Cougar Town has been off the air for quite a while now (*)
and, with the exclusion of the opening gag about how it feels like they’ve been
gone for so long, things seem to be just how we left them. Jules is still
neurotic about, well, everything. Grayson’s still going to get annoyed by the
others doing things like changing the meaning of “junk in the trunk." Bobby and
Andy are still going to solve problems as little kids would, like literally
running away from a problem. And Tom is still going to be lurking in the
window, desperately looking to be accepted into the gang.
(*) I’m most concerned
about what Abed has been doing to fill his time with both Community on lockdown
and his beloved Cougar Town left off the fall schedule. Maybe he’s started an
internet campaign to bring back Cougarton Abbey?
So it looks like we’re going to be getting more of the same
of what we love. Travis asks Jules: “Are you alcoholics? Are you all in AA?”
And Jules, in the most Cougar Towny way,
declares: “that’s two different questions.” I’m guessing we’ll be getting a lot
of new stories revolving around Jules and Grayson being newlyweds like how the first week sets a
precedent for the rest of marriage. It also appears that we may be headed to
Travis and Laurie actually embarking into a relationship instead of the hinting
and flirtatious stuff they did for the last three seasons.
I know last season had a good amount of Bobby stories with
him “growing up” a little bit and having a relationship with Travis’ art
teacher Angie but I’d like to see him take a few more steps towards living a
more fulfilling life. Don’t get me wrong, I still want him to be pretty
oblivious to normal human behavior and be a goofy kid trapped in a grown man’s
body; but am I the only one who gets sad when he says things like “look what
happened when I didn’t try to change for Jules, I ended up living by myself on
a boat in a parking lot?”
All in all it’s great having the show with a terrible title
back on the airwaves, and, as the title card for this episode pointed out, we
have TBS to thank for saving the show.
Other favorite moments:
- “I once hooked up with a guy because he was named Marvin Gardens.” – Laurie explaining her love of Monopoly.
- “I’m only taking this torch because I love mime.” – Grayson taking the metaphorical torch of keeping Jules happy for the group’s sake from Ellie.
- “Most of my feelings about fatherhood come from The Road by Cormac McCarthy.” – Travis on the bleakness he perceives advice from Bobby to be.
- The song playing at the end of the episode was “Crystal Fighter” by Champion Sound.
What did everyone else
think? Comments are always welcome.
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