Episodes (Season 1)Trailer I've been hearing rave reviews about
Episodes and finally got around to checking it out for myself. So, did the series live up to the hype? Absof*ckinglutely! It's actually a very good and a funny show. In a nutshell,
Sean and
Beverly have a very successful show in Britain when an American Producer convinces them to do an american version of their hit series. Along the way to getting their new show on the air, the concept and characters go through drastic changes with the final product having nothing to do with the original. This is basically a 'behind the scenes' take on Hollywood. Think along the lines of
Ricky Gervais Extra's series from a few years ago.
The biggest draw
episodes has going for it, is the return of
Matt LeBlanc who is "mis-cast" in the lead role for
Pucks, which is what facilitates all the changes.
Matt is playing a stylize version of himself, which really isn't
Matt at all. He is basically playing
Joey Tribbiani, the character he made famous on
Friends. On the show within the show, he is playing a character very much like that of
Joey. But even when off camera, this is vintage
Joey and I am okay with it. I'm a huge fan of
Friends and this is basically another spin-off show, his second one, since the other spin-off didn't last long.
A lot of inside jokes are peppered through the season for some good laughs. The only negative I have about
Season 1 is that it's only 7 episodes long. I really hate it when a Network doesn't give us the minimum 13 episodes per season. Anything less than that just feels like I have been cheated. Anyway, I highly recommend this as a
Rent for you folks looking for something good to watch. I for one will be
Buying this and all the other seasons for sure.