Problems Bigger Than A Seagull Cup

2 Broke Girls, S02E18

Caroline and Max were far enough behind on their rent that they were given an eviction notice and were tempted to be rid of their problems by a company that wanted to buy them out for $25,000.  Caroline refused to sell their business so quickly and thought to go ask her aunt whom she hadn't mentioned because she hated Caroline.  Although her aunt refused to invest in them, Caroline didn't give up and tried to convince her a second time, not taking no for an answer.

 I think there are many reasons to hate Caroline, but I didn't really like any of the reasons her Aunt Charity had for doing so.  I mean, she was jealous of someone barely a decade younger than her---it was pretty pathetic.  Picking on a little girl because you want attention as an adult is sick.  I sort of wish that Caroline would have really stood up to her and let her know how messed up she was.  It wouldn't have been to her benefit business-wise, but that bitch Charity (ironic name) wouldn't have given her a dime anyway.  Maybe Charity did want Caroline to earn things in her own right or whatever, but she still took her seagull cup from fifteen years ago in spite of Caroline.  If that lady is going to hold a grudge for that long and still hasn't grown up, she's way overdue for someone to tell her like it is.  Too bad Max was too high on morphine lollipops to add any real attitude to the situation.

It was pretty gross when Caroline was trying to feed Charity a cupcake while her face mask was partially peeled off.  Well, that face mask stuff was just gross in general, but I didn't want to see someone who looked like their face had been melted off trying to eat anything.  I just had hoped something good would have come from them badgering Charity for the second time.  It had looked like they had gotten the money they needed to not be booted out of their shop, but Charity was too smart of a bitch to not put a stop payment on that.  Damnit.

I can't believe they had to sell their business already!  Damn!  I know they aren't going to stop making cupcakes, but it's sort of sad.  They just started...  I mean, it is realistic because they haven't been having steady customers for more than like a week or so.  It wouldn't have made sense that they would have been able to keep up the rent.  I just wonder what step they'll take next to further their dream.  The buyout money has to go to the people they borrowed from, so they don't have anything left to start from scratch.  After all that trouble.  Especially when you think about the nod they got from Martha Stewart and all.

Who the hell drove through their shop, anyway?  I hope that's not just going to be glazed over and not discussed in the next episode.  Like, that person would surely have to pay them for the damages or something?  Or maybe not because the girls didn't have insurance, as we learned during their battle with Andy Dick.  Guess they just get to walk away and not worry about it because it's not their shop anymore.  Not their problem.

I liked this episode.  It was one of those rare times where I felt like I could have Caroline's back.  Usually I would love someone who hated Caroline, but if they're not hating her for a valid reason, I'm not down with that.  Charity basically just hated that Caroline was breathing, which is hardly acceptable.  She called Caroline spoiled and bratty, but it was really Charity, with her seagull-cup-stealing ass, who was the real princess.  I would have liked to see Caroline tell her off with more vigor, but as long as Caroline didn't cower in front of her aunt, I'm sort of satisfied.  Maybe it was a blessing that they didn't get any money from Charity.  If this is the last we have to see of that hair-pulling bitch, the girls will be very much better off.

Cupcake Bitches Versus The Serial Killer Puppeteer

2 Broke Girls, S02E17

Max had a great idea to rename her cupcakes to bring in a lot of hipster customers into their shop, but a puppeteer performing outside of their business was driving people away.  After trying to convince J.Petto to move his puppetry show somewhere else, he ended coming into the cupcake shop and slipping on a cupcake.  His fall broke his favorite puppet, Pierre, and Max and Caroline soon found themselves being sued by the man for damages to it.

The girls versus Andy Dick as this nutty puppeteer was sort of funny.  From the beginning he was a little off, and the girls had a hard time dealing with him.  I knew with his crazy behind the girls wouldn't be rid of him so easily, but I didn't think that he would try and sue them.  I can't believe that they had to pay him a grand to try and shut him up.  Of course, since he wasn't living a fabulous lifestyle, it wasn't a surprise that once Caroline and Max paid him, he wanted more.  He was being a greedy jerk, but I couldn't hate him because seeing him in his apartment filled with puppets (the "dead body car wash" as Max put it), I couldn't help but pity him.  He didn't have anyone but his freaky little puppets.

I didn't know if the girls could get out of the situation until I saw Max take Pierre hostage.  She shocked me by going further and making the puppet hump with some naked dolls.  I loved that this was enough to make J.Petto cave into them.  They were pretty smart to use that disturbing display as a threat to his business.  I'm pretty sure that people would want to avoid him knowing that he was going around using his puppets in some kind of sexual play.  I liked how much that got to J.Petto.  Serves his money-grubbing ass right.

What I liked best about this episode, though, was just Max calling J.Petto a serial killer.  She kept alluding to the fact that they were getting closer and closer to ending up as his victims.  It made J.Petto seem all the more unbalanced and funny that they kept getting more and more involved with him.  I halfway expected Max to be right in the end.  That would have been a hilarious ending (providing they didn't get hurt, of course).

I liked this episode, even though I'm not much of an Andy Dick fan.  However, I think that his role as an annoying puppeteer really suited him, and he made an entertaining adversary to the girls.  However, he did make them lose a grand for nearly nothing more than a lesson about the necessity of having a friend to tell you when you're wasting your life on a bad idea.  If that's all he's going to add to the value of the show, I really hope that his appearance is just a one-shot.

2 Girls On A Plane

2 Broke Girls, S02E16

The random hookup Max had from a backstage at a concert earned the girls two tickets to the Grammys and a trip to LA on a private plane.  They were fortunate to meet 2 Chainz on the plane, but not so lucky when the plane had engine trouble.

I felt a little out of the loop that I had no idea who 2 Chainz was, nor what song Caroline kept singing and referring to.  It would have helped me find her horrible singing even funnier.  Still, I enjoyed how unnatural it sounded for her to keep talking about "big booty hos."  It doesn't seem like that would be her jam at all.  Nor would it be the kind of music that Han would be listening to either.

