Sports Night Replay: Episode 1-07
I watched “Dear Louise …,” the seventh episode of Sports Night, again last night, and enjoyed the little trip down Exposition Lane offered by this letter-themed outing. It’s kind of a formula, the voiceover-plus-flashbacks episode, but there were enough funny bits here to make it work. Plus, Natalie and Jeremy’s first kiss!
Natalie was full of surprises this episode, not just with that smooch she planted on Jeremy, but with her sneak attacks on Dan’s writer’s block. I remember reading somewhere that some of her water-throwing, air-horn blowing shocks was unexpected by both Dan and Josh Charles, the actor playing him. The last water-in-the-face brings such a look of genuine surprise to Peter Krause, the actor playing Casey, that I think that one at least had to have been improvised. It’s funny, regardless.
The usual Dana-Casey teasing was kind of eh this time around, but it payed off big with Casey’s attempted smackdown of Gordon, and Gordon’s total and complete shutdown of Casey. Our sports guy is overmatched for sure, so it’s a good thing that Dana really does secretly, improbably, love him best.
Isaac railing about his daughter’s Republican boyfriend was funny, and all the goings on about El Perro Fumando and big blue margaritas at two dollars off, and Dana putting on her boogie shoes. I sort of wish they’d kept the whole thing light, and left out the sad story of the Negro League player being carjacked and killed. The poignancy seemed out of place in this otherwise light-hearted outing.
All in all, though, this was a letter I, like Louise undoubtedly, was happy to get. What did you think about this episode? Share your thoughts in the comments.
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