Leah's threatening to quit over Cramblin and Duvet's not having paid its health insurance premiums sets Tim and Sam on an odyssey to collect from past clients who haven't paid them.
Sam and Tim's "innocent viciousness" was thankfully on display this week, but it wasn't enough to buoy "Dream Cruise." Like the first few episodes, this episode was too provincial for my tastes. Some of the scenes (Mike Eshaq mocking how Sam and Tim laugh, the "Cash for Copper"/"On the Books" scene, and the Lawyer Mom scene) were brilliant. Some of the other scenes (specifically the Dream Cruise and the doctor visit montages) were mostly annoying time filler. This episode felt like a series of bits stuck together lacking a core. I recognized several of the locations, and I had no idea Diana Lewis' daughter was no longer an anchor, but what was there for viewers who aren't familiar with the Detroit area? The scene where Sam and Tim get caught in Dream Cruise traffic put me in mind of the auto show in the Jay Leno movie, Collision Course. Since when does the Dream Cruise wind through residential neighborhoods? Or maybe that's just the Detroiter in me.
What's wrong with "Dream Cruise" can be symbolized by the scene on Lawyer Mom's porch, when she's talking about "pay to play" porn sites and diverges into cartoon character porn. It sounds like a rant someone might have improvised and then decided to stick in the episode. Hilarious, but how does it fit in with the rest of the show? That's the difference between a good sketch and a good TV show episode. Not the worst episode, but definitely a step back after the previous three episodes.
And scene.
Sam and Tim's "innocent viciousness" was thankfully on display this week, but it wasn't enough to buoy "Dream Cruise." Like the first few episodes, this episode was too provincial for my tastes. Some of the scenes (Mike Eshaq mocking how Sam and Tim laugh, the "Cash for Copper"/"On the Books" scene, and the Lawyer Mom scene) were brilliant. Some of the other scenes (specifically the Dream Cruise and the doctor visit montages) were mostly annoying time filler. This episode felt like a series of bits stuck together lacking a core. I recognized several of the locations, and I had no idea Diana Lewis' daughter was no longer an anchor, but what was there for viewers who aren't familiar with the Detroit area? The scene where Sam and Tim get caught in Dream Cruise traffic put me in mind of the auto show in the Jay Leno movie, Collision Course. Since when does the Dream Cruise wind through residential neighborhoods? Or maybe that's just the Detroiter in me.
What's wrong with "Dream Cruise" can be symbolized by the scene on Lawyer Mom's porch, when she's talking about "pay to play" porn sites and diverges into cartoon character porn. It sounds like a rant someone might have improvised and then decided to stick in the episode. Hilarious, but how does it fit in with the rest of the show? That's the difference between a good sketch and a good TV show episode. Not the worst episode, but definitely a step back after the previous three episodes.
And scene.