The best thing was that Max got a bit of luck by screwing a guy who could get her Grammys tickets and rides on a private plane--wow.  Among the girls' random fortunes, this is one of the top.  I wouldn't have expected that they would get to fly in a plane like that any time soon.  It was also a nice twist that it happened to be Caroline's old plane.  It sort of reminds you of all the things she's lost.  Now that I've been watching this show for a while, it's hard for me to remember that Caroline didn't grow up in the same financial background as Max.

One of the funniest things that happened on the plane was when Max put her boobs on a sleeping 2 Chainz to sneak a picture of the two of them together.  That was just so Max-like to go that far.  And it was so Caroline-like to get caught with her ass all up on him when he finally did wake up.  The two of them should have tried being a little quieter if they didn't want to get found out.

The other thing I liked was when Caroline was talking to the co-pilot and he was relishing all of the drugs he did.  He tried to assure Max that he was off the stuff by saying that he went sober after seeing the movie Flight, which Max remarked was still in the theaters.  If some pilot felt like he could relate to that movie, no matter how long ago he was sober, I would not be flying with that guy.  Denzel did some crazy shit in that movie, and it is not a movie I want to hear referred to by a pilot while in the air.

Speaking of pilots, I was a little grossed out by Pilot Bill hitting on Caroline.  Mostly because he's twenty years older and has probably known Caroline since she was in her early twenties, at least.  Eww.  He just had this creepy vibe that I wish that Caroline didn't have to cater to in order to ensure them a safe flight.  I hope that she turned him down once that plane crashed into a cornfield.

I liked this episode, and I'm wondering if Max will still be seeing that guy from backstage.  It's been too long since she was involved with anyone, and it'd be nice to turn the spotlight on her love life for a little while.  It might distract me from the fact that I wish Andy was back.  I'll want him to be back even more if I have to see Caroline lower her standards for people like Bill.  She might be broke now, but she needs to maintain some kind of standards.

Curse That Fortune-Teller

2 Broke Girls, S02E15

The girls were having problems affording the supplies they needed for their cupcakes when they were being paid so badly at the diner.  Caroline got them an application for a grant for small businesses, but later spent a bunch of money on fortune-telling.  Max took Caroline to get her money back from the fortune teller, and the two ended up being cursed by her.

It was a bit of a shock that Andy was suddenly gone from across their shop, but I guess it makes sense that he has to be gone for good or it'll be strange to explain why we haven't seen him despite being neighbors with Caroline and Max's shop.  I felt the absence of Andy more when Amir was introduced and he and Max exchanged banter in a way that was almost like Andy and Max (if Andy was trying to hit on her).  The two of them were not funny at all as a pair, making me wish Andy was still on the show all the more.  His sudden disappearance does leave room for him to suddenly reappear with any flimsy explanation really, but such a happy outcome is in no way guaranteed.  Boo.

I almost felt bad for Han when everyone was telling him to not be a bitch and just sign the recommendation for Caroline and Max.  I mean, once again they are asking a favor of him (although not one I think would damage his reputation much), and they railroad him into doing it instead of letting him do it on his own.  However, I slightly changed my mind when Han wrote his own recommendation for them and it didn't sound that flattering.  It was certainly truthfully, but I don't think if they had submitted that recommendation that it would have helped them.  No wonder they'd rather just bully him into doing things their way rather than give him the option of helping them in his way.

I was pretty disappointed in how Caroline reacted with the fortune-telling and the curses.  I think she was still in shock that Andy chose to bolt town in the middle of the night rather than see her again.  I'm sure that had rattled her confidence about her relationships with men.  Still, to steal eggs and such from the dinner because they're hurting for money and then turn around to buy a crystal for 50 bucks is barely forgivable.  Max is a good friend not to slap the hell out of her.  It's definitely one of those times where I would want Caroline to think more about the business than her love life.  They're making jokes about whether they'll live until winter and she's going to blow money on something that dumb?  Hell, no.  And hell, no to that bitch fortune-teller who refused to give them refunds, cursed them, and then made them pay another 50 bucks to have the fake curses removed.  It's annoying as hell to see them being taken advantage, especially when the girls are conscious that they are being fleeced!  I hate seeing scam artists like that lady winning in the end.  Wish Max or Caroline would have thrown a fake curse at her.

I don't know if there was much of a good ending to the story.  The girls felt better hearing their fortunes of success and love, but after what that lady put them through I wouldn't believe her if she told me lighting would strike me and it did five seconds later.  Her ability to tell that it was going to snow proved nothing to me.  But I guess if Caroline could be put at ease because she thought she would be successful despite being alone, it's not the worst ending.  However, I was disappointed that they didn't get to submit their grant application nor get their money back.

I suppose you could say I didn't like this episode very much because it didn't turn out at all like I wanted it to.  I wouldn't have wanted Andy to disappear from the show as if he were an afterthought, nor would I want someone to try to sort of replace him.  The biggest fail for me was watching the girls fall prey to curses and the like.  That damn fortune-teller should have choked on that Chinese food she was eating at the beginning for all of her scams.  But at least the girls got semi-decent fortunes revealed by the end.  They live in a pretty gloomy situation now, so perhaps even false hope will turn into real hope for them.

Trading Z's For Some G's

2 Broke Girls, S02E12

The girls found out they had forgotten about a huge order of cupcakes due to their lack of sleep.  They snuck out of the diner earlier by faking an illness and tried to bake a thousand cupcakes in a limited time span while being extremely sleep deprived.

I was impressed by a lot of things in this story.  One being that Han is so nice that he keeps Caroline and Max around when they are sleeping blatantly in front of customers.  I guess he's just a super-understanding guy.  It was more amazing that after Max and Caroline faked being sick to cut work and then needed Han's help later, that he agreed.  He's just a big ol' sweetheart.  I mean, Max was piling on the short jokes and he still let them use his ovens.  They really owe him big.  The most impressive thing was that they were able to bake all those cupcakes in such a short time even with Earl and the others' help and especially since they ruined the majority of them at the near end.  Realistically, they shouldn't have been able to pull it off.  Not without one of them falling asleep in the oven or something.  A missing earring was like the least worst thing that could have happened.

