Getting Katya Back Back-Fires

Archer, S04E05

Archer ran at the chance to hook up with Katya, who begged him to help her find Barry.  Archer pretended to want to rescue him and asked Krieger, Pam, and Cheryl to help him.  Although, Archer's plan was to fool Katya into thinking Barry was cheating on her to win her back, Katya was playing him for her own purpose.

I didn't like too much seeing Lana back with Cyrill, even if it was just for sex, but I liked that Archer seemed to be the only one around the office who didn't have a date.  He made a pathetic attempt to get Lana back, but forgot about her in a second when Katya called him.  It's like he was from low to lower.  He really has no shame.  I guess, though, it's not completely pathetic that he ran to Katya because he does generally love her.  Not enough to bring back Barry just for her sake.  Luckily, with all of his scheming and creating that fake tape of Barry's confession to cheating, Katya was just using him to get Barry back from the beginning.  That was pretty smart because I don't know how Barry would have made it back the way he kept killing the scientist who were trying to help him.  I just wonder if Katya is going to help out Archer and keep Barry from murdering him the second he lands on Earth.

It was kind of disturbing the way everyone was reading these like octopus/sea-life porn throughout the episode.  Not only that, but Ray and Cyrill woke up from being knocked up and found themselves naked and with an octopus.  Since Pam was also in that bathroom with a camera, I can only assume she violated them somehow with that thing while they were out and filmed it.  Man, they are into some gross stuff at ISIS.  I wouldn't dare go into a bathroom around there.

I liked this episode, mainly because Archer was acting so desperate at the slim chance of getting back with Katya.   Also, I liked that Barry managed to get off the space station and is heading for Archer's location.  It ups the excitement in this show because it's well-known that Barry is crazy as hell and murderously hates Archer.  I don't know how Archer will manage to stay alive.  His only hope might be that Katya seems to have taken Barry's place as the head of the KGB.  I'm eager to see what she'll do while in power and what Barry's reaction will be to her taking his place.

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.