Season 1 - Episode 12
NBC (US)
Thanks to the network scheduling commonplace in the States, this New Year's episode of Up All Night does end up shown almost a fortnight after the day. It doesn't derail the episode though, which builds the main characters well, something this show has been very good at doing from the beginning.
Deciding to have a quiet New Year, Chris and Reagan decide to invite Ava and her boyfriend Kevin (the excellent Jason Lee continuing his entertaining guest role) as well as Missy and her new boyfriend (who turns out to be a handsome, half Jewish, British surgeon with a talent for cooking). Reagan's competitiveness comes out while playing games (which Chris thought he had managed to hide), leading to an argument between the two over things that drive each other crazy. This comes to a sweet conclusion, and once again shows that these are very real characters, who have been extremely well conceived, and continue to be well written.
Elsewhere, Ava and Kevin have a discussion on where their relationship is going after Kevin feels like Ava is embarrassed to be seen with him (again with a pretty sweet little conclusion) and Missy acts like a total flake - nice character development for someone who has just sort of been there so far.
It is an episode a little light on laughs, but stands well as a character development episode. This show has lost a little steam since its debut, but does remain a solid watch.
*** 1/2
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