This week, opt to re-view “The Option Period”
Or, “The One Where They Finally Get Rid of Ricky and Ron.”
If you’ve been following along with my Studio 60 Revisited Monday night marathon, tonight’s the night for “The Option Period,” which originally aired on November 20, 2006. We haven’t been seeing much of the writing staff in the last couple of episodes, other than Lucy and Darius — and Lucy and Darius are all that’s left after the gang o’ hacks ditches the show along with their erstwhile leaders, to go make a sit-com out of “Peripheral Vision Man.” Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!
This is also the episode in which Harriet decides that the best way to get back at Women United Through Faith — the group that cancelled her singing engagements in “Nevada Day Part II” when she was insufficiently intolerant of gay marriage — is to pose in lingerie for one of those men’s magazines in which reputable actresses get nearly naked and you just have to shake your head and say Why? That’s what most of Harriet’s friends are doing, and of course it’s Matt, the one who would probably most like to see those pictures, who finally talks her out of it.
In some ways, “The Option Period” is actually “Nevada Day Part III,” since it takes place on the same day as “Part II,” with the show that almost had to be completely recast and the wrap party thereafter. There’s some good Jordan-Danny banter about product placement, budget cutting, and her precarious work situation.
We’re one episode away from the one where Danny figures out Jordan’s pregnant, and two from the one where he declares his love. I’m still looking forward to picking up those early warning signs. View along with me, won’t you?
Studio 60, NBC, The Option Period
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