House of Lies: Season 3, Episode 1 “Wreckage” (B)
My feelings about this episode are just about the same as my feelings on the season two premiere: a lackluster attempt to kick things off again after nine months off the air. Season two, while not nearly as good as season one, ended on a high note, but it got off to a less satisfying start. In this episode, it’s all about things being different, with the pod broken up and only Doug and Jeannie, of all people, working together still at Galweather. It was fun to recognize Lauren Lapkus from “Orange is the New Black” as Benita, who serves as the new Doug for Doug’s best Clyde impression. Jean-Ralphio seems quite bored at the number one competition, and his plotline got most interesting when Monica revealed her inner demon and went ballistic on her team for not realizing that one of her top clients might be pulling out. Marty’s start-up is going okay, but being force-fed disgusting fish with his incompetent team in tow was hardly confidence-inspiring. Marty showing up at Jeannie’s home to take her in a limo to their big party and offering up a massively corrupt semi-legal workaround to make a boatload of money was a familiar self-destructive moment, and I hope that he and Jeannie can let their career ambitions drive them forward and help guide this show back to the snarky show about sharks that it used to be. The old pod can’t stay separate forever, and I’d vote to get them back together as soon as possible.
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