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Joey and the Nemesis (#1.6)

[ComedyFan2010 · 7/10 · 8 October 2014]

Gina takes care of Michael who is sick and both Joey and Michael are tired of it. So when it turns out that Gina has been dating a guy lately Michael is very excited and wants Gina to keep him. Only turns out that this guy is not very bright, Michael still insists on him being good but when he finds out the reason Gina is with him he tells her that she can do so much better.

It was great to see Bob Odenkirk in this episode. This was years before he got that part in Breaking Bad which made me love him as an actor and he is just as funny in here. The story is not too good though, Joey is a bit too dumb, I usually don't like him like that.

Good how they ended the Gina story. It was kind of getting sad how Michael wanted to get rid of her, good that he still told her that she can do better. Actually she isn't even old considering when she got him, so her reason was silly.

"I'm just Brian Michael David Scott, Joey"

[studioAT · 6/10 · 2 December 2017]

A pre 'Breaking Bad/Better off Saul' Bob Odenkirk guest stars in this episode that sees Joey being duped by a rival actor and Gina re-enter the dating world.

It's interesting to see the progression of the show as it went along, and by this stage Joey was now involved in both the stories being told, often when he didn't really need to be. No wonder when talking about the experience in interviews since Matt Le Blanc said it was like an elephant was sat on his head. Being in every scene of every episode must have been gruelling.

There was no real need for it either, other than the writers desperately trying to give the public what they wanted, because Drea De Matteo and Paulo Costanzo prove here (as they have in previous early episodes) that they are more than capable of carrying stories themselves. I really enjoyed their story line in this episode.

Sometimes you can have too much of a good thing, and Joey being in every scene was a good example of that.