I spent a lot of last weekend grading dozens of papers on the future of US foreign policy. But when not doing that, I was watching the second seaon of 30 Rock. All in all, I don't think it was as strong a season as the show's first year. That said, it's still better than the vast majority of other tv shows, comedies or not. Alec Baldwin continues to steal the show, but the whole ensemble is quite good.
Highlights? "Cougars" is fun. Liz Lemon dates a 20 year old, Frank is gay for him (and only him), and Jenna has some fall-on-the-floor line readings about how sad she is that more people don't know about cougars. "Succession" is superb - Liz goes corporate (and corporate drunk), all Devin Banks (Will Arnett) episodes are good episodes ("Jack Gets In the Game" is another highlight of the season), the GE board is a funny joke, the show is filled with references to Amadeus, and Dr. Spaceman is always funny. And "MILF Island" is great, playing on many tropes of "Survivor" and similar shows. And really, how is "MILF Island" (20 MILFs, 50 8th grade boys, no rules) not a real show? It seems only a matter of time (the writing for the fake show was hilarious).
Posted by armand at November 3, 2008 10:59 AM | TrackBack | Posted to Culture