The Morning After: Robo-Version, 11.14.07

Continuing a trend of gradual, steady improvement, last night's Reaper was the best since the premiere. Everything was working: the comedy, the drama, even Sam's relationship with Andi, which finally (and solidly) hit some nice, realistic notes. The writers strike won't make me mourn much, but not being able to watch this show continue to develop is going to be high on my list of regrets.

Agreed that this was Reaper's best ep since premiere - it was HILARIOUS. I really like that this show continues to improve at a steady rate. The Devil continues to totally rock, loved the "employee of the month" thing, the Gladys dream sequence was AWESOME, as was the Stalking of Gladys by Sam's cohorts. It was clever, moderately insightful, and everyone's comic timing was spot on.

I was really glad to see character development for both Sam and Andi, I really like how the show is handling their relationship - I had been thinking that the whole thing seemed a bit contrived, but as we have gotten to know each of them a little more, and watch them go through the events of the previous weeks, I agree with Mark U. their dynamics and chemistry really rang true last night.

I'll join in on the Reaper love. It's too bad James is on vacation/sympathy strike, because "Reaper Watch: Don't Tase Me, Bro!" would be the perfect headline. For me, anything with Gladys is awesome just because the actress was on Dead Like Me.

I'm glad Sam made a move on Andi instead of chickening out, even if it did backfire like Ben and Sock told him it would. The whole I-love-you-but-don't-want-to-ruin-the-friendship thing probably isn't going to end well. In real life Sam and Andi would drunkenly rationalize that they could still be friends -- but with "benefits"! -- except that never works when you're actually friends with the person and it would be weird and ruin the chances of either a friendship or a relationship and one of them would have to quit the Bench and their friends would have to choose sides and they'd run into each other at a bar two years later and think of what might have been and cry themselves to sleep at night because they ruined their only chance at ever being happy...

Woah, sorry about that. Got a little too caught up. But yeah, Reaper was good.

I love too that Sam is showing a real aptitude for his new profession - he is getting more confident and comfortable in his role, which is bleeding through to his confidence in real life!

I really want to see him use the force again!