![]() (Jane’s trash talk, e.g., involves a text message about the addition she’s building on the condo she has in his brain.ABC's hilarious sitcom "Happy Endings" returns for its third season Tuesday with Dave (Zachary Knighton) and Alex (Elisha Cuthbert) being none too casual about their casual dating, while Jane (Eliza Coupe) encourages her unemployed hubby, Brad (Daman Wayans Jr.), to rekindle his interest in ventriloquism with a dummy named Sinbrad. Jane’s seriousness paired with Max’s indifference to everything apart from proving his superiority is comedy gold. Meanwhile, the bear-like Max enters into a challenge with hyper-competitive Jane (yes, she’s a lot like Monica) to see who would survive a zombie apocalypse. But this is the weakest of the episode’s three main plotlines. He pitches it, gets laughed at, has a heartfelt moment with Alex, then opens a food truck instead. A fairly clueless guy in general, he thinks what the world is missing is a restaurant that serves every cuisine. ![]() While watching the movie, Dave becomes convinced that his life has become too predictable, and he needs a change. This plot of “Dave of the Dead,” like many things from 2011, is inspired by a zombie movie (or, as Max calls it, “a future true story”). He’s the unemployed, slothful, Jewish, gay guy who no one, including Bob Benson, can resist. I could spend the rest of this space singing Pally’s praise Mandonna style, but just trust me. As John Swansburg put it when describing his favorite TV scene from 2012-a colossal fight that Elisha Coupe’s Jane and Damon Wayans Jr.’s Brad put on for the benefit of their friends (it makes sense, I swear)-“at the center of the show isn’t will-they-or-won’t-they romance like Ross and Rachel’s, but one of the strongest, funniest, sexiest marriages on television.”Įven so, the show’s best chemistry is between Penny, the stand-in for the lead of every rom-com movie ever, and Adam Pally’s Max Blum. But the show’s depiction of marriage is its real strength. They keep the rom-comminess alive with Penny’s wacky dating stories and the failed bride (Elisha Cuthbert’s Alex) and groom’s (Zachary Knighton’s Dave) rekindled romance. The jokes and references are clever but don’t require Arrested Development or Community-level pop-culture mastery, keeping the buddy-comedy feel while rewarding consistent viewers. Friends comparisons are obvious and also addressed by the show’s characters. ![]() The premise will sound familiar to anyone who’s ever watched TV: Six friends in their late 20s-three guys, three girls-attempt to figure out their lives. ![]() (I promise, you’ll pick up on the language quickly.) Instead, try Season 1’s seventh episode, “Dave of the Dead.” It will convince you that, in the words of Casey Wilson’s Penny, the show is amahzing. This is a bummer, to be sure, but also an excuse to finally sit down and watch a series you should have tuned into sooner. The show was declared finally and completely dead yesterday, after weeks of its fans hoping for a Cougar Town-like save from another network. It’s also the polar opposite of almost every episode in this three-season series. The pilot for Happy Endings has every bad rom-com cliché you can imagine, right down to the runaway bride. But there are so many! How can you decide which to try? You need to find the gateway episode, one you can watch without any background knowledge and which will give you a real sense of the show-and whether you’ll like it. ![]() Summer is here, the perfect time to catch up with a few of those shows everyone is always saying you should watch. ![]()
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