Halloween and Maddie's birthday fall on the same day, a situation that has caused her to feel she has never had a real birthday. She even flips out over colors that remind her of Halloween. She thinks that halloween steals the spotlight every year. Mia and Casey have a halloween-free party at their newly renovated firehouse home. Yeah right, because they bought it two weeks ago and all renovations in NYC are done in two weeks. Get with it LA. Where in this country do you renovate a house in two weeks? Seriously? Anywho, Ben can't figure out what Maddie wants for her birthday because he wasn't listening and Maddie's assistant sets out to get the gift for her. So Joel lets BEn in on a little secret of what he does whenever he messes up, GO BIG. Maddie and VIcki also warn Mia that couples together shouldn't let the other see behind "the curtain." They should maintain a level of mystery. Mia finds a videotape of Casey's and the subject sends them behind Casey's curtain.
I love that the opening is back!!! YAY! It's back. I love it. I lvoe seeing the different couples situations at different stages. i think it's a clever way to get people involved in watching the show.
Keeping it positive, I really am starting to love these kooky little characters. I think the actors have a real connection on camera and I imagine they have a really good time with each other off set as well. I can only hope that their writers keep it fresh and witty and keep them on top of the heap for, at least, a couple of more seasons.
Production needs to get with it. Maddie and Ben's place feels like an updated set from Three's Company and Mia and Casey have a renovated firehouse that resembles something from HGTV. Hello? Has anyone read the script and the situations? Seriously, they aren't millionaires.
Overall, I really enjoyed the episode and appreciated the twist on an anit-Halloween because of a birthday. Maddie and Ben's characters are quickly becoming my favorite because of their wonderful quirky anal-retentive nature and seriousness for everything. I love it.
Can't wait for next week.
MODERN FAMILY!
The exclamation point is because I could not stop laughing this entire episode. Jay thinks GLoria has a problem with the American Lingo which causes her to do a HIGHlarious over the top American accent throughout the entire episode. It's amazing. That woman can seriously do no wrong.
Mitchell listens to the outcasts at work about dressing up for Halloween, and wears a spideman costume, but realizes that no one is dressed up. He calls Cameron for advice and he points out how lazy Mitchell has been and has yesterdays dry cleaning in the back seat. He puts the suit on over the costume and eventually has to take it off and gets caught by his colleagues and made fun of.
Meanwhile, Claire and Phil are overly obsessed with Halloween and just want to have things run smoothly, but everyone's downer moods deter her from having just the perfect spooky haunted house that she wants. It does however give her one of the best lines I've heard on a show in awhile. It was sheer genius. Eventually everyone chips in and makes it awesome.
I love this show. I seriously can't believe the shit they come up with. I am shocked each week with the ridiculousness of this show. It's so random and funny. I love it i love it i love it i love it i love it i love it!!!!
Moment of the week is given to Claire. Usually I'd have to give it up to Sofia, but Claire took it home this week.
COUGAR TOWN
Jules is mad when her father comes to visit because she thinks he doesn't like her. It turns out that she makes him think of her mother too much and he just doesn't know what to say because he misses her so much. It's Halloween and Travis and Laurie are obsessed with scaring each other.
This show had a lot of heart. I actually found myself crying at the touching scene between Jules and her dad when he breaks down and tells her why he struggles around her and she tells him that she misses her mom too. I lost it. My parents so often tell me that I remind them of the other one, that I don't know how I'd deal if I lost one. So, I cried. I'm not made of wood people.
I think it was nice for the show to give us an episode that showed a different side to everyone. Well, actually just Jules. Everyone else was their same wonderful self. And Barb came back in a super sluttly Halloween costume. YES!!!
DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES
Halloween on Wisteria Lane was actually pretty damn funny. Let's break it down.
Gabriele dressed up her biological daughter Grace as a princess, and then Jaunita went as a dog. Obviously someone mistook Grace as Gabby's daughter and she stumbled over calling her own daughter a dog. Eventually, at the end of the night we saw Jaunita angry that Gabby was so interested in Grace that she volunteers to cut the crown off Grace's head and cuts out a huge chunk of her hair jeopardizing their chances of Grace ever coming back over to play with them.
