Modern Family: Season 7, Episode 16 “The Cover-Up” (C+)
When characters sit down and freely admit that they decided to lie even though they knew it was a bad idea, it’s hard to imagine the plot will head in any positive direction from there. Fortunately, Phil’s situation being compared by an unknowing Luke to the Watergate scandal was only a brief distraction, and instead Phil got to use his typical physical comedy antics to do his very best to hide from his wife the fact that he was trying to sell a house to an attractive African-American woman who fit the bill of his type. Claire catching him first worked out well for him as she was hiding her own delight at Gloria’s yoga instructor spending a lot of time on her and then ultimately making a pass at her. What I enjoyed most about that entire plotline was that Angie’s husband expressed similar feelings for Claire that Phil had shown for Angie. Lily being scared about riding a bike was understandable, and of course Cameron tried to put on a show and then hurt himself while Mitchell was sympathizing with his daughter and being concerned for her well-being. The Jay Talking video show was rather entertaining, and I like that he got so upset about his troll and went looking for him, only to discover that it was his eternal nemesis Earl. The fact that Earl wanted to disagree with him on everything but couldn’t find an issue on which they felt differently was very funny, but not quite as much as Manny’s reaction to the enormously vicious review of his performance in “The Sound of Music” that somehow got printed in a school newspaper.
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What I’m Watching: The Office
The Office: Season 6, Episode 24 “The Cover-Up” (B+)
This week was definitely one of the best unrelated-to-anything cold opens, with Jim and Pam learning Morse code just to mess with Dwight. Jim and Pam pulling pranks on Dwight together is a lot of fun, and I very much enjoy the camera interviews where they’re featured together. Michael’s relationship with Donna sure was short-lived, but this episode did prove entertaining. Pam’s use of the word “amok” and Michael’s subsequent misuse of the term – it’s going to spiral out of amok – was brilliant. Michael forgetting Pam’s mother in his list of past loves was amusing, and so was Pam showing a picture of her daughter right in the middle of showing pictures of Donna making out with other men. It’s almost like one of Michael’s PowerPoint presentations. Pam taking a dive when Donna looked up at the window was also great, and Michael’s reaction of “I’m the mistress” to Donna’s admission was perfect. Ryan’s many ways to spot cheating were entertaining, and it’s fun to see a rarely featured character get a fun scene. Creed had one of those here, saying that “Darnell” paid him an impressive total of $3 to do something to Andy. Darryl messing with Andy was fantastic, and it’s a great way of using him now that he’s come up from the basement. His delight at exclaiming “still no plan” was fun, and it was great to have it followed by his glee at thinking of something as he was in the middle of talking to Andy. His shock at the printer actually started to smoke during filming was hilarious, and I love how it led to his confession and oath never to prank again. The creepy line of the episode award goes to Dwight: “the only solution is to seduce her, bring her to orgasm, and then call Michael to tell him the bad news.”
This week was definitely one of the best unrelated-to-anything cold opens, with Jim and Pam learning Morse code just to mess with Dwight. Jim and Pam pulling pranks on Dwight together is a lot of fun, and I very much enjoy the camera interviews where they’re featured together. Michael’s relationship with Donna sure was short-lived, but this episode did prove entertaining. Pam’s use of the word “amok” and Michael’s subsequent misuse of the term – it’s going to spiral out of amok – was brilliant. Michael forgetting Pam’s mother in his list of past loves was amusing, and so was Pam showing a picture of her daughter right in the middle of showing pictures of Donna making out with other men. It’s almost like one of Michael’s PowerPoint presentations. Pam taking a dive when Donna looked up at the window was also great, and Michael’s reaction of “I’m the mistress” to Donna’s admission was perfect. Ryan’s many ways to spot cheating were entertaining, and it’s fun to see a rarely featured character get a fun scene. Creed had one of those here, saying that “Darnell” paid him an impressive total of $3 to do something to Andy. Darryl messing with Andy was fantastic, and it’s a great way of using him now that he’s come up from the basement. His delight at exclaiming “still no plan” was fun, and it was great to have it followed by his glee at thinking of something as he was in the middle of talking to Andy. His shock at the printer actually started to smoke during filming was hilarious, and I love how it led to his confession and oath never to prank again. The creepy line of the episode award goes to Dwight: “the only solution is to seduce her, bring her to orgasm, and then call Michael to tell him the bad news.”
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