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.

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.

Cupcake Cinderellas

2 Broke Girls, S01E23-24

The girls were excited about a meeting with a famous party business owner who had initially agreed to look at their cupcakes, but was only giving them the runaround because he didn't want anything to do with the bad publicity associated with Caroline's father.  After this and some hate mail Caroline got, she got depressed and lost her fighting spirit.  It returned with both Max bringing back Chestnut and Max trying to save face with her old fling Johnny by bragging she would be doing business with Martha Stewart soon.  Caroline suggested that they really go meet Martha Stewart at a gala that Caroline frequented in her wealthier days.  With help from their friends, Max and Caroline were able to dress the part and make it there in time.  They were denied access at the door, but they managed to sneak in as servers and change back into their fancy garb in the bathroom.  While Caroline was finishing changing back, they stumbled into Martha and got her to taste their cupcake.

I would have thought that Caroline would be used to her name giving her trouble while her father was still being punished for his possible crimes.  At this point in the game, her getting depressed about hate mail and blocks to their cupcake success should have been just another day for them.  When Max brought Chestnut back to cheer her up, I almost wished that the horse had trampled all over her.  I would have just left her alone with her woe-as-me attitude.  Maybe Max hasn't gotten such hateful letters before, but she's definitely gone through enough hardships that Caroline's worries should look like a trip to the ice cream shop in comparison.

What did get things interesting was when Johnny showed up at the dinner.  I loved how Earl was treating him like a piece of trash.  It was so funny!  However, I wished that Max had just played it cool and not boasted about her own success to compete with all the good things happening in Johnny's life.  But I can't blame her.  He had success and an engagement to announce.  I think the best thing he could have done to make amends with Max was to not show up in her life at all.  All it did was make her feel ashamed about how far she had come with her own goals.  However, if he hadn't come along to talk about how great he was doing Caroline might not have had the idea for them to speak to Martha Stewart.

I knew from the moment that Caroline said she didn't have anything to wear to the gala back at their apartment that Sophie would be the one to provide them with clothes.  The montage where they were trying on clothes wasn't that great (except the moment where Max and Sophie were playing with each others' boobs), but the dress that Max picked in the end was really beautiful on her.  She really has a chest to die for.  If I could look that great in a dress like that, I would totally wear it.  I'm always excited to see Max outside of her ugly, mustard-colored uniform, but this time she really looked fabulous (Caroline was all right).

Earl was so sweet when he brought them corsages.  It was like they were going to the prom or something and he was a proud father.  That added to the element that the night was going to be magical, not unlike Cinderella going to her first ball (it would be Max's first gala).

I don't know about them getting to the event on a horse, though.  Wouldn't it be hard to go fast on it in the streets of New York?  There's no one they didn't encounter traffic.  But I liked how they were able to charm the policemen into holding Chestnut for them and not arresting them for riding a horse on a bridge illegally.  Plus, it would have been just too much if after all of that they ended up in jail.  It would have been more realistic, but not very entertaining for the sake of this show.

Since they were later spending so much time in the bathroom, I had a feeling that was where they would meet Martha.  I liked that Caroline was bad-mouthing her a bit before she realized she was there.  She also had a lot of balls to say such things to her and then offer her the smooshed cupcake right there in the bathroom.  This once again confirms that Caroline is the muscle in their business--she gets shit done.  They got Martha's approval and got her to take their business card.  That was more than I thought they might accomplish.

I think this was an acceptable season finale.  It wasn't ground-breaking, but this isn't what this show is about anyway.  Will the girls finally get some legitimate business now that Martha has their business card?  Who knows if we'll ever find out, considering it's not a guarantee that this show will be picked up next season.  Whether it does or not, I will say that I've enjoyed what I've seen so far, even with all the distasteful jokes and superficial plot developments.  I want to see what else is in store for Max, so I'll try to keep positive about the future of this show.

A Heart Attack Is A Good Valentine's Day Story

2 Broke Girls, S01E16

This Valentine's Day episode was less about romantic love and more about fatherly love.  Our favorite cashier, Earl, comes down with a heart attack as he is about to get off work.  He treats the condition with little anxiety, remarking that he started feeling the pain when Sophie came in her revealing dress.  Now that is not much of a shocker because her melons were quite on display when she came into the restaurant, sporting a purple parasol.  Wow.  I also like what Sophie says to Earl before he has his attack:

I wish we had black people in Poland when I was growing up.

Caroline and Max rush Earl to the hospital with Sophie's town car.  The ER is full of people, and the guy at the front desk is anything but sympathetic to Max's sense of urgency.  Her threats to this unhelpful man are hilarious.  They tell him that Earl is actually Morgan Freeman, and that Max is his daughter.  The guy finds it hard to believe and even less when she says that Earl is the "love of her life."  Max wonderfully explains that both of these things are true because they're from the South.  Being a Southern girl myself, I can appreciate that kind of joke.  My favorite threat that Max uses on the front desk guy is that she would "cut [him] so deep that [he'd] have a vagina."  Her thug side really came out when Earl was in trouble.  I loved it.  I don't have to necessarily understand how their relationship came about, but you really see Max's deep love of him.

Caroline is able to get Earl a private room after asking for the help of her ex, Dr. David, who works at the hospital and practically owns it.  I was surprised that after he complained about his Dartmouth shirt Caroline never returned that he pretty easily agreed to help Max and Caroline out.  I wasn't really sure why, but Caroline took it as a sign that the two might get back together.  It was here that I thought we would see that random hook-up for the sake of it being Valentine's Day.  No such luck.  He rejected her because he didn't want anything to do with her family now that Caroline's father was in prison.  Wow.  What an asshole.  I guess we were a little deceived by him helping Earl to think that he was a decent guy.  Well, Caroline is better off.

It was funny when Han comes to visit Earl at the hospital.  He was still wearing his Cupid wings from the restaurant and Earl mistook him for an angel.  One of his concerns about going to Heaven was that there would be no jazz music.  Ha.

I also found myself unable to hold back a giggle when Sophie and Oleg talk in the restaurant.  He wants her to come clean his apartment and she responds:

Oh, you cannot get me to come.

Oh, I can get you to come.

No, I can longer come anymore.

It goes on like that for longer than I thought it would and the sexual implications are funny since it's Sophie, who is almost dead serious, and Oleg, whose brain never leaves the gutter if he can help it.

Caroline's father surprises both girls with some flowers at the end of the episode.  Aww.  I like that Max turns the sentimental moment into something sexual to distract us from her real feelings.  But that's something that I like about her character.  As far as romance goes, Max did apologize to the front desk guy at the end and give him some Valentine's candy.  He then asked her out, and Max only hesitated a second to get his number.  Hey, I think they have something special.  If anyone can sit there and take Max's most thug-like threats and not wet himself, he's probably a good match for her.

This episode was a good blend of funny, but also a bit heartwarming.  They should have more stories like this one.  This might be one of my favorite Valentine's episodes I've seen within the past week.