Murray gets an offer from another station to be a producer. Lou doesn't want to lose him, so he makes him co-producer with Mary. Mary really resents what is going on but Lou won't relent. Murray is so indecisive that nothing gets done. It's a nightmare and the news is suffering. The highlight of the show, however, is when they get their wires crossed and the promo for Sue Ann's new restaurant review segment has film of a bunch of pigs eating at a trough. What are they going to do. Murray is a mess sometimes, but in reality, he should have taken the first job offer. Lou film-flams him.
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Lou shafts Murray and Mary
Rrrobert6 March 2020
Effective little drama that works well overall. Murray receives an offer from another station as news producer. Lou convinces him to stay by making him co-producer, without consulting Mary. Mary hates the idea but can't tell Murray that so goes along with it. An indecisive and overly cooperative Murray soon turns everything into a muddle.
The funniest part is the mixed-up film for Sue Ann's restaurant segment. It's a pretty obvious comedy bit, but it works. The worst part is the horrible scene where Ted (who has developed into a much nicer person in recent seasons) goes on an aggressive diatribe about 'chicks taking over the world'. It plays like a desperate move where the episode underrun so they tapped out an archetypal 'Ted acting crazy' scene. Trouble is this is the season 1-2 Ted not the Ted that he has recently developed into. Also it isn't funny.
While it is presented as a comedy gag that Lou plays both Murray and Mary to get them to come around to his idea on their own, in reality Lou has both done Murray out of a great job with the competitor, then sent Mary the message he's happy to move her back to assistant producer. The assistant producer bit was a trick to make Murray willingly give up the job, but in reality the person in Mary's position wouldn't forget that in a hurry.
The funniest part is the mixed-up film for Sue Ann's restaurant segment. It's a pretty obvious comedy bit, but it works. The worst part is the horrible scene where Ted (who has developed into a much nicer person in recent seasons) goes on an aggressive diatribe about 'chicks taking over the world'. It plays like a desperate move where the episode underrun so they tapped out an archetypal 'Ted acting crazy' scene. Trouble is this is the season 1-2 Ted not the Ted that he has recently developed into. Also it isn't funny.
While it is presented as a comedy gag that Lou plays both Murray and Mary to get them to come around to his idea on their own, in reality Lou has both done Murray out of a great job with the competitor, then sent Mary the message he's happy to move her back to assistant producer. The assistant producer bit was a trick to make Murray willingly give up the job, but in reality the person in Mary's position wouldn't forget that in a hurry.
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