Watching Studio60

Five questions that popped into my head while re-viewing “K&R Part II”:

1. Did they get tired of coming up with “we’re in the past now” costuming? I guess since the flashbacks weren’t that long ago, they didn’t need to do that much — just put a cap on Matt’s head and take off Andy’s glasses, and it’s 2001! Still, since Andy was playing fundamentally the same role in writer’s rooms present and past — The Guy Who Asks Matt Questions — it would have been fun to give him a really goofy haircut or hat or something jarringly past.

2. Why are Tom’s parents at the studio? Don’t they live in another part of the country altogether? Might have made more sense to fly Tom to Podunkville than to keep everybody sequestered in the Entertainment News capital of the world.

3. Why isn’t Lucy in with Tom? Surely the guy could use a little aid and comfort, and the military man sure isn’t providing it. I mean, if Darius can be in with Tom’s parents (and I give that one another big huh?), Tom should have his girlfriend on hand. And if he says he wants to spare her, she should barge the heck in there anyway. You’d have to have some pretty heavy artillery on hand to, say, keep Harriet away from Matt in a situation like this.

4. Was that doctor auditioning for a spot in the Studio 60 cast? ‘Cause unless you’re working the hospital on Scrubs, surely that amount of sarcasm and levity is uncalled for. I keep expecting him to slip Danny a videotape and a headshot.

5. How pathetic does it make me that when I saw the reporter, Leon, the first thing that went through my head was “Hey, is that the dad from Even Stevens!” Pretty sad, I’m afraid. I can find no evidence that the actor in the shadows is the same one who played Shia LaBeouf’s pop, but it sure looked like him to me.

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