What I’m Watching: Suburgatory

Suburgatory: Season 2, Episode 10 “Chinese Chicken” (B)

There are some things I really liked about this episode, and others that just didn’t do it for me. I can’t describe how much I enjoy hearing most of Dallas’ lines, including “Look at the DPI!” and “I can finally print people’s dreams.” That was much more fitting with her personality than, say, Sheila’s sudden and surprising ability to sing, which prompted George to allow Noah and Fred to depart the dad band he had created specifically to escape from the constant nagging of a female presence. Sheila’s comment about Yokos was amusing, but I just didn’t buy that particular plotline. Tessa becoming a football girlfriend tracked completely with this show and its depiction of plastic people, though that’s a part of it that I haven’t always enjoyed entirely. Tessa accidentally disbanding the football girlfriends after she helped one girl realize her name and others realize that they wanted to do other things was expected, and I did like that, after Ryan threw a temper tantrum, he helped Tessa run through paper and acted as her cheerleader. I don’t think this relationship is destined to last, however. Tessa referencing the show’s timeslot during her speech, claiming that there must be something good on Wednesday night at 9:30pm, was funny, and I also enjoyed Lisa’s response to Malik mentioning his lacrosse playing, dismissing him and assuring him that no one had any idea what he was talking about. Ryan, Sheila, and Fred need not be featured so much: let’s see more of Lisa and Malik.