I kept thinking there must have been some way they could have checked all those cupcakes without destroying them.  I mean, like sticking a toothpick or something in them?  I dunno.  Caroline probably wasn't thinking at full capacity when she just started tearing them up so quickly.  I would have tried to think of another way.  After all, once they covered them in frosting, I doubt anyone would notice a hole or two.  What a waste.  It was a bigger waste when you think about the earring not even being in any of them.  I guess it was just a way to add more drama and get that Andy issue out in the open.

I'll have to side with Caroline about it being a little weird that Max continued to be friends with Andy after the breakup.  They do have a good friendship and all, but there's no way for it not to be weird when Caroline and Andy still have some feelings for each other.  It would always be awkward and they wouldn't be able to keep Caroline completely out of it.  To my dismay, Andy did the right thing and broke up with Max too.  Aww.  They make such good besties.  Plus, Max loved all that free candy he could give her.  But she'd soon be looking like the worst friend ever to Caroline if she kept texting and talking to Andy as if nothing had happened.  Now I really wish Andy and Caroline would get back together some day.  Love the exchanges between Andy and Max that we'll not get to enjoy anymore.  Boo.

The funniest thing I found in this story was when Caroline was doing her guy voice terribly and she asked Max to let her hear hers.  Max responding that she's doing her guy voice right now was cute.  I liked it even better when Caroline and Max laughed at it together like they were going insane from lack of sleep.

Something that also caught my attention was when Max noted Andy's "Bradley Cooper tone."  He actually sort of looks like that actor--I wouldn't have noticed that before.  No wonder I think Andy is pretty good looking.  Which once again makes me sad if he's not going to make an appearance every now and then.

I liked this episode.  I don't know why, but it was sort of exciting to see hundreds of cupcakes being made.  It was incredible that they got it done in the state they were in and were able to collect $4,000 for it--damn.  If the girls keep this up, they may be in pretty good shape.  Just wish that Caroline and Andy's reunion was in good shape.  Unfortunately, it looks like the two have agreed to close the chapter on that book.  It doesn't stop me for wishing for their reconciliation, though!

Third Wheel Getaway

2 Broke Girls, S02E13

The girls won a getaway weekend for two, but Caroline's miscommunication with Andy turned it into a vacation for three.  Caroline promised to make it about her and Andy and not about Max and work, but Andy soon felt neglected and the couple's issues came to surface.

One of the things I liked in this episode was seeing Max enjoying the "luxury" of the place like the free slippers in the room and the pretzel rolls.  She is so cute when discovering things that people who have it a little better are full aware of already.  I also liked that she wasn't too much impressed by the sauna and was initially more impressed when she thought it was an outhouse.

The sauna brings about my second favorite thing in this episode: the girls meeting the bear couple.  They were just generally nice guys who provided some comedy as well as a place Max could run to when things got heated between Andy and Caroline.  My favorite scene was when Max was wearing their matching flannel pajamas and cozying up with them on the bed.  That was freaking adorable, especially when you throw milk and cookies into the mix.  It got slightly better when Caroline joined in too, but I really just liked when Max was making herself at home with her new friends.

I never had confidence that Caroline would live up to her promise to make the weekend about Andy, but I didn't expect their arguing to lead to them taking a break.  I freaking love Andy, but he made a lot of good points about why he found it necessary to separate from Caroline.  With their business just starting, Caroline really doesn't have the time to be completely invested in romance.  She's always been the ambitious type, so when opportunity knocks at her door, she's going to jump on it like a dog after a steak.  It's still disappointing, though, because they do have great chemistry and Andy and Max get along so well together too.  I doubt he's going to wait around for the cupcake shop to take off and for things to settle down a bit.   I wouldn't be surprised if Caroline caught him with another girl across the street in the near future.  I wish I could feel bad for Caroline, but I feel like she blew it.  But maybe it was doomed from the start because Caroline might not have been in the best position to be starting a new relationship.

I also thought the bride-to-be was interesting.  I liked that Max kept doubting her until the very end and assumed that her fiance in the store was a hired actor or someone with cake in his mouth.  She was so wrong for that.  And that lady was ridiculous on how much she loved their cupcakes.  She was moaning a little too much during her first taste testing.  I'm glad Max called her out on it and reminded her she wasn't alone.  Goodness.

This was a pretty good episode.  It wasn't one of the funniest, but it did give us an interesting look at how their cupcake business is affecting their loves lives, at least where Caroline is concerned.  I really hoped that Andy and her would stay together a little longer before something tore them apart, but I guess that was just wishful thinking.  It makes sense that until Caroline can prioritize something beyond her future cupcake empire, there's no room for anyone, much less Andy.  Even so, I'm looking forward to the awkwardness that will come thanks to Andy working across from them at his candy store.  Maybe since they will have to keep literally seeing each other, the possibility of them missing each other too much to stay apart for long is still on the table.

Shut It, Carol!

2 Broke Girls, S02E12

The girls were having trouble paying rent so Max was selling cupcakes to some potheads who needed snacks.  They upgraded into selling pot cupcakes and were surprised when they met Andy at their delivery site.

Of course, Caroline wouldn't be cool with Max selling cupcakes to people who are getting high, but if you think about it, when they sell cupcakes to anyone, they might be taking them home and enjoying them as a snack with their pot.  Caroline was being her usual annoying self, getting in the way of Max's profitable idea.  I mean, they didn't have much choice doing something a little shady when Caroline had too much pride to borrow money from Andy.  I was like, seriously?  You're going to be that proud when you're crawling on floors and jumping out of windows to avoid payment?

Anyway, one of my favorite parts was when Caroline was so proud that she had followed Max to find out that she was really following some guy with long, black hair.  I loved that not just because Caroline thought he was Max, but later when the guy was getting arrested, his girlfriend came out looking and sounding like Caroline.  They had somehow stumbled upon their meth doppelgangers.  Loved it.   Later, when Sophie came knocking at their door after they had finished making the pot cupcakes, Caroline shouted out just like Carol had when her boyfriend was being arrested.  I loved that Max responded to her the same way the guy had to Carol:

Shut it, Carol!  Shut it!

