CaptainWacky
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I will be using this list to watch the episodes in their INTENDED ORDER rather than the almost random order ABC originally aired them in: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1819509/faq
Pilot - The first thing we see of Chloe (Krysten Ritter) is her having sex with June's fiance on her birthday cake. June (Dreama Walker) in voiceover tells us it's the best thing that ever happened to her. It's a good introduction to both! We then flashback to see June lose her job (also introducing Eric Andre as Mark) and the events which lead to her moving in with Chloe (he we find out has James Van Der Beek as her straight gay best friend and yes he's playing himself!) June is warned not to trust the bitch in apartment 23 (the name of the show!) by Robin (Liza Lapira) and sure enough the next day Chloe is encouraging pervy neighbour Eli (Michael Blaiklock) to masturbate over June in an attempt to drive her out so Chloe can keep her rent money. But June is tougher than Chloe thinks and than a bunch more stuff happens! I mean, really, a lot of stuff. It's a lot of plot for a twenty minute pilot, but it's funny all the way through.
Krysten Ritter is great right away as Chloe, getting several laughs (from me) just with her facial expressions. Dreama Walker is adorable as June. James Van Der Beek is a great man and a comedy natural. The other characters don't make much of an impression (I mean Eli gets literally two lines) but I don't feel that's a problem yet. I think it's a pretty good pilot. On the downside, as I said, a lot happens and I guess someone who isn't into this kind of wacky humour (it's not a Friends style sitcom) might find it hard to care about it all. While Chloe is a good character she doesn't quite live up to the billing of being "the bitch in apartment 23" as she only spends a couple of minutes being mean and by the end her and June are already friends. But I liked it!
"Dawson is the moon!"
Daddy's Girl - Okay, first the most important thing: JVDB's tailor and confidant Luther (Ray Ford) makes his first apperance! I like him RIGHT AWAY. But anyway the main plot is Choe trying to set June up with a guy, the twist being that it's actually Chloe's dad. That's so Chloe! The moment where she just casually says "goodnight dad" is very funny. Chloe's mum shows up in a wheelchair too! We get to know the characters better after the pilot being slightly rushed. Chloe is nuts but in a kind of well meaning way and June is optimistic but not naive and they work well together! Eli gets a kind of funny scene, Robin...is just there. Not being funny. The running joke about Mark's weird girlfriend is introduced and it does a lot to add character to him. There's a subplot where JVDB wants to be taken seriously as an actor. The plot with Chloe's dad doesn't really have an ending. Chloe just pushes him in front of a car. Which is funny because of how abrupt it is but a bit unsatisfying as the actual end of the plot. Still, it has a lot of funny lines (mainly in the Dawson plot) and is a decent episode.
"You're everywhere and nowhere, Dawson!"
Mean Girls - To show how badly ABC fucked up this show, this episode was aired as episode ten OF SEASON TWO. It's supposed to be the third episode of season one! That's crazy! It really feels like a third episode of season one as it starts with June talking about how she's only recently moved to New York and she's still trying to get to know Chloe. But Chloe doesn't want to be friends because she has a wacky lifestyle to live and June doesn't fit in there. Chloe feels more harsh than in the previous two episodes. And more of a drunk. June make friends with some girls from her pilates class instead and Chloe doesn't like them. Chloe interacting with these girls is the best part of the episode. Then, in typical fashion, things get weird and June thinks Chloe's murdered one of the girls. Chloe finds out and tries to trick June into thinking she really did it, but June TURNS THE TABLES by pretending she's cool with murder, all to get Chloe to admit they're friends. It's nice stuff. They should have shown this as the third episode of season one!
The JVDB subplot isn't as good as previous weeks though, but he still leaves a little girl to be beaten up on a train. Which is funny!
Eli's actualy working pretty well as a characater at this point but Robin's still bad.
I should have mentioned before that I enjoy June's parents (they appear by web cam.) Her dad is going to send her a rape whistle but warns her not to get raped next to a marching band. It's a good rape joke and I don't usually like rape jokes!
