Season 2 - Episode 5
E4 (UK)
The problem with watching this increasingly excellent show at UK pace is we're getting a Hallowe'en episode in mid January. But while considering US Pace for season 3, I'm highly enjoying the show, as its ensemble formate is getting stronger every week.
As is pretty standard for a Hallowe'en episode, the gang decide to dress up, which leaves us with the truly bizarre sight of Penny as a new mother, with Max as her baby. As both of them try to get with new partners while attached to each other via the costume. It's a surreal costume, but works with Penny's character. In the meantime, Dave and Alex enjoy Hallowe'en without a couples costume. However, Dave's Austin Powers is mistaken for Elton John, and as the result of hideous cold, Alex - dressed as Marilyn Monroe - is mistaken for a man in drag. The end gag where she is beaten by Max in the drag queen contest is very very funny as well. And Jane and Brad find out while housesitting, that the suburbs suck every bit as much as the city does.
This was a very good episode of a show that is becoming unmissable. This show barely uses gimmicks, but have proved really nicely that a gimmick episode once in a while is going to work just fine.
****
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