Start the New Year with “Nevada Day Part I”
If you’re watching along in my Studio 60 Revisited Monday night marathon, tonight we’re viewing episode seven, “Nevada Day Part I,” which originally aired on November 6, 2006.
Alright, okay, tonight we’re celebrating New Year’s Eve and watching Dick Clark or what’s left of him, making like Jordan McDeere and drinking too much and wandering around asking people to be our friends. But this week, this week, sometime this week, we’re going to watch Nevada Day Part 1, in which Tom’s arrest for improbably hitting someone who attacked Harriet mushrooms into an extradition to Nevada on an old speeding ticket, then mushrooms further into a drug rap because of what was in the pockets of Simon’s jacket when he borrowed it.
This episode is special for a couple of reasons. It’s the first episode with a title that doesn’t start with “The,” for one thing. It’s also the beginning of what will be three multi-part episodes for the series — besides this Part I and II, there’s “The Harriet Dinner” Parts I and II, and “K&R” Parts I through III.
Most especially, though, the two “Nevada Day” episodes won Studio 60 its one and only Emmy, for John Goodman’s performance as a judge who can give Jack Rudolph a run for his money. For that matter, it won John Goodman his one and only Emmy, too.
Later this week, I’ll be posting a review, recap, memorable lines, and five questions about “Nevada Day Part I.” Catch up when you’ve recovered from New Year’s reveling, and read along.
Studio 60, NBC, Nevada Day Part I
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