Grid Effect

Welcome back to the work week, hope everyone had a relaxing yet fulfilling weekend. I would like to take advantage of this platform and thank Tony Dungy for using his last two timeouts before the two minute warning last night to save twenty seconds, so New England was able to run out the clock to end the game, instead of kicking a field goal to give me my six point cover. Really, that move of sheer brilliance really capped off the weekend nicely. The Colts, along with Oklahoma State’s implosion didn’t have me in the negative, but they certainly cut in to my net gain. Now, I better quit before Mike Gundy is berating me at a press conference.

(Too early to think of a witty transition, so we’re just abruptly switching to more relevant topics)

This is three in a row now, with interesting and considerably plausible comedic scenarios. We loved the satire on people treating their therapists advice like gospel. All we could conjure up in comparison was Tony’s sessions with Dr. Melfi, and how contrasting they were. While Larry asks his therapist for direct advice as to how he should reconcile his marriage, Tony is confronting his demons and growing overly emotional. The box of tissues sitting next to Larry on the coffee table was a nice touch, as if he’s ever going to unintentionally break down in tears.

The concept of the therapist being held responsible for all of Larry’s problems, and the dictator of Cheryl’s is quite hilarious. It’s hysterical to see the inability on the part of the characters to manage their own lives, and essentially take orders from their therapists, then fault the therapists when things don’t quite work out. All of a sudden they turn into spoiled kids blaming their parents for everything.

The web of deceit continues to grow.

The characters seem a bit more callous this year than usual, Larry from the first few seasons would genuinely feel troubled by accidentally sending someone to prison, nowadays he chats with him in an orange jump suit about the trials and tribulations of his marriage that put him in prison in the first place. Whoever played Dr. Bright did so magnificently, because the absurdity of dragging your therapist around to be berated by friends and family actually seemed believable. His assessment of Larry being a pussy and his explanation as to why he thought Cheryl would be someone who would enjoy an ultimatum were probably the highlights of the episode.

One preference would have been to have Leon go along with the scheme to pretend to mug Cheryl’s therapist. This would have changed the plot entirely, because Dr. Bright getting arrested set up the “we have to stop now” turnabout, but seeing Leon involved in anything is a positive since it gives him more screen time, the whole conversation was just a tease on the part of the writers.

In all, we got a solid episode with some laugh out loud moments and I think I had a grin permanently plastered on my face throughout half hour. We’re very much looking forward to the season finale, and actually wondering if Larry will be single going into (potential) seventh season.

Nip Tuck recap coming tomorrow.