I was expecting that I would like Caroline being stoned since she said it made her personality change, but she was sort of worse than she was before.  I guess being overly positive is slightly better than all doom and gloom.  Then again, I guess it just depends how you do the latter.  Caroline wasn't being very funny about it--she was just sort of ruining their chance to get any money.  She also crushed that chance when she tossed out their cupcakes at Andy's arrival and hopped out to the fire escape.  The only thing I did like about her being high is that she had phone sex with Max.  It's funny because I'm not surprised she called her at all (especially with her admitting she'd marry Max if given three choices).

It was sweet that Andy gave Caroline money and said his success was pointless if he couldn't share it with her.  He's the best.  Caroline better never screw it up with him.  It was also sweet of the diner people to come and give money for the girls' rent.  I expected Caroline to turn down their money too, but luckily calling themselves family made her swallow her pride.  Wow.  I was sort of surprised that Han contributed because I kinda feel like he's a little pissed they're not working so hard at his business anymore.  Then again, he did succumb to Max's demands that he sit at their shop and eat eight cupcakes.  Either he is really afraid of her or he wants them to be successful on some level (maybe both).

I think I would have liked this episode even better if Caroline wasn't such a wet blanket about the pot.  Sure, it put their business into a gray area, but they gotta hustle if they want their business to stay afloat until they get a real customer base.  I hope by next time they have a better plan for getting the money so they don't have to hop out of windows to avoid their landlord.  If not, I hope they find something interesting like pot cupcakes again.  It's both an entertaining and cool idea.

Love Is Saying It On A Toilet

2 Broke Girls, S02E11

Caroline and Max worried that they weren't going to be able to start making profits because their sales were so low.  Since Sophie had invested in their business, Max offered Sophie to be a silent partner after her dream of owing a lake house in Poland had been ruined by shady contractors.  However, Sophie's changes in their business were unwelcome, and Max was unable to tell her to stop interfering so much.  Max also gave Andy advice about how to tell Caroline he loved her.

Two things that I liked were Max and Caroline insulting people who passed by their shop and Andy's journey to confess his love to Caroline.  The first thing was especially funny when an old woman asked about the price of their cupcakes and said no to the price before leaving right away.  I loved how both Caroline and Max called the lady a whore.  They were so mean, but I can understand their desperation to get customers flowing in.  After all, they have to sell 70 cupcakes a day to stay afloat. 

I thought it was cute that Andy wanted to tell Caroline he loved her, after they haven't been dating that long.  He must really love Caroline (or respect Max's opinion) to not just do things his own way and instead do research via romantic comedies before he told Caroline.  I didn't think that telling her in the diner was a bad idea until Earl had said:

Why, was the dump closed?

When he put it that way, it did make it seem like a pretty gross place to declare your love for someone.  I mean, this is the place that Oleg stands around talking about nasty things that I wish he would only keep in his dirty mind.

Speaking of Earl, I loved how excited Andy was that Earl gave him a personalized greeting when he came to the diner.  Being called "Prince Charming" wasn't that special to me, but it was cute how Andy felt like he had been accepted because of that, even though Max cautioned him that Earl sometimes calls groups of people by the same name, regardless of who it is.

In the end, Andy ended up telling Caroline he loved her on a toilet with his pants down and a tablet in hand while Caroline was in a cupcake costume and stuck in the door.  If anything else, that was definitely a memorable moment that neither of them will ever forget.  I liked that it ended up being like that because it meant that all of Andy's planning and research were for nothing.  It's not the place that matters, but the feeling behind the words.  Haha.

As for Sophie, well, I knew that making her silent about anything wasn't about to happen.  I still didn't expect hoagies and big chandeliers, though.  She outdid herself.  I'm just hoping that by the next episode she'll decide to step back since she felt like she was doing all the work and Caroline and Max weren't doing anything.  I'm just glad Max didn't get a chance to tell Sophie to tone it down because I think that would have exploded into a lot more drama than they needed.

This was a good bonus episode for the week.  It gives you a pretty good sense that the girls won't have people crowding their doors any time soon unless they get some big advertisement.  Sophie may or may not be the one to help them with that, as long as she stops trying to make their upscale shop into a place with pickled eggs on the counter.  Andy looks like he is going to be around for the long run (or at least the season?), the way things are moving.  Hopefully he or Caroline won't do anything to screw things up in the future.

Johnny And Max Never Meant To Be

2 Broke Girls, S02E10

Caroline and Max threw a party, celebrating the opening of their cupcake shop.  Max invited several of her ex-boyfriends to tell them to "suck it," including Johnny who she started seeing again to Caroline's dismay.

Wow, they have got the store ready really quickly!  I thought we might see a little more in-progress stories before we saw the cupcake shop actually set up for people to walk through there.  But it's not bad that things are moving faster than I expected.  I'm just glad that the party they threw was a success and it was mostly Max's choice to see Johnny again that brought the most trouble.

One of my favorite things in the episode was Max's "suck it" face.  I absolutely loved that face she made.  It was the perfection expression to really stick it to anyone that had crossed her in the past.  It's just too bad she didn't really get to use it in the right way on either of her exes.  In fact, Johnny found it to be a turn on.  I can't say that I'm surprised about that.  It was more of a confident, sexy look than a bitchy, ugly look.

It was also funny that Caroline and Max kept ignoring Han, who couldn't get into the party.  The best part of Han's struggles was when the doorman said they were at capacity, and then Robbie got into the party without more than saying who he was.  When Han complained about that, the doorman told him that he was only allowed to let in hot guys who looked like trouble.  When Earl got let in after that, I was rolling.  Not only because Earl fit into that category, but because Han was so angry about it.

Speaking of Earl, there was another funny moment when Caroline played Max's game of "Marry, Sleep With, Or Kill."  Caroline mistakenly thought she was supposed to consider Max and Earl and said she would sleep with Earl and marry Max.  I liked Earl's response to that:

I feel uncomfortable, Caroline.  Like I don't know how to look at you anymore.

