Be Excellent To Each Other

Eyeball Eric has become my favourite.

best alien since aliens.

Unstable is a lighthearted comedy with some nice funny bits but also a lot of plodding bits, almost it's boring in places. It's close to being zingy and zany at times but some of the actors don't have quite the comedic timing to pull it off so the whole thing just falls short. Rob Lowe as the leading man just isn't all that funny and his hair is just too overstyled and thick for a man of that age (says me, as a baldy since my thirties). It also reeks a bit of vanity project as it's another real life father-and-son set up. Fred Armisen is good though.

Having worked in or around science labs for some time, a lo of what is going on in the lab scenes is really annoying to me (eating in the lab, genuine equipment being used as a prop for a completely different purpose, poor pipette handling techniques, and of course an overall That's Just Not How Science Works). I do appreciate that expecting accuracy in a comedy drama is foolish but still, GNNNNNNNK, it grates on me.

[ Mrs. Blucey and I always like having an easy-to-watch US comedy show on the go. This is okay. You're quite right in terms of your criticisms but it's watchable enough.

This is okay. You're quite right in terms of your criticisms but it's watchable enough. Not sure I've actually laughed yet.

Slow though

My main issue with US sitcoms is that they always seem to lean on having two characters that fancy each other but never actually say it. Until they do. And then it goes wrong.

Dude have you even seen Alien?

Rock Song Of The Week is kind of weird, I admit, even if I like the songs.

I am very much enjoying The Paper. In the same way the US Office was a different beast from the UK office, this is a different beast from the US Office.

A lower laugh rate than the office, but still plenty of laughs, and a real warmth and heart. Characters still bedding themselves in, but promising so far.

Surprised me a bit - when Tim Key appeared in the first I thought wow, that's misplaced casting. But they're using him little enough, and the whole works (I've watched the first three).