Joey (TV Series) Joey and the ESL (2005) User Reviews

Joey and the ESL (#2.6)

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 16 October 2014]

Joey goes after a hot woman into a class room and turns out that it is an ESL class. Joey now feels like the smartest guy in class, but once the rest catches up he becomes worried and studies harder so he becomes unpopular as teacher's pet. Gina loses a client for Bobby after sleeping with him and tries to get Lockwood as her client.

Not a bad episode but a bit weak. Joey in an ESL class could be so much better, but the only really fun part of it was when he got an answer wrong while Boris knew it.

The whole thing with Gina looking for another client was a bit boring, only a few fun moments.

Joey learns english...sort of

[studioAT · 6/10 · 15 December 2017]

Joey wanders into an ESL class whilst following a pretty girl, and ends up loves being the smartest guy in the class. That's the main story in this strong episode, and is easily the funniest story.

I thought Drea De Matteo did well in her storyline too, that sees her trying to snag John Larroquette's character, Lockwood as a client for Bobbie.

With a larger supporting cast by this stage, it was harder for the writers to give everyone their moment, especially as Joey was usually in the main story on his own.

Drea De Matteo fairs best on this occasion (and rightly so), but it does mean that Andrea Anders, Paulo Costanzo (who regularly would lose out) and Miguel A. Núñez, Jr. find themselves with very little to do.

Another good episode though, of a show that seemed to have settled down into its new 're-tooled' format.