Concerning Max and Johnny, I felt better knowing that she saw that they didn't belong together.  They do make a cute-looking couple, but their history together makes me hesitant about them being together in general.  I sort of let a sigh of relief to see her end things before she got hurt again.  They have some chemistry (that scene with them making out as gumballs rained down on them was nice), but I couldn't see Johnny sticking around or the fire between them lasting without Max knowing that she couldn't have him or vice-versa.  It's too bad, but I guess Max will have to stay single for a little while longer.

It's cool that Max's Cupcakes is open for business already, even if their party didn't make their goods fly off the shelves as they had probably expected.  I'm happy to see something hold them back a little bit because I'm not ready for them to be too successful yet (it wouldn't be any fun).  But I'm most happy that Max is smart enough to know when she has something real with someone and when she doesn't.  I'm sure we haven't seen the last of Johnny, but at least we probably don't have to expect that Max would ever to fool herself into thinking they should ever be together.

You Gotta Be "Ruthless"

2 Broke Girls, S02E09

Caroline and Max hired an intern to help them set up their shop, but Max's reluctance to be a hardass boss made their intern lazy and take advantage of them.

I'm surprised that Caroline and Max have gotten as much done as they have, even when one of them isn't showing up to work on time.  I would have never guessed they would try to hire an intern, but in theory, it was a great idea.  I liked the idea more when Andy suggested it as well, making it seem like he and Caroline are a great match.  I thought they would get a lot of crazy people answering their ads, but it looked more like Caroline and Max were the crazy ones, making young girls work in their rat-infested store.

Speaking of rats, they were quite funny in this episode.  The first one we saw, Caroline beat the hell out of it with a paint roller, to my surprise.  She may be annoying, but at least she can kill a rat.  I need a friend like that because I would have left that store right then and there.  Before Caroline squashed it to the floor, there was a funny line from Max after Caroline asked Max why she thought the rat was male:

He looked at me kind of rapey.

That, along with the rat coming in and of doors made it really creepy!  So much so that you didn't feel that bad when Caroline was murdering it.  I'm really surprised that after that powerful beating she gave it, she didn't have blood and paint on her face.  Go figure.

Later, when they were collecting the chairs from the junkyard it was hilarious to see Max flinging the rats off of Caroline.  Wow.  I'm not sure what I would have done in that situation (besides run for my life), but I'm pretty sure that touch those nasty things would have been at the very bottom of my list.  I have to give Max more credit, even though I give her a lot already.

Ruth (who I guess I recognize because I watch SNL) was a good character just because she made Max so powerless.  I would have expected Max who gives her customers the business for wearing Bill Cobsy-esq sweaters would be able to tell a college girl to get off her damn phone and set up some rat traps.  But I get that Max didn't want to be a tool.  It's a shame that it took her lifting up a heavy object and throwing some rats before she had the conviction to kick Ruth to the curb.  I would have liked to see Max be powerful through ordering around the intern from the beginning.  It's not often we get to see Max in a position above someone else.  Maybe they'll hire someone else (maybe with big boobs Max can identify with, haha) and Max will get a second chance.

I liked this episode.  It somehow feels exciting to see them working in their shop and picking up ghetto chairs that they'll have to restore.  Usually I'd be getting annoyed with the slow process, but I'm enjoying it.  I wonder what they'll have gotten done by the next episode. 

Blurbs And Blood

2 Broke Girls, S02E08

Max and Caroline were excited to find a blurb about their cupcake business in Martha Stewart Living.  Fueled by their good luck, they tried to find ways to buy the soup kitchen for their business after it had been shut done due to a murder inside.  After failing to get a business loan from a small business organization and an investment from Sophie, the girls sought money from an egg donation clinic.

I was pretty surprised that the first time Caroline mentioned checking Martha Stewart's magazine that there would be something about their business in it.  It's nice that Martha came through for them and Caroline's phone was blowing up with cupcake orders.  I'm sure that would be plenty for them at this stage.  I was further surprised that Caroline was taking that momentum to buy themselves a space.  I thought that kind of conversation would come much later, but I guess you have to strike when the iron is hot.  I was surprised by that, but not much that they got rejected for loans and by Sophie.  Then at the end I was shocked again that Sophie changed her mind.  It's not so clear why she had a change of heart.  Maybe she just knew that they were down on their luck--we have really no idea.  I'd make a fuss about this being a little too convenient if I wasn't just happy for the girls overall.  Basically, I'm adopting a "don't look a gift horse in the mouth" kind of attitude with that plot development.

What I really liked about this episode was a few things.  I most liked when Max went into the soup kitchen and was so pumped about all the blood on the walls.  I have to say I might have wanted to do the same thing, even if it's a little twisted.  I mean, people did die in there, but it was also a bunch of drug dealers, so I couldn't be too sorry for the way things had ended up for those people.  I don't know if I would have wanted to start my business there, but you can't sneeze at the reduced rent you would have to pay there, that's for sure.

It also wasn't a bad scene when Max was left alone to pitch their business plan for their loan.  It was like she had shown up for a test, but had never studied a day in her life.  It was cute how she started to talk and her voice just got softer and softer until you couldn't hear her at all.  I don't blame her for having no confidence--that lady at the desk was an impatient bitch.  But again, no surprise that they weren't given a loan.

Caroline's blood-spurting scene was the last scene I particularly enjoyed.  I cried out when all that blood was coming out of her, and it only got worse when she knocked into a nurse and got blood thrown all over the walls too.  After seeing that I couldn't help but think who was going to clean that up?  I don't envy that person.

This was a good episode.  It looks like we may see their cupcake shop soon enough.  I doubt that they won't encounter a lot of problems along the way, but it should be a good ride.  After all, just buying a place isn't enough to get the business started.  It takes a whole lot before anything is up and running.  So I'm happy to see them moving along, but I'm also content to know they won't be too successful too fast and lose their title as "two broke girls."

Max Is The Best Cougar Ever

2 Broke Girls, S02E07

Caroline was having problems getting Andy turned on and suspected that he was gay.  Max and Caroline also briefly took in some Amish boys to build a barn for them.

