Season 1 - Episode 12
NBC (US)
Hooray! It's a pretty decent episode of Whitney again! "Faking It" has three stories, two of which are good, one of which is passable (once again, it's the thread actually involving Whitney that is the weakest, but I digress).
The strongest plot once again involves Alex. This time he's looking for a new website idea to solve some of his boredom and make some money. He partners with Neal to meet some investors, but can't think of any ideas. Cue dressing ten years too young to find out what the "youth" is into, and eventually stumbling onto his next big idea. Chris D'Elia is fantastic in this role, and continues to be the best thing about the show. The A-Plot sees Whitney pretending to be into everything Lily puts in front of her while wedding planning. It has some funny moments, but probably shouldn't have been the main plot of the episode. And in what was rather ridiculously relegated to the C-Plot, Mark and Roxanne continue their bizarre friendship when getting screened for STI's at a blood drive. These two together are gold. I don't want to ship them, because a romantic plot would be a mistake, but their awkward friendship is frequently funny.
It looks to me like Whitney has found its feet over the last few episodes. It's not absolutely hilarious rollocking laugh a minute comedy, but it does have enough to keep on coming back.
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