had been a throwaway line from future Alex about his having invented a growth drug for adults, then, maybe.) I also don't buy that Moynihan's quirky, but often playful personality would change to that of the dour Larroquette. I could believe that young Alex might develop that way, I suppose.

I totally agree with both of you!

[anthonyd46]

Totally agree as it has been said before the second storyline just doesn't fit most of the time.

[biakbiak]

Two things I liked about the middle storyline. Ed Begley, Jr. bitching about environmentalists and the casting of Ryan Hansen as his 40 year old self was genius.

[AnnaRose]

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Darryl and Wendy set up Mid-life Alex on a blind date during Thanksgiving dinner; Young Alex and Justin compete to impress Nori's brother when Nori and her brother join their family for Thanksgiving; Older Alex goes to the diner to see Eleanor on Thanksgiving Day and is surprised when Kelly shows up.

[AnnaRose]

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Lisa invests money in Mid-life Alex's new invention, and it begins to affect their relationship. Also, while Young Alex and Justin secretly play with their Christmas present from their parents ahead of the holiday, they accidentally break it, and Older Alex interferes with Abby's career.

[possibilities]

I really like this show. I like that it shows the brothers working together and valuing their relationship, and that Nori is a cool person and not just some random hot girl object.

[anthonyd46]

This one was pretty good. Middle storyline again suffered a bit but I guess they had to setup Lisa as a character. Good to get some more Info on what happens with Alex and nori when they are younger to see why they lost contact. Apparently he never asks her out. The second episode might have shown us the reason why but she does admit she was jelaous in the older storyline so we will see where that leads.

[anthonyd46]

The storyline really picked up in this episode. Last episode both of them were really focused on impressing Nori but this one they took their eyes off of her to make a deal to fix a mistake when in turn it might cost both of them the girl they have a crush on. We already know from the episode before that Alex never asks Nori out when they are younger I am wondering now is that because they just set up by mistake with this other guy or some other reason? Will be interesting to see how this wraps up. 

Also I wonder how the third storyline wraps up is there another time jump ? Look into the future etc? 

[lovinbob]

I completely believe that Bobby Moynihan would never become Larroquette, but I adore Bobby in this. And everything. I just love him.

[anthonyd46]

36 minutes ago, lovinbob said:

I completely believe that Bobby Moynihan would never become Larroquette, but I adore Bobby in this. And everything. I just love him.

I'm not saying i dont enjoy the scenes its just that the second timeline doesn't really fit a lot of the times. While the first and third do.

[ItCouldBeWorse]

Young Alex will costar in: Shazam!

[anthonyd46]

It looks like the episodes have already aired in New Zealand. So they might leak online early.

[biakbiak]

I can’t imagine anyone caring enough to upload them.

[anthonyd46]

4 hours ago, biakbiak said:

I can’t imagine anyone caring enough to upload them.

They can be seen on the TVNZ website, but you need to live in New Zealand or have a VPN to see them. 

[ItCouldBeWorse]

The 4 that have been shown on TV the last 2 weeks are on the CBS website, if you have a cable sign in. (Or CBS All Access.)

[anthonyd46]

Well tomorrow we see how it all ends. This sucks cause its seems like an incredibly close cast and the idea is pretty solid. 

[AnnaRose]

I really enjoyed this episode.  The new love interest Lisa was well-cast, and I thought their storyline was well-done.  I also liked Vanessa Williams' character a lot more in this episode.  Young Justin and Alex are adorable together, and their step-brother relationship is always fun to watch.   I will be sorry to see this show end.

[AnnaRose]

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Mid-life Alex sells one of his inventions to his childhood arch-nemesis, Phil. Also, Young Alex is challenged to a fight by his classmate, Phil, and Older Alex accompanies Eleanor to Phil's funeral and gives an eulogy when no one steps up to speak.

[AnnaRose]

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Darryl asks Mid-life Alex to wait until after Wendy's birthday to break up with Lisa. Also, Young Alex runs for student council president against Nori, and Older Alex gets upset when he finds out Abby quit her job.