I had a feeling that Andy would feel intimidated knowing who Caroline really was.  It was kinda funny to watch her trying her hardest to attract him.  The worst thing she did was try to act like a classless, poor girl and was talking like a moron.  That was painful to watch.  However, when she got up and danced with Jacob that was the funniest thing I've seen all week (and even last week).  I don't know why but seeing how overly excited Jacob got while Caroline was shaking her ass all up on him was insanely good.  And it only got better when Jacob collapsed on the floor while holding his crotch.  Poor Jacob, but so freaking funny.

Speaking of the Amish boys, I loved how Max interacted with them.  As soon as they used manners on her, she took a liking to them:

“Ma’am”?  You know what, that’s kind of hot. I always thought I’d have to wait 20 more years to be a cougar, but, rawr, here I am.

She later "rawr"-ed again, which I also loved.  I don't know what it was, but Max checking out those clueless guys like pieces of meat was so funny.  I could totally see her with a boy toy.  It would just be like her to take command in a relationship and have someone wrapped around her finger.  Sophie was almost as funny as Max, but she was a little too aggressive, which made her border on being a little too creepy (but still funny).  I wouldn't have been mad at her if she had gone for one of them.  It would have been a little wrong, but Max can pull it off without looking like a degenerate.

I really felt bad for Jacob having to stay around Max and Caroline and being subject to such girls that made him have erections all the time!  At least they didn't make him feel like a weirdo because of it (because they were sort of turning him on purposely).  They just could have stopped wearing tiny shorts and showing their bras.  Haha.

This is one of my favorite episodes ever.  I just really loved how Max was acting and watching poor Jacob suffer while under Caroline and Max's care.  I sort of wish they could take advantage of some Amish boys every time.  Haha.  I don't care too much about Caroline and Andy because I think they'll be fine.  They way they were making out at the end, I'm sure Andy gonna be sticking around for at least a few more episodes.

Candy Andy

2 Broke Girls, S02E06

Max took Caroline to lunch at a soup kitchen, and they met a cute candy store owner named Andy.  Although Andy was interested in dating Caroline, she was too embarrassed to face him after puking on him and being caught masturbating at home.  Han also battled for Sophie about her right to claim her favorite booth as her any time she pleased.

This was a cute episode.  Usually I wouldn't cheer for Caroline getting a man, but since he offered benefits for Max (she is surely a candy whore, haha) and was nice enough to not care about Caroline's bad first impression, I was a lot more interested in him making another appearance.  One of my favorite things about him and this story period was that he played "Pure Imagination" at one point in his store.  I loved that.  I didn't think his store was all that, but at least he could appreciate Willy Wonka and that gives him points.  I also thought it was cute that he told them that since they had just met to just call him "Candrew Andrew" instead of "Candy Andy."  Usually I hate stuff like that, but his delivery was on point, so it ended up being a good flirt.

I thought the masturbation thing would be the end for Caroline's chances to get Andy, but luckily, he's a big enough dork to come to their restaurant and try to embarrass himself.  I just liked seeing Max more exited for their potential love life because she wanted the free candy for life (though unless he's going to be selling candy forever, I don't see how he could live up to that promise).  I want to see Max milking more from their relationship in the future.

It was kinda funny to see Han try to stand up to Sophie.  I liked her telling him to stand in the corner when he tried to make her move.  I thought there was no way he could win against her and was surprised when he stood his ground by sitting at Sophie's favorite booth.  But it wasn't too surprising that Sophie just went ahead and changed her favorite booth and made some other customers move away.  She's a lady that knows how to take charge and Han is not the one to bring her down.  I wonder if he'll ever try that again.

Looking forward to seeing more of Candy Andy.  He seems like an easy-going person who could maybe make Caroline mellow out sometime.  He has to be able to handle some crazy stuff if he can overlook all the unpleasant things Caroline did meeting him for the first time.  But most of all, I want to see Max grabbing all the candy she can from Andy before Caroline screws things up or something.  Max and free candy are great new combination.

Cedric--You Gotta Laugh

2 Broke Girls, S02E03

Earl's favorite son came to town, and Max and Caroline tried to help him with his new dream of becoming a comedian so that Earl would stay proud of him.  The girls also got a new credit card and didn't use it half as wisely as they should have.

I really liked that Cedric the Entertainer played Earl's son, Darius.  Just imagining Garret Morris as anyone's dad, really, is cute.  But I loved how Max was sitting down with the two, catching up like she was a real part of the family.  She even told Caroline to stop bothering her about work because she was busy having a "family reunion."  She totally would fit into their family, I'm sure.

I was really surprised that Darius had such horrible jokes, considering he was so funny just shooting the breeze at the table with Earl and Max (and making fun of Caroline).  But I guess it was because he was trying too hard.  At least with his horrible jokes, he wasn't too dense that he didn't notice that Max and Caroline's help with the "Justin Beaver" puppet was no better (probably worse).  But luckily he found his niche for comedy and didn't have to relinquish his title as the favorite.

Another thing I liked is when Caroline and Max decided to buy him some new clothes since Caroline spilled soup on him.  I liked that before they got him this awesome all-orange outfit Max asked the guy in the store:

Do you have anything from the Sinbad collection?

Anytime you can bring up Sinbad, I appreciate the nod to that hilarious comic and his insane 90s fashion (he looked ridiculous!).

I thought it was weird that the girls couldn't manage to keep from going over their limit within like a few days of getting their new card.  I mean, how much poorer do they want to make themselves?  I don't know if it was necessary to put the card in Oleg's pants to keep it safe.  After that, it might as well be in North Korea because I wouldn't be going anywhere near it.   So nasty...

This was a cute episode, but not so funny.  I think I just really liked the guest star and watching him discover himself as a comedian.  Even though the girls were abusing their new power with a credit card, it was nice to take a little break from their money problems to start up their cupcake business.  I guess these stories, when done well, are really good about distracting the viewers from how long it's going to take them to really get their business started.  Because credit card debt certainly isn't going to get them anywhere soon.

The Double-D's And The Ditz

2 Broke Girls, S02E04

Caroline convinced Max to go on one of her favorite shows, Cupcake Wars, and the two gおt picked for an audition competition.  Although they were a bit confident and relaxed while making their audition tape, they were a disaster in front of the camera.

