Saturday, January 26, 2013

What I’m Watching: House of Lies


House of Lies: Season 2, Episode 2 “When Dinosaurs Ruled the Planet” (B+)

This episode is a substantial improvement over the premiere, getting back to what we like about this show and focusing less on trying to unearth what happened on Marty and Jeannie’s drunken night on the town, though of course that played into the final scene of the episode in the same way that it did last week. In Vegas, Marty, Clyde, and Doug got treated to the new addition of Tamara, played by Nia Long, who is the polar opposite of Jeannie, opinionated precisely when she shouldn’t be and far from a team player, determined to let her personal feelings be known even if the pod has decided that they’re going in a different direction. Jeannie treating Tamara like an invading pariah didn’t help matters, of course, and those two are going to hate each other immensely if Tamara ends up sticking with the group. Of course, that’s not necessarily likely, given that she managed to upset Mr. Pincus enough for him to walk out of the meeting thanks to her overeager suggestion of a social media approach. Fortunately, and surprisingly, Clyde has superb connections that may enable the pod to get to his number one competitor and pitch the same idea, a strategy that is sure to have negative implications in the end. Doug’s shrimp grab was almost as amusing as the revelation of his ban from the casino, and it was alarming to see Jeannie sabotage her meeting with Julianne Hofschrager, only to learn that she could well be fired despite her seemingly rock-hard case against the company.

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