A Televisual Feast

It’s Ned versus another ad guy this episode, which brings up some more of the show’s implicit problems. Ned’s dilemma is solved through sleazy but moderately believable means, which puts the episode back in that “reality” realm it functions so poorly in.
A lot of the episode–until Ned goes to Hawaii for a commercial break–is great. […]

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Ned’s client wants to sleep with him and Stacey convinces him otherwise–partially because it would demean him (as a professional), in addition to Stacey being pissed the client hit on him in front of her (not knowing Stacey was the fake wife).
Even though it doesn’t sound like much, it’s actually the first episode to really […]

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Finally, a schmaltzy (or nearing schmaltzy) finish works for an episode. Stacey goes nuts because Ned bribes a salesman (the bed she wanted was already sold). The episode’s terribly directed, even though Rob Schiller’s one of the regulars–guess he didn’t know what to do when Debra Messing was acting well.
The episode starts a little slow […]

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