Four months have passed in the Episodes world, and tension is running high between Matt, Sean and Beverly as the trio awaits the big premiere of Pucks. Since Matt has slept with Beverly, the married writing duo has become separated, but continues a professional writing relationship as well as a semi-romantic personal relationship.
On the eve of the American version of their hit show, they read through a series of reviews that call them uninspired and claim that the show simply is dreadful. One review puts it rather bluntly, reading, “Pucks Sucks.” Sean and Beverly, who have long been adamantly against the Americanized changes, are torn between their feelings of “I told you so” and being genuinely distraught. After all, even though it isn’t really their idea, it still is their idea.
The show seamlessly blends British humor with Hollywood filming. It remains a simple, yet elegant show that explores the characters and without over-the-top exposition like other dramas on television. Matt LeBlanc (the actor) continues to do a superb job of playing Matt LeBlanc (the character). When this show first premiered in the U.S. last year I shrugged and didn’t want to watch it. But I did, and I, like many others, felt mixed about the show as a whole. Episodes grew on me as the episodes started to blossom and I stopped worrying about the whole LeBlanc-playing-LeBlanc aspect and realized just how good Joey Tribbiani is as an actor.