I think this story line was interesting at first, but I'm pretty sure a lot of people agree with me when I say that it's getting tired really fast. It's not that interesting and it doesn't seem to be really driving their story line faster.
LYnette is struggling with the memory laps of Tom's mother and when she expresses her concerns to TOm, he automatically thinks that Lynette is just trying to get rid of her. BY the end of the evening, though, his mom wanders off and Lynette finds her on the Solis' porch, ending in a heated argument, which Tom witnesses and he makes the decision to send her to assisted living.
Ok, amazing. I've said it many times, this is the only family on Wisteria Lane that has real issues that normal people can relate to. No matter how much drama happens on the street, we all know that the Scavo's have to deal with real shit. Seeing a family dealing with an aging parent is truly heartbreaking and their performances were nothing less than brilliant. The only complaint I have is that Lynette is such a strong woman, that when she has these surprisingly weak moments, it feels completely out of place. For instance, when Tom's Mother slaps her, she cowers away like a mouse fearing a cat. It's completely out of character for her. Just sayin...
Susan gets fired from her job because Paul Young tells a parent at her school about her side job as a slutty maid. So, while out with trick or treating with MJ, she realizes that Paul did it and goes into his house and attacks him. Meanwhile, Mike has gone off to Alaska for a job to help get them back on track.
Finally! Finally she has some meat to her character and is taking charge with standing up for herself. But, I'm still over it. I've never wanted a character on a show to win the lottery more than this one, just because I don't want to hear her whining anymore. Actually, I wouldn't be mad if Susan's character just didn't exist on the show. I think in Teri Hatcher's hands, she's become whiney and just plain boring. Even with really good plot material, I can't stand watching her. And kudos to a surprising turn as Paul's wife goes out to Emily Bergl. She's utterly creepy and fantastic.
Bree got into character and played a cheerleader and went to Renee's halloween party with her boyfriend. (funny sidenote is that Renee was Marilyn Monroe and Bob, one of the gays on the street, was dressed like Marilyn as well.) Anywho, a guy at the party dressed like a football player harassed Bree, and her boyfriend went off the handle and was pissed. Then in the most touching scene on the show in a long time, Bree confessed to being a recovering alcoholic and he's been arrested for his anger.
I was so pleased and saddened to see this scene. It was actually one of the few times that we see something real from Marcia Cross. I think she's a terrific actress who's talent is not utilized on this show.
Overall, I did enjoy this episode very much. Though, I think a lot of the plots need reconsidering and the writers need to figure out a way to fix them.
BROTHERS AND SISTERS
OMG! DID you see it??? IT was so sad!!!! I can't even talk about anything else but this. We find out that the night of Scottie's opening of his restaurant, he cheated. Not only that, but that Kevin lied to him about having a job meeting. He was at a bar. It was so crazy. In a dramatic flashback we seem them about two months after the accident and fresh off the depressing news that their surrogate miscarried. Kevin was lost and depressed and he was so angry towards Scottie and couldn't handle the success that he was having. And Scottie fell for someone who was giving him all the affection that Kevin wasn't.
Ok, seriously, I don't remember the last time I was so glued to the television and so upset while watching. It was so sad to see what could be the end of the relationship of two of the best gay role models on tv. ANd every other character kept talking about how they look up to them and how they are the only Walkers who have a successful marriage. And sadly, Kevin, just can't get past the hurt of being lied to. Until, of course, Sally Fields' brilliant Norah, comes in and tells him the best line of the show. When he says how Scottie turned out just like his dad, she tells him that his dad lied for years through countless affairs, at least Scottie told him. He felt the need to be truthful and bring it out now instead of sitting on it for years and years.
It's kinda funny. I never thought of there being a difference between telling someone you had an affair or hiding it. It was the first time I had a little more insight. Usually, I'm just judgemental about stuff like this, but I guess the only way to move forward is to talk about it and then move on.
And in the end of the episode, Sarah gave in to Luc's proposal and everyone was happy, even Kevin, even though his life was coming down drastically.
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