Tonight’s re-run is not all fun and games
Tonight’s re-run episode, “Game Night,” is one of the few TV offerings that might have actually earned one of those “Don’t miss the last five minutes!” tags that used to get tacked onto everything. Because for most of the show, we’re in comfy slapstick territory, with Nora making a fool of herself trying to one-up the Joneses; Kitty being a matchmaking ditz; Kevin making an ass of himself over coffee with McCallister’s brother, Jason (because Kitty kinda forgot to mention that “McCallister’s brother” part); and everybody taking party games waaaay too seriously.
And just when you’re thinking “Oh, you silly Walkers,” and writing this off as a light-hearted lark, Rebecca stops by the Whedons for a guitar lesson, and the episode — the entire season — veers off in an unexpected and upsetting direction.
Personally, I wish we could have missed those last five minutes. Sarah and Joe were doing a good enough job of ruining their marriage without Rebecca’s help, and I really did want to like the girl. But like a bad Trivial Pursuit answer, once something’s out there, there’s no taking it back.
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