Pilot - The first thing we see of Chloe (Krysten Ritter) is her having sex with June's fiance on her birthday cake. June (Dreama Walker) in voiceover tells us it's the best thing that ever happened to her. It's a good introduction to both! We then flashback to see June lose her job (also introducing Eric Andre as Mark) and the events which lead to her moving in with Chloe (he we find out has James Van Der Beek as her straight gay best friend and yes he's playing himself!) June is warned not to trust the bitch in apartment 23 (the name of the show!) by Robin (Liza Lapira) and sure enough the next day Chloe is encouraging pervy neighbour Eli (Michael Blaiklock) to masturbate over June in an attempt to drive her out so Chloe can keep her rent money. But June is tougher than Chloe thinks and than a bunch more stuff happens! I mean, really, a lot of stuff. It's a lot of plot for a twenty minute pilot, but it's funny all the way through.
Krysten Ritter is great right away as Chloe, getting several laughs (from me) just with her facial expressions. Dreama Walker is adorable as June. James Van Der Beek is a great man and a comedy natural. The other characters don't make much of an impression (I mean Eli gets literally two lines) but I don't feel that's a problem yet. I think it's a pretty good pilot. On the downside, as I said, a lot happens and I guess someone who isn't into this kind of wacky humour (it's not a Friends style sitcom) might find it hard to care about it all. While Chloe is a good character she doesn't quite live up to the billing of being "the bitch in apartment 23" as she only spends a couple of minutes being mean and by the end her and June are already friends. But I liked it!
"Dawson is the moon!"
Daddy's Girl - Okay, first the most important thing: JVDB's tailor and confidant Luther (Ray Ford) makes his first apperance! I like him RIGHT AWAY. But anyway the main plot is Choe trying to set June up with a guy, the twist being that it's actually Chloe's dad. That's so Chloe! The moment where she just casually says "goodnight dad" is very funny. Chloe's mum shows up in a wheelchair too! We get to know the characters better after the pilot being slightly rushed. Chloe is nuts but in a kind of well meaning way and June is optimistic but not naive and they work well together! Eli gets a kind of funny scene, Robin...is just there. Not being funny. The running joke about Mark's weird girlfriend is introduced and it does a lot to add character to him. There's a subplot where JVDB wants to be taken seriously as an actor. The plot with Chloe's dad doesn't really have an ending. Chloe just pushes him in front of a car. Which is funny because of how abrupt it is but a bit unsatisfying as the actual end of the plot. Still, it has a lot of funny lines (mainly in the Dawson plot) and is a decent episode.
"You're everywhere and nowhere, Dawson!"
Mean Girls - To show how badly ABC fucked up this show, this episode was aired as episode ten OF SEASON TWO. It's supposed to be the third episode of season one! That's crazy! It really feels like a third episode of season one as it starts with June talking about how she's only recently moved to New York and she's still trying to get to know Chloe. But Chloe doesn't want to be friends because she has a wacky lifestyle to live and June doesn't fit in there. Chloe feels more harsh than in the previous two episodes. And more of a drunk. June make friends with some girls from her pilates class instead and Chloe doesn't like them. Chloe interacting with these girls is the best part of the episode. Then, in typical fashion, things get weird and June thinks Chloe's murdered one of the girls. Chloe finds out and tries to trick June into thinking she really did it, but June TURNS THE TABLES by pretending she's cool with murder, all to get Chloe to admit they're friends. It's nice stuff. They should have shown this as the third episode of season one!
The JVDB subplot isn't as good as previous weeks though, but he still leaves a little girl to be beaten up on a train. Which is funny!
Eli's actualy working pretty well as a characater at this point but Robin's still bad.
I should have mentioned before that I enjoy June's parents (they appear by web cam.) Her dad is going to send her a rape whistle but warns her not to get raped next to a marching band. It's a good rape joke and I don't usually like rape jokes!