We've come to a breaking point, literally, with the relationship between Nicole and Duncan, and the focus of this episode is Nicole's trying to pack and leave to tell Yonk she's leaving him to be with Duncan.
Another storyline going on is Ethan's supposed "relationship that should be" with Kat and her impending relationship with Benjamin.
The combination of these stories makes a sum of some great comedy, especially in this episode. I honestly am always very excited to see Richie Velch (Jesse Tyler Ferguson) show off his chops with his wit and snappy delivery, and even though this episode again showed these off, Ethan was actually quite funny in this episode. Jason Ritter does a great job of playing the guy who is still seeking himself in this world, still confident on the outside but very vulnerable on the inside. When you combine that with the fact that he had to tell Kat about Benjamin's supposed "affair", with her cynical nature, they just mesh wonderfully when it comes to comedy.
The whole story takes on a "three's company" vibe when one party wants to do something, the other doesn't know, someone is trying to help but not tell someone who is there with them, and the hijinx ensue. Richie again has some great one-liners "I'm burping hooves", "What was my time?" "You are an Animal!" "How did that happen?" and so on and so forth. Him getting up to ride the bull was laugh out loud funny (he lasted about .0000001 seconds on it).
The most surprising part of the episode was at the end, when in Duncan's desperate attempt to stall Yonk while Nicole packed at home, he grabbed his arm while getting off the bull and collapsing. This puts an interesting twist on what will happen--will Yonk die? If not, will Nicole feel worse about it and not leave him? Will Duncan feel bad because he values Yonk's friendship?
Likewise, the situation with Kat and Ethan should now heat up a little because of Kat leaving Benjamin. What will be interesting is the tension that goes between this "water and dirt" differences but yet most people agree the chemistry is ripe for the picking.
Nonetheless, "The Class" impresses me every week, and we haven't even really jumped back into any storylines for a while that were previously discussed with developing Richie and Lena more, Kyle and Aaron (I know he's been in Chile, but jeeeesh!), and of course Perry and Holly and that "weird" relationship. Has anyone noticed that Holly has been used little to none for quite a while now, and Perry is getting more play? I have started to think that perhaps her character is going to get "relocated" and killed off, perhaps the audience just isn't taking to her as originally.
I am looking forward to the upcoming finale episodes, and will be sad when I have to wait until next season to see Richie and the gang crack me up yet again. I am very happy that the execs at CBS did not choose to kill this off when it started off with a lukewarm reaction--this is certainly the "CLASS" of the new comedies this year!!
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