Watching Studio60

I watched “The Head Coach, Dinner and the Morning Mail,” the sixth episode of Sports Night, again on Monday, and once again was aww-ed by the sweetness and perfection of Jeremy’s dinner destination.

We learned this time around that the Quixotic sports nut who has been admiring Natalie pure and chaste from afar also has some serious computer skills, able to find a six-letter password in thirty-eight tries and put together a program to conjure up just the right restaurant. All of which makes me think he shouldn’t have threatened to kill Christian Patrick, he should have threatened to steal his identity and empty his bank accounts. And then done it. Revenge of the nerd.

The quickening pace of the Natalie-Jeremy romance is a good counterpoint to the endless sparring of Dana and Casey, who we know will torture each other for the rest of this season and beyond. I liked the way Gordon was pulled into the plot about Casey badgering the football coach. One way or another, Gordon’s always going to be spoiling Casey’s good time, isn’t he?

There were a lot of good little bits here — the extreme coldness of the studio, Casey being conversationally anal-retentive (and conceding the point pretty quickly), Dana describing the effect she hoped her outfit would have on Gordon, the importance of voicing the crash-and-burn sound just right, Dan having to improvise due to Natalie’s mistake and somehow settling on Tony Orlando.

It looks like an awfully fun place to work, doesn’t it? Especially that sweet little cafe down by Natalie’s desk.

What did you think about this episode? Share your thoughts in the comments.

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