Andrea and I caught up on the season finale of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage. There were some serious changes to the status quo as the season wrapped.
Mandy is back working full in television doing the weather for the local news. But Scott her producer is her former boyfriend, a fact Mandy withholds from Georgie for a long time fearing his reaction. His reaction is exactly what Mandy was afraid it would be, angry, jealous and distrustful.
There is nothing going on between Mandy and Scott but it's hard to miss there is a spark between the two.
And Georgie buys McAllister's Tire from his father in law. Jim McAllister is pondering his own mortality, realizing he's older than George Cooper Sr. who died at the end of Young Sheldon. Jim likes his work and the shop he built but he does not want to die at work.
Georgie makes a big swing for the fences play to buy Jim's auto shop before he sells to a competitor. With help from mom Mary Cooper putting her house up for collateral and an unexpected offer of help from co-worker Ruben, Georgie seals the deal to buy McAllister Tire. He's incurred a lot of debt and he did so without consulting Mandy.
As we know from Big Bang Theory, Georgie will go on to become quite a successful businessman as the owner of a chain of tire stores called Dr. Tire. We also know that he is at least twice divorced.
The first season of Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage ends with Georgie and Mandy in a rather precarious position, realizing they have no choice but to stay together despite their lack of mutual trust.
Pretty heavy stuff for a sitcom.
Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage is a multi cam sitcom shot mostly in front of a studio audience and I'm not entirely convinced the show benefited from that move. Montana Jordan (Georgie) does a lot of mugging for the camera because he hasn't quite figured out how to hold for a laugh, a problem he didn't have on the single cam Young Sheldon.
All in and all, Georgie & Mandy's First Marriage is a competent and mostly amusing follow up to Young Sheldon but I think the show could be a bit better than that.
OTHER STUFF
Andrea watched the season finale of Saturday Night Live with Scarlett Johansson as host. The episode started with the always dependable James Austin Johnson with his wacky self-owning Donald Trump babbling through a stream of consciousness ramble on his visit to the Middle East before walking off the stage and taking a seat in the audience, still in full babble mode.
The entire cast joined Scarlet for a musical monologue set to Billy Joel's "The Piano Man" that was funny and epic in scope. The rest of the show was hit or miss so in other words, normal SNL.
Weekend Update gave us what may be the last end of season joke exchange for Colin Jost and Michael Che if rumors hold true that one or both are moving on next season.
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Andrea and I finished up Secrets of the Penguins on Disney+. Blake Lively narrates this 3 part docuseries about just how the hell penguins survive in the harshests environments on Earth.
It's not just the frozen hell of Antartica but penguins refuge in mountains and even desert climes. Penguins have extremely intricate thought processes for survival as individuals and as a collective.
It was an informative exploration as well as an emotional journey of watching penguins grow, explore and survive against predators and brutal environments.
And Blake Lively has a nice calm sexy voice.
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I am catching up on season 4 of Hacks. I sometimes think I want to introduce this show to Andrea. Then I run in something like the episode where Ava (a very naked Hannah Einbinder) is a three way sex scene with a married couple and I can't help but think this would be very awkward to watch with another person.
In the aftermath of Ava blackmailing her way into the head writer job for Deborah Vance's new late night talk show, yes, Deborah is dealing with that in a calm and rational.... oh hell no, she's not. Deborah is making Ava's life a living hell at every turn.
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That is that for this week's Touchbase.
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