Jet over to Obsessed With Film, where I've reviewed the premiere of the Showtime/BBC comedy EPISODES, brought to you by the manufacturers of unfillable luxury baths:
Episodes offers another Anglo-American comedy partnership, and we all know how well The Increasingly Poor Decisions Of Todd Margaret turned out. I suppose we should be flattered Americans want to cross-pollinate with UK talent, if only to scratch their Anglophilia, but the results rarely justify the effort. This seven-part Showtime/BBC comedy essentially retells the joke behind Extras, when Ricky Gervais's character found himself writing and starring in a low-rent, catchphrase-orientated sitcom he'd intended to be more highbrow and insightful, called "When The Whistle Blows". Continue reading...
