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Looking back on Episode 11, “The Christmas Show”

by Terri
The Christmas Show

According to the More4 site, “The Christmas Show” was the episode broadcast last night in the U.K.; it originally aired last December in the U.S. For those who want to read what was written about this episode when it was first broadcast, here are links to reviews, recaps and forum discussions on:

To refresh your memory, “The Christmas Show” is the one where Matt wanted a Christmas show but the writing staff took delight in shooting down every holiday tradition; Cal tried to make snow out of coconuts; Harriet got a role in Luke’s Rolling Stones movie; Jack decided to take on the FCC over a soldier’s battlefield expletive; New Orleans musicians played; and Danny told Jordan he’s coming for her.

Danny’s declaration, and the phone calls and faxes that followed, struck some critics as stalker-ish behavior. I don’t know; I thought it was kind of cute. But I do think that the pregnancy storyline, brought on by necessity due to Peet’s pregnancy, changed the course of Jordan’s character from not entirely trustworthy corporate shark to sympathetic and embattled romantic heroine.

And me? I’m okay with that. I thought Jordan and Danny made a cute couple, and for all their bantering and stalking and fake-baby breaking, a more mature counterpart to Matt and Harriet’s endless on-and-off dance. I wonder, though, what the show would have looked like if Jordan had stayed childless and focused on network politics. What do you think — better? worse? Definitely different. Jordan and Danny’s romance feels to me like maybe a Season 2 plotline that got moved up, fast.

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Posted in General on October 5th, 2007

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