Even though I'm aware of the show they tried to get on, it never popped in my head that Max and Caroline would try to be on it.  It makes a lot of sense, and I think the idea of it was pretty good.  I think more than anything that necessarily happened, there were a lot of funny lines.  One of such was when Caroline asked Max what kind of show it was (although it feels self-explanatory):

I thought Google eliminated the need to ask questions out loud, but fine.

Hilarious.  I would like to say that to someone at some point because in this day and age, really?  I mean, use the damn technology that's at hand.

I also applaud when Max was doing some alterations to the shirts that Caroline had made for them:

[Caroline] Max, what are you doing?
[Max] Crew necks are for squares and mormons.
[Caroline] Oh, cute! Should we do mine?
[Max] I don’t know.  If you have no car, why open the garage?

This joke about Caroline being flat (or rather Max being busty) continued later on when they were assesed by the talent producer of the show:

[Janis] You’re edgy with big boobs.  You’re the “try hard.”
[Caroline] I’m sorry, I’m the what?
[Janis] That’s your brand.  The muscle and the hustle.  The double-d’s and the ditz.
[Caroline] I went to Wharton. I’m not a ditz.
[Max] Well you ain’t the double-d’s. Can you believe she openly commented on m’goods?

That would be a hilarious name for their cupcake business.  No one would take them seriously and some people might not exactly understand the product they were trying to sell, but at least they would grab some attention for their business.  I would just be happy not to be called stupid like Caroline, despite someone was judging me just because of the size of my chest.  But hey, it's just like Max said about people being judgmental while watching TV.  It's pretty much a given, especially with reality TV.

 I'm not surprised when push came to shove, Max got stage fright and Caroline showed that she doesn't know a damn thing about baking.  But it's too bad Max's chicken and waffles idea for a cupcake didn't bear any fruit.  But perhaps someone will eat in in the diner now that Max has put them in the restaurant.

This was a pretty good episode.  I can't say that it was a waste of time for the girls because, like Sophie had implied, there is really no easy way to making it big (for most people anyway), and they'll need to do things like working for just the connections before they start getting paid the big bucks.

Piss-Pants Coward

2 Broke Girls, S02E03

Caroline used Max as a shield when her life was threatened and peed her pants in fear of a robber.  Max took Caroline to the movies without paying for a ticket and hinted that she wasn't over being Caroline's shield.

Caroline not only has the worst looking pee face I've ever seen, but is a straight up cold bitch for throwing Max in front of her when a gun was pointed her way.  Then the piss-pants coward thought apologizing twice was enough to compensate putting Max's life in trouble.  Seriously?  I can't believe her.  Then at the end when Max fled the scene when they were about to get caught without tickets, Caroline said they were even in selfishness.  Hardly!  Max could have died.  Maybe Caroline would have been locked up for a little while--but not dead or paralyzed from a random shot!  She was right that both girls are looking out for number one, but to say that Max is on the same par as Caroline is stretching it.  No, I'm gonna have to disagree there.

It's also interesting that Han is so young.  I mean, I thought he was maybe in his 30s, though, so it's funny that he's still in his 20s.  The running gag where everyone was shocked by his age was pretty funny.  And it was slightly funny to see Han pull out a gun from his fanny pack.  That was the last thing I expected him to pull out.  He is full of surprises.  Furthermore, it's surprising that Max now thinks he cool enough to hang out with in the future.  Haha.  She has his eye on him.  I'm pretty sure she'll be disappointed the day she decides to make good with that offer.

Good episode.  I have another reason to dislike Caroline, but it's not like I'm asking for her blood (because I know how she's supposed to be).  I'm glad they decided to show a little more of Han's depth since so far we don't know more about him than him being a dork who sometimes argues with him mom on the phone.  What else might we learn about Han?  I'll hope they continue to put a spotlight on him from time to time, rather than have us learn anything else about someone like Oleg.  I'm fine with him being as one-dimensional as possible.

I Liked Mrs. Buckminster

How I Met Your Mother, S08E03

Marshall and Lily had a hard time finding a nanny before Lily went back to work.  Robin and Ted tried to best each other in whose relationship was going better.  Barney tried to return to his own tricks as a single man, but was bored with his old shtick.

Well, I knew from the beginning that Lily and Marshall would eventually pick Lily's dad to look after Marvin, but I had hoped that I'd be wrong and they would keep Jane Carr who played Mrs. Buckminster.  I've liked her ever since she did voices on Fairly Oddparents.  She just has such a comforting voice--I love it.  And it was kind of weird but funny how she was looking after Barney and then screwing him at the end.  Not that surprising because I anticipated it when I saw her helping him out, but still.  Weird.

Robin and Ted's fight was just so stupid.  Especially since we all know that they're arguing for no good reason because their relationships are both doomed.  I'm annoyed that they didn't even break up one of them in the episode.  The torture goes on...  But I did like seeing Victoria being so slovenly in Ted's apartment.  She was just throwing things left and right as soon as she entered the door like a tornado of filth.  That was amazing.

Barney's story was even sadder and more boring.  It was a little twisted that he was interviewing nannies just so that he could get sympathy as a single dad and sleep with one of them, but it wasn't enough for me to think I was glad he had a little story of his own.  I also knew that he would be the one to pay for Mrs. Buckminster from the moment I heard that her salary was too high for Marshall and Lily (still hoping that she'd be on the show more).  I can't say that I'm happy to see the old Barney back.  In fact, he just seemed like an annoying fly buzzing around talking about "Bangtoberfest."  Geez.

I guess I didn't hate this episode because I did like seeing Lily's father show he did do more for her than abandon her and take her to race tracks, but it wasn't enough for me to be glad I had watched it in general.  I feel like I was just waiting for it to be over so I could enjoy 2 Broke Girls.  Even though they don't really have the same sentiment as this show, I find that its brand of comedy is less taxing than HIMYM right now.

Martha, The Cake Tease

2 Broke Girls, S02E02

Caroline thought that she was cursed because her lucky pearls broke and they were experiencing competition to their cupcake business when a new cupcake ATM was introduced around town.  Max, wanting to not believe in her magic charm, convinced Caroline to go with her to see Martha and remind her about their fateful meeting the bathroom.

