There was nothing good about this episode. I don't think I laughed once.
And...I realized why I was never a huge fan of this show.
I like it. It's fine. It definitely has some highs and memorable things.
But it is not an easy watch.
I remember saying that it struck way too close to home to be funny.
I lived certain parts of this, so I didn't find a lot of things funny. They were real to me, and I did not see the humor.
I also watched this when I was younger, before I was an adult, so I didn't know what adulthood was, so a lot of things I got and understood, but not from experience. Watching it now again, 20 or so years later, lot of stuff hits me differently.
A lot the same way.
However...if I have to choose between this and King of Queens, I'm going King of Queens.
This isn't an easy to watch show. And the main culprit is Debra.
There are so many things she does...and so many ways that she gets mad at Ray, that just bug me.
I don't find it funny...I find it annoying that Debra has an issue with xyz.
And this episodes really highlights that.
Handful of episodes this season, more than 1 and 2. I'm not sure if/how much worse it gets as the seasons roll on.
But this season...episode before she wants a job. No problem, but eh.
And a few things going back...but the Super Bowl episode was I think the one that really started my focusing on it.
I knew that I had issues with Debra, but in seasons 1 and 2, it hadn't come up that much, if at all.
But season 3, it really came in.
So...I tend to be able to watch almost all episodes of shows I like...unless they are completely bad...or the negatives outweigh the positives or neutrals.
I'll rewatch anything 6 and above, so I'm good with binging.
I have already done a handful of 5's and under through 3 seasons. There are episodes that even on reruns, I don't want to watch at all.
It took many many many episodes of It's Always Sunny, and Arrested Development before I got to any that I didn't rate at least a 6.
Some early Seinfeld episodes aren't that good. But they aren't good like ELR episodes aren't good.
They're more boring and unfunny. Certain ELR episodes...I ain't laughing, and I'm disliking the Debra character. I won't write off Debra completely. But when she's 'off', she's pretty unbearable. She is 'off' this episode.
And...I realized why I was never a huge fan of this show.
I like it. It's fine. It definitely has some highs and memorable things.
But it is not an easy watch.
I remember saying that it struck way too close to home to be funny.
I lived certain parts of this, so I didn't find a lot of things funny. They were real to me, and I did not see the humor.
I also watched this when I was younger, before I was an adult, so I didn't know what adulthood was, so a lot of things I got and understood, but not from experience. Watching it now again, 20 or so years later, lot of stuff hits me differently.
A lot the same way.
However...if I have to choose between this and King of Queens, I'm going King of Queens.
This isn't an easy to watch show. And the main culprit is Debra.
There are so many things she does...and so many ways that she gets mad at Ray, that just bug me.
I don't find it funny...I find it annoying that Debra has an issue with xyz.
And this episodes really highlights that.
Handful of episodes this season, more than 1 and 2. I'm not sure if/how much worse it gets as the seasons roll on.
But this season...episode before she wants a job. No problem, but eh.
And a few things going back...but the Super Bowl episode was I think the one that really started my focusing on it.
I knew that I had issues with Debra, but in seasons 1 and 2, it hadn't come up that much, if at all.
But season 3, it really came in.
So...I tend to be able to watch almost all episodes of shows I like...unless they are completely bad...or the negatives outweigh the positives or neutrals.
I'll rewatch anything 6 and above, so I'm good with binging.
I have already done a handful of 5's and under through 3 seasons. There are episodes that even on reruns, I don't want to watch at all.
It took many many many episodes of It's Always Sunny, and Arrested Development before I got to any that I didn't rate at least a 6.
Some early Seinfeld episodes aren't that good. But they aren't good like ELR episodes aren't good.
They're more boring and unfunny. Certain ELR episodes...I ain't laughing, and I'm disliking the Debra character. I won't write off Debra completely. But when she's 'off', she's pretty unbearable. She is 'off' this episode.
