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Mad Love (2011)
No
This is a watered-down version of HIMYM except the water is made of lame. Come on, I know exactly what type of episode it will be AND know what overused ending they'll go with just from the titles. I wanted to like this show. Judy Greer usually picks good projects. If she's being paid a large amount to be in this then she needs to tell us or we'll never forgive her. Sometimes the pauses for the laugh track are longer than the laughs. I don't know why they'd edit it like that but they do and the whole cast ends up holding their facial expressions for too long, and the American Pie guy can only do one expression: bewildered. It's the one he uses when Eugene Levy catches him impregnating a pie. I don't need to be reminded of Eugene Levy. This was going to be rated a 3 but while re-reading this, I'm now going 2.
How I Met Your Mother (2005)
Shark jumped
It pains me to say this, but HIMYM is no longer good. It jumped the shark season 5, episode 11 with Last Cigarette Ever. There was minor dolphin vaulting earlier on, but this is the waterskis/jaws jump. S05e11 episode proved that the show is going on longer than expected. The first season is great. The premise is excellent and the 'everything happens for a reason' theme can't help but make you feel warm and fuzzy. Then something awful happened. Viewers started liking Barney more than Ted. Jason Segel became a hit with Forgetting Sarah Marshall (even though Slackers should have done that for him) and Alyson Hannigan won a People's Choice Award. This should all be seen as good news for a great show, but it isn't. The writers decided to feature these characters more and more. The show is no longer about how i met your mother, but about how many chicks Barney banged, how strong Marshall and Lily's love is, and oh ya, Ted sometimes. The majority of episodes now are filler. There SHOULD be nothing wrong with that, it adds character development, but obvious filler is embarrassing. Trying to extend something beyond it's life is pathetic. This show is like a twenty year old dog on a respirator. Either get on with the story or put it to sleep.
Trauma (2009)
Warning: Rabbit Crossing
This show is the most extreme drama out there. From the first episode to the last, Trauma is consistent in its extremeness. You want proof? First off, you got the Doctor guy who breaks all the rules and wears red scrubs. But wait! He's not only a doctor, he's a command center operator and dispatcher as well. BOOM! Next you've got a self-deprecating girl EMT who has sex to dull the pain of being an EMT slash unlicensed doctor. CRAZY! And finally, there's Rabbit: the single best character ever created for television. With his predictable lines and dark past, Rabbit can't seem to shake his memories of the first episode. He breaks all the rules and can't stop being exactly what he was born to be: Rabbit! This show is exactly what you'd think a network show would be. It's Grey's meets BMXing or something else extreme. I hope this series last forever! I need to know if Rabbit will ever stop waking up suddenly in his sleep!!