So very.

1.02 "'Tis Better to Have Loved and Flossed"

The second episode was funnier than the pilot. The addition of Alyssa Milano seems fun. She's basically Jordan to Cam's JD. So that should be amusing. Christian Slater seemed to go oddly blonde in this episode, but the lip reading thing that made everyone talk with their hands in front of their mouths was entertaining. Odette Annable is still pretty bland. The other two guys had their moments. There's still not enough Michael Rosenbaum. He seems much funnier than probably three of the five main characters, plus he's super attractive now that he has hair, so I'm really hoping he becomes more of a main character at some point.

I still don't think this show will last past this season, which will probably only be a total of eight episodes, but it entertained me well enough so I'll keep watching. Plus, I just can't resist a good Heathers reference.

I'm back to finish this thought days later...

Leverage. It's called Leverage.

Pilot review: Breaking In

Rating: Meh...

with potential. (Which I qualify by saying that it's really just because I like Bret Harrison. I mean really like. So much so that despite the fact that I haven't seen him on anything since I stopped watching Reaper 4 years ago, I knew his name without having to look him up on imdb. And this makes me wonder if what I should do in this situation, rather than watching any remaining episodes of this unquestionably-not-lasting-past-the-first-season show, is go back and watch the two seasons of Reaper. Because Bret Harrison. And Ray Wise. And it's about the devil's son which is so much more up my alley than this show about...whatever it's about. Stealing things. As a legitimate business. I'm pretty sure that's what it is. Basically it's that show on TNT with Timothy Hutton, the one with the former criminals who use their unique criminal talents to help people, but with Christian Slater. What the hell is that show called? I can name four of the five actors on it but can't think of the name. That's ridiculous. I refuse to imdb it. It'll come to me right before I fall asleep tonight.)

The Duncan M'nuts joke was funny. I think that about covers it.

It seems I should leave the snarking to someone who does their research.

So a while back I posted about the Supernatural episode "The French Mistake". It appears that my exact words in that post were: "FOR GOD'S SAKE, LEAVE THE META TO BEN EDLUND!".

Weeeeellll...it turns out Ben Edlund actually wrote that episode. Umm, oops.

Apparently I actually should have been telling Ben Edlund to leave the meta to Julie Siege and Nancy Weiner. Except for the fact that Julie Siege is responsible for the presence of Paris Hilton on the show, soooo....yeah.

I guess what I really have to ask myself is "Is 'The French Mistake' so bad that it negates Ben Edlund's previous work on the show ?" Previous work being:

• "Simon Said"
• "Nightshifter"
• "Hollywood Babylon"
• "Bad Day at Black Rock"
• "Malleus Maleficarum"
• "Ghostfacers"
• "Monster Movie"
• "Wishful Thinking"
• "On the Head of a Pin"
• "The End"
• "My Bloody Valentine"
• "The Devil You Know"
• "The Third Man"
• "Clap Your Hands If You Believe..."

And now that I've listed them out, the answer is a resounding 'No'. At least a third of these probably rank in my top 20 episodes of the show, and one of them is very possibly on my list of top 20 episodes of TV ever. If I were taking a wild guess, I'd say it'd fall somewhere around #12. But I could be wrong.

Regardless, when I really think about it, Ben Edlund has a nut guard for life just for inventing Bad Horse.