What I liked best about this episode was that they returned to the issue about Martha, who was supposed to have called them at some point.  I was wondering when they were going to talk about that again.  It was so funny to hear Max bitch about Martha and call her a "cake tease."  She even did a horrible imitation of her.  Then, when they went to visit her at her studio, I loved when they were talking to the receptionist about how they met Martha because the lady kept repeating back their story as if it was the worst lie she had ever heard.  They were so close to actually meeting Martha, but breaking the tooth of the receptionist with their "pearl surprise" cupcake threw that opportunity right out the door.  And finally, when Max got hit by the cab, that was so shocking, but hilarious!  I mean, she wasn't hurt, so that was great, but I just never thought their bad luck would get that bad.

I was pretty annoyed with Caroline being all negative because her ugly pearls weren't around her neck anymore.  I thought it was ridiculous that she thought they had some kind of magical power to bring them good luck and just wanted her to shut up already until she revealed to Max why she first thought they were lucky.  She was wearing them when she met Max, and I suppose that is the luckiest thing that happened to her.  Had Caroline been left on her own or sought help from another random person, I doubt she would have a semi-decent place to live and good people around her.  So I suppose the pearls were only then not an annoying topic, but by then it was nearly the end of the episode.

When Max did finally remake Caroline's necklace, they were lucky enough to get an email from Martha who said she hadn't forgotten about them.  So, will she put them on her show?  Or in a magazine or something?  It's still unclear what Martha plans to do with them, if anything but just encourage them.  I can't imagine Martha's help in any way couldn't benefit them greatly, but I'm still concerned that the girls are going to screw it up somehow.  Also, there are still the cupcake ATMs around.  It's not as if their little business is really going to get rid of that competition so easily.

Oh, and one more thing that was good.  I really liked how Max had spray paint in her purse.  She keeps it there for the same reason she carries a tampon because you just never know.  Gotta love Max.

This was a good episode because it answered the question of what happened next after the finale.  But it still raises the question of what Martha will specifically do to boost their business.  I'm looking forward to that because the girls have gone through enough just to meet her and re-meet her (breaking people's teeth and getting hit by cars) that they deserve something good.  Whether that good thing is due to Caroline's stupid pearls is questionable, but at least having those restored will keep Caroline from glooming up the place again.

Hello, Martin Channing!

2 Broke Girls, S02E01

Strangely, I was comforted to see this show back on, and I looked forward to the season premiere on Monday (especially because HIMYM wasn't too funny and I checked out a lukewarm premiere of Partners before).  It took me a moment to get used to all the dirty jokes crammed into a thirty minute show, but I was laughing a hell of a lot more watching Max and Caroline attend an estate auction for the Channing house.  They went because Caroline's father wanted Caroline to win an item back for herself.  It wasn't the best story I've ever seen, but after the rest of the crap I had watched on CBS that night, it was pretty entertaining in comparison.

First of all, we got to see Martin Channing's face for the first time.  What I loved most about that was that Max was charmed by him to the point that she was saying things like she would be Caroline's stepmother one day.  Although it's a little creepy for your friend to be hitting on your father, I just love Max in general, so I couldn't help but think that it would be actually kinda interesting if she did seriously go for Mr. Channing.  I hope that they will, despite Caroline being a little disillusioned by him, continue to visit him in prison together so I can see Max bat her eyes at him and promise to do whatever he asks of her.

It would have been nice if there really was money in that trophy that Max and Caroline spent 200 bucks getting back, but that would be a little too good for them.  I mean, the show is about them being broke, so it wouldn't be good if they suddenly had a bunch of money.  I would have said that it was a rip that they had to go to the auction in the first place if it wasn't for them meeting Hamish there.  His character (along with his ridiculous dog, Pickle) were the highlight of this episode for me.  I wish he could appear again because he was an unlikely and pleasant antagonist for the two.  The best line of the episode came from him and Max:

[Hamish] I'm a paddle bitch.
[Max] I'm a bitch bitch.

I was wondering in the first place who would want someone's trophy for their own (I mean, it has someone else's name inscribed on it) until Hamish said he was going to have his dog bathe in it.  Ridiculous.  But I loved Hamish.  Really made me appreciate this show and the random people that Caroline and Max meet.

This episode felt like it took away a bit of the stomachache I got from watching the shows the preceded it last night.  Sure, it wasn't brilliant or really inventive or anything, but it made me laugh a hell of a lot more than anything else.  So happy this show is still on the air--I think it'll be really useful to provide me with a little bit of the comedy that's missing for me on Monday!

This Fall's Shows

What's New This Fall??

Now that most shows that I love will soon be coming back into broadcast, I'll finally come back to this blog.  Actually, I intended to keep posting through the summer, but I felt a little disappointed by a lot of shows, especially True Blood (worst season ever!).  Because those shows underwhelmed me, and I knew that there would be plenty of that going on in the fall, I decided to not bother writing about it.

I'm pretty much going to continue posting on all the same shows I did last time around, except Grimm, which has already started its second season (to my huge surprise).  I may drop some other shows that I recall being quite frustrated with by the time they had come to the season finale, but I'll give them a couple more episodes this season to see if they can turn things around (off the top of my head is How I Met Your Mother--it better step it up!).  The only show I anticipate starting this season is The Mindy Project.  It looks like it could be funny and cute.  I also may try The New Normal.  That already has a few episodes out, but I haven't gotten around to seeing any yet.  So we shall see.

Anyway, I'm most excited to see Once Upon A Time, and that there will be a second season to Suburgatory, a show I'm not so sure so many people liked as much as I did.  Another surprise was that 2 Broke Girls got another season--wow.  I mean, after seeing that Ringer (I never posted on it, but I had enjoyed watching it) got cancelled when I felt it had a lot of potential (and I wanted to see what happened next, damnit!!), it just amazes me what gets picked up again.

This fall I hope that my shows don't disappoint me as much as they did last year and hopefully I can find some new ones that are as good as Once Upon A Time was last year (which I will call my personal Fall 2011 MVP)!