What I'm Watching: Swingtown

Swingtown: Season 1, Episode 8 "Puzzlerama" (C+)

This is a definitely ridiculous episode sort of characteristic of the whole show's tone. It's a perfect guilty pleasure, complete with a preposterous mustache and a scavenger hunt with transparent intentions. I think I like Janet and Tom best together, though Susan and Roger do of course give them a run for their money. I'm a bit shocked that Bruce just went for it in public with his co-worker, though it was obviously expected from last week's "spontaneous shower". I don't really care about the daughter's plot (much like the parents on "One Tree Hill" and "The O.C." - they just don't need to be there), though the son's is slightly more interesting, especially since the girl is actually talking to him now. There's no way this show will last past the summer, but for the rest of the summer, I'm along for the ride.