Suburgatory – Plot diversion as the season winds down

Alicia Silverstone‘s arc on the last few episodes of Suburgatory has been very hit-or-miss for me. On the one hand, I enjoy her easy chemistry with Jeremy Sisto, leftover from their Clueless days. On the other hand, I feel like the Eden pregnancy storyline has been shoehorned into the end of the season when all we really want to see is the relationships with pre-existing characters evolve without the aid of some kind of outside catalyst. Maybe I’m over-thinking this, since the episodes have still been enjoyable, but she feels like an interloper to me as well as to some of the characters, and it bugs a bit. It was all kind of rushed in order to get Silverstone and Sisto on screen together for however long she was available.

That being said, I appreciate that we see more of Noah now, even if he’s being super weird about the pregnancy. Even laid-back Eden is sick of his antics. I wish they’d found a more organic way to give him a storyline with George, though. And I suppose it will still tie into the mystery of why Sheila is so upset about the situation, and Lisa’s possible adoption.

Anyway, while I am not a shipper, per se, it was nice to see George and Dallas bonding more, with his semi-self-aware reference to how they are like Mulder and Scully. Seeing Dallas starting to watch The X-Files, yelling, “Kiss her, Mulder, kiss her!” at the screen was amusing. Does the show plan to drag the George/Dallas will-they-or-won’t-they out just as long? I hope not — that kind of storyline is played out.

Notes and Quotes:

• Couples therapy with “Malisa” was very cute, with Malik promising to make Lisa a macrame bikini and Mr. Wolfe’s pun-run: “Knot up Malik, and find your weave. Sorry if that sounds racist … beweave in yourself.”
• There were a few other plays on language tonight, which I really appreciated. For instance, take Dallas’ tongue-twister about the kangaroo wreaking havoc: “The rude roo ruined my rooms. I rue the day I agreed to a kangaroo. He mangled my Ming and and he wiped his feet on my best Persian. Gardener, not rug.”
• There was also George and Noah’s semantic discussion of what a donut hole really is. Noah: “A donut hole is the actual hole in the donut.” George: “Oh yeah, then how is it that I can buy a dozen of them, glazed or unglazed?” Noah: “What you have been purchasing, my friend, are donut balls. Deemed donut holes by morons — a hole is a negative space.” This was even weirder considering that “donut hole” first came up as a reference to Eden’s vagina.
• Sheila and Noah’s “Who’s his daddy?”-off was priceless. I now decree that those characters need more scenes together.
• Dalia, trying to get Dallas to agree to keeping the kangaroo in the house: “Can’t we just lock up the silver like we do when the service people are here and make Carmen wear a medieval suit of armor?” — Dalia
• “No one who still gets their period is ever talking about Nancy Meyers.” — Lisa
• “I just want the baby to know who am, and which cat I dressed up as to the prom: Rum Tug Tugger.” –Noah

Clacked by Christina Furtado
on May 10, 2012 @ 03:53 EST5EDT