This is a CBS All Access show. If you haven't seen it, or even heard of it by now, let me tell you, you've missed out. There are 11 episodes to the season and it just wrapped 17 October. Last week, CBS gave the go ahead to Marc Cherry and his crew for season two.
Season one followed three women in different decades all connected by one house. As a writer myself, I find it easier to predict what's going to happen, this show not only kept me guessing but it kept me laughing week after week as we followed Beth Ann and Rob, Simone and Karl, and Taylor and Eli. Beth Ann, played by the lovely Gennifer Goodwin, and Rob (Sam Jaeger) are introduced first and it seems like they are the perfect 1950s couple, except that it's the early 60s. Beth Ann is a doting wife and Rob is a career driven executive at the 1960s equivalent of a tech company. However, when Beth Ann meets Shelia (Alicia Coppola) and Leo (Adam Ferrara) Mosconi, it's clear that there is a deeper story to Beth Ann and Rob when Leo realizes where he's seen Rob before. As the story progresses and Beth Ann's friendship with Shelia grows, the story takes an unexpected turn, and then another. It wraps up nicely in the final episode when a 1974 Beth Ann hands the keys over to a 1974 Simone. Simone, played by the wonderful Lucy Liu, and her husband Karl (Jack Davenport) have the finer things in life. Friends, a country club membership, a popular art gallery which Karl runs and Simone doesn't step foot in unless necessary, and Simone hosts extravagant parties that are the envy of their circle of friends. She seems like she has everything. What can make a woman more crazy than finding out her husband is cheating on her? That he's cheating on her with her hairdresser who happens to be the best in L.A.! Everything goes downhill from there for Simone and Karl. Her best friend turns against her (you'll have to watch the show to learn why) and in the end everything works out for Simone too as we see the 2019 version handing over the keys to Taylor and Eli. Taylor Harding, played by Kirby Howell-Baptiste (I had to look her up!), is a no-nonsense kind of lady. She's a lawyer married to Eli Cohen (Reid Scott), a screenwriter who sold one screenplay and is struggling to follow it up with a sophomore hit. They have an open marriage which as an audience we see right away that while it is beneficial to Taylor, Eli is not okay with the situation and it causes strife especially when Taylor brings her hook up home, which goes against the ground rules. Of course... this is where it all falls apart. You will definitely have to watch the show to see how this plays out. If you don't know what "Thruple" means I highly recommend looking it up. The way these stories were woven together each week was impressive. It was almost like they were written like little webisodes. I would love to get my hands on the shooting script for the final episode. It was a masterpiece of cinematography, directing, writing, and editing. I was very impressed. It was unique. and now that it's been done... I can't say enough about this series. It's hysterical, touching, frightening, and surprising! Remember, you can only catch it on CBS All Access.
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Fathom Events had some good trivia leading up to the flick so go see it on the 17th if you like that kind of thing. If not, you'll have to catch the film at the Reboot Roadshow. If you miss it then... who knows when it will actually make it into the theatre! I was concerned that I was going to be the only lady in the joint but... as it got closer to go time, I was relieved to discover more trickling in.
And here we go... ***(may contain mild spoilers)*** In true Kevin Smith style, J&SBR makes fun of franchises while saying "I love you" in its own twisted way. He even pokes fun at himself and the fact that he has been mistaken for Kevin James. With a star-studded cast (one of them you'll miss unless you look close at the Chronic Con scene Super Friends, and that's all I'll say about that) and sorry folks, Mark Hamill does not teturn as Cocknocker, Reboot lives up to the promise that it is the same movie, yet different. Jay's character grows (more than weed) and Silent Bob finally... well, you'll have to see it. Reboot is as funny as it should be coming from the mind of Levin Smith. Don't be mad at him for Yoga Hosers... he has redeemed himself with this new offering. Go see it at a Fathom Event or the Jay & Silent Bob Reboot Roadshow. You'll laugh so hard, you'll cry. |
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