Grid Effect

I completely forgot about this, so just a quick impression of last Wednesday’s episode before the following one in ten minutes or so here.

This episode had its moments: Tommy’s lecture about race/ethnic relations in the NYFD, his reaction to hearing Janice was sleeping with her new boss, etc. But there were too many leaps of faith taking place. For instance, Janet’s new job. I am to assume she is being promoted so quickly because she is sleeping with her boss, who is exceptionally younger than her, but why must everything be so convenient? Can’t they find some logical way for her to piss off Tommy? It just seemed to preposterous, with him walking in there and immediately being intimidated. Remember Roger from season one? He was loaded, it didn’t really seem to bother Tommy. Just the fact that he was there seemed to bother him. On top of that, this has been an awfully abrupt recovery from postpartum depression. Really, like record setting. And is the kid still crying uncontrollably when Janet is holding him?

Also, Sheila is content with Janet/Colleen watching the kid all of a sudden? It seemed like she wanted to exclusively raise Elvis (whom by the way has now been named Wyatt by Janet, which I suppose is his legal name). And she is letting Tommy keep the money. I am reminded of the Seinfeld episode where George is ranting about Kramer going to a fantasy camp because his entire life is a fantasy. This, is my basic theory about Tommy Gavin.

Speaking of which, the fear of heights was out of left field, the theory over on TWoP is that Tommy is in a Tony Soprano-esque limbo, and we’re simply waiting for him to wake up. A sudden fear of heights seems like it would symbolize that. And, to be honest, that would be a welcomed twist. Because the more of this season I watch, with a few exceptional episodes, the more I want to forget it ever happened.

The entire Franco thing is completely implausible. If he’s going to plot revenge against anyone, why not Susan Sarandon? She did, after all, kidnap his daughter. Oh well, at least he has someone to spy on Natalie: her mentally handicapped brother. Classy.

Some things I liked:

-The AA meeting

-Lou plotting revenge against Artie Lange

…Along with what was mentioned in the first paragraph, I think that is it. Hit or miss, as always. I think its self-explanatory which category this falls in. Enjoy tonight’s episode.