Two more great episodes of tv tonight- 10-8 on ABC and Arrested Development on FOX (it's a shame this show is only a half hour long.) On 10-8, Barnes has a dizzy spell (a head rush, I think he called it) after running to catch a criminal they were chasing. He gets put on a desk job until the tests come back, to make sure he's in good shape physically. Rico gets a new T.O. (training officer) who just so happens to be the new arrival at the station, a semi-verteran from Hollywood...and the same woman he was hitting on in the gym.
He has to ride in a car with her...getting to know her a little more each day. He, of course, starts liking her a lot, and they kiss- which could cause problems, or even worse- cost them their jobs.
Christina Vidal was, as always, an angel...and the guy who plays her partner is pretty funny. Danny Nucci, who plays Rico, is just amazingly charismatic- I won't even attempt to deny that much, all of them together- the characters- they're what make this show really great. That's something that's unusal in my eyes for a cop show...most of these shows aren't riding on the back's of the characters like 10-8. I like that this show does that. I like it a lot.
On Arrested Development- like last week, the funniest scenes are between the oh-so-cute Alia Shawkat, who plays Maeby and her cousin, George Michael Jr. (I laugh everytime I hear someone say his name.) The actor who plays George Jr. (son of Jason Bateman's character) is great- he plays the lines so well. He's constantly having to worry about his hot cousin who kissed him, and now she's living in the same room, and they show a scene where she has to get on his lap in the car to make room- he's always got this look in his eyes- like a deer in a car's headlights. Scared to death that his father is going to push his cousin on him more than he already does.
Maeby starts to work with George at the frozen banana stand...but, she's lazy, so that leads to her taking money from the cash register. George is so scared his dad will catch him screwing up, that he tells her that the bananas have to match the cash at the end of the week...so, what does she do to get money to play skeeball? She throws a banana away for each dollar she takes- later figuring out that they buy the banana then sell it- so they're actually losing 2 bucks for each banana thrown away. This all leads to George Bluth Sr (Bateman's father- played by Jeffrey Tambor) to take control (from prison!) of the stand, sending a just-released 'T-Bone' (a huge black guy he met in prison, and he kept telling his son that T-Bone was a "flamer") to work with the kids at the stand.
Maeby tells T-Bone how they throw a banana away for each dollar they take, and he tries to tell her they need to rethink their math. Maeby tells George Jr.- 'it's okay, he's an arsonist, not an embezzeler.'
David Cross plays the husband of Bateman's sister- who is played by (the oh-so-fine) Portia de Rossi. I forget what was said last week- but he used to be a doctor I think? Now, he has decided to become an actor, walking around the boardwalk, he picks up a magazine called "actor pull" and finds a section listing "parts." We see the FULL cover of the magazine, and it reads "tractor pull." He spends most of the episode in the shower, crying loudly about losing the commercial gig he auditioned for-- to his wife. Cross is usually very funny, and he's definitely funny here- tho he's not given tons to work with. His overdoing it in the audition wasn't very funny, but it worked well enough.
Nice episode overall, and next week- the older brother, whom I have never even mentioned, named Job is angry that the pet store won't refund him for his dead (and now frozen) dove he bought to use in his magic tricks (he's a magician.)
Confused yet? So am I. Watch the show, and you won't be. It airs on Fox at 8:30 CT. Sunday nights.
Posted by Josh at November 9, 2003 09:34 PM | TrackBack