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Season one is over and done, thirteen great episodes with very few weak spots.  This is one of the best first seasons of a show that I’ve ever seen (compare it to Seinfeld, which was fine in its first two seasons, but didn’t hit its stride until season three). This is my fifth watch-through of […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

This episode focuses a lot on Veronica and has Rose in it, so you know it’s going to be great. The focus is on identity, and Ted’s telling us that right out of the gate doesn’t dilute the episode. In fact, using Alice and Ernie as quick examples in passing is a great way to […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

“How did I get here? Because I like a girl…” – Ted After Ted’s flouting of the rules last week, you wouldn’t think he’d be so quick to break more of Veridian’s rules this week, but the above quote sums up his reasoning pretty well. In other settings, Ted might be fighting dragons or arm […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

I really, really like how the writers take an underlying theme and relate all the different stories to that theme. This time around it’s “Fathers,” whereas in Bioshuffle it was “handling stress.” I’m sure it’s happened in more episodes, but these are the two that stick out to me. What do I like even more […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST

A year ago, Veridian produced a perfume that causes problems for 3 out of every 5,000 women. Specifically, it causes hornets to want to mate with them, and hornets do not take disappointment lightly. When the hornets find out their target is unmateable-with, they sting and sting and sting. Now the team is being depositioned […]

Tags: Better Off Ted, LWST