Lotta Hype, Not Laughs

Happy Endings, S03E03

Max started a new job as a hype guy for bar mitzvahs, and Penny suggested that Brad join him after she had gotten good reviews from their combined performance.  Jane tried to help rekindle the love life between Dave and Alex, which was getting way too comfortable and boring.  Penny got a lot of attention from the young boys at the bar mitzvah parties.

Somehow with Jane getting involved in Dave and Alex's kind of gross couple life, Alex and Dave weren't so annoying to watch.  I didn't want to see them find their love again, but I liked that their story ended with them all getting detained by airport security.  Alex was a moron to go to the airport with a fake ticket (although I don't know why she had be tied up just because she was trying to honor a ticket at an airline that didn't exist), but at least it helped Dave get tackled and Jane get tased and pepper sprayed.  It wasn't that funny, but I just liked it wasn't that boring.  There was, however, one funny line in this story when Dave commented that he should have called before interrupting Jane and Brad's role playing:

[Penny] I did call ahead and apparently it did not make a difference.

I love how Jane and Brad are so comfortable with their sex life.  And it's not really disturbing or gross.  It's just sort of cute how they mesh well with each other and you never have to ask why they are together.  Although I have issue with this show nowadays, the two of them might be one of my favorite TV couples of all time.

What I really liked about this episode was of course the story about Max and Brad.  They are my favorite duo for any story on this show and are usually the best combination out of the whole group.  This time they were in a group that had a name that was a pun of Boys II Men.  In general, I liked Max having yet another unconvential job that none of their friends had ever heard of before and Brad and Max having a fight, but the best thing was the very end where they showed a music video.  They should have just extended it and made it the bulk of the episode.

I really loved how they kept saying that some of the steps were secrets.  And then after they actually went back to naming real steps, they went on again to say like a series of the steps were secrets again!  It sounded like Max had written that song and was just too damn lazy to think of 50 actual steps.  So good. 

Penny was totally being kinda creepy hitting on those young boys.  It wasn't surprising that at the end they weren't interested in seeing her boobs, but wanted to go to the mall.  She never disappoints in the area of being pathetically unattractive to the right kind of guys.

This episode was okay.  I felt like I could have been more excited about the stories if they all had a little bit more (except Penny's because I don't want to see little boys flirting with her).  I wouldn't mind if they did another Boys II Menorah story in the future, but since it involves Max I couldn't see him sticking to one occupation forever.  I do like the idea of Brad joining him more often on his random ventures now that he's unemployed.  I'm looking forward to seeing what crazy thing Brad and Max can get into in another episode.

Max's New Family

2 Broke Girls, S01E17

You know, after this episode I noticed that this show warms my heart for real sometimes.  It's very unexpected because the tempo of this show is more light and edgy, rather than anything deep that might  evoke your emotions.  There's something about good things happening to Max that make me smile and feel good to see them.

This time Caroline was being crazy about not getting sick.  At first, I thought she needed to just chill out, but with Han sneezing in people's faces, I'd get a little psycho too.  What the hell??  He needs one of those cold masks they wear in Japan in the winter.  Something.  Cuz that is just nasty!  He makes up for it a little bit by paying for Caroline to visit a pharmacy that also has a doctor working there.

Before they get there, Sophie comes in the diner and has another sexy chat with Earl.  I am loving this pattern of their banter.  Why don't they just get together?  It doesn't seem like they would when Sophie claims that she is meeting a guy there she was introduced online.  The clearly men-loving man that shows up is far from my expectations of who she would date.  Everyone else can tell, so I figure that Sophie must know herself that the man is gay.  She's not an idiot or either she might actually fall for Oleg.

Oleg takes another whack at winning over Sophie with his velour suit and numerous penis remarks.  Sometimes he wants to make me gag, but at least he's not too bad on the eyes.  He's not a hottie, but he's not a troll either.  In fact, if he didn't refer so much to sex, he might be all right.  Maybe.  Anyway, Sophie rejects him again, and Oleg gets annoyed that a gay man has a better chance with her than he does.  That's gotta sting.

Caroline talks about her "adopted" Jewish family she thought she had been close with.  This is because the pharmacy they were sent to ended up being in the Orthodox Jewish district.  I really wish Caroline would shut up!  She goes beyond offensive with her overly eager attempt to show that she knows the Jewish community with her random Hebrew phrases and stereotypical mannerisms.  The lady at the counter was much nicer to them than she needed to be.  She was particularly fond of Max, who she thought looked just like her.  Even though Caroline was being offensive, they land a cupcake gig for the lady's son's bar mitzvah.

When making the cupcakes that have to be kosher, Max decides to ignore this and make 40 cupcakes the non-kosher way.  However, Caroline convinces her to do it right.  Somehow I wish that she didn't listen to her because Caroline is so annoying when she wants someone to do something.  The best thing about this scene was Sophie coming with her new boyfriend and admitting she knew he was gay, and it just want she wanted.  Great.  I knew she wasn't a dummy!  But I was worried about her giving a man she met not too long ago the keys to her apartment while she wasn't there.  I thought that would prove to be a problem, but it didn't.  Good for her.  I wouldn't trust that guy for at least a few months.  You never know what con some guy on the internet is trying to pull on you.

To blend in at the event, Caroline gets them appropriate attire, which includes over-sized cardigans.  They looked like homeless old ladies.  You know that something has to go wrong, but I didn't expect it to be that the boys there would start talking to Max and Caroline like they were gangsta rappers.  What in the world??  It was completely hilarious.  Not only did they keep propositioning the two for sex, but they were so completely opposite of the quiet and obedient personalities they presented to the rest of the family.  I don't blame them for wanting to act out with the strict life they probably have, but that was too much.  Too much in a great way.

The best part was when the mother and grandmother dote upon Max when she breaks out in a fever.  Max has never experienced such tender, motherly care.  And the older ladies just love her.  I just loved it.  She deserved to have someone take care of her like that.  However, it didn't last long after Max had to confess that four of the cupcakes were not kosher.  So not only did her the little love fest end, they didn't get paid for the cupcakes.  The latter was less disappointing than Max losing favor with her new mother and "Bubbie."   But the mother did let her keep the cold compress.  Aww...  I felt bad for Max.  She screwed up but it wasn't the end of the world.  I wish she could have really bonded with them and gotten more of the motherly love she had been missing on.  Earl is already her substitute dad.

The girls made no money this episode, but Max made a sweet connection.  I like episodes that focus on her opening up her heart a little more, as long as they don't involve Caroline.  Caroline is a good person at heart, but she tries too hard.  I'd like to see more of Max growing in this way next week.