Episodes: Season 2, Episode 4 (B+)
Fading ratings definitely weren’t a good thing, but, prior to this, it didn’t mean radically changing the show even more than it’s already been transformed from Sean and Beverly’s original concept. Because we’ve already spent a season and a half getting to know Sean, Beverly, and Matt, the notion of Matt being essentially written out of the show is considerably more miserable. His assertion that he’s the only one on the show that anyone’s ever heard of is correct, and I enjoyed seeing Sean and Beverly try to conjure up the name of a project in which Morning had starred. Running into a no-name young guy whose career was doing marvelously was not a positive step for this particular trio, and the scene ended perfectly, with Matt saying that he was going to hit him. Carol coming over to Beverly’s home is becoming one of my favorite traditions, and among its best moments in this hour were Carol’s matter-of-fact statement of “Who says I don’t have a problem?” and her too-early interruption of Beverly’s venting to chime in with her own story about Merc. Morning giving the YCOMT pen to Sean was an interesting gift, and it’s a good thing that Beverly didn’t find out about that. Facebook was well-incorporated into the episode, and the ending was sweet and inspiring, as Beverly and Sean got touchy-feely while skating together after Matt rented out the rink for everyone. Maybe the British couple does have a fighting chance in the USA after all.
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