I still think of him as Brenda's repulsive brother too.. which makes him eternally retch-inducing, I think.

I really agree with you about the music - it's over the top. At one stage, it was so intrusive I automatically assumed it was Noah's ringtone or something at least *supposed* to be noticed.. but no - it was just the 'background' music.

I cared! Why do so many otherwise decent actors screw that up? How hard can it be to *act* like the box you're holding is heavier than an empty box!?

'-"Oh FFS, Emily…you step out onto your porch and just happen to get a
phone call from Daniel at that moment…you press 'ignore,' despite the
fact that you KNOW he has a perfect view of that exact spot of your
house, and you don't even look up to check that he isn't there
watching?"

That's a decent theory (for the titles, at least - it still doesn't explain the misnumbering, I don't think) - I don't reckon Mr Sims is deliberately just gifting episodes with his own make-believe titles on purpose, after all.

I'm pretty much hooked after these first two episodes, but am just a little worried every episode will follow the same formula of Chloe tricking June into something.. I hope not, and it's doubtless a bit too early to panic anyway.. am enjoying it so far and the cast, including the Beek, is great.

You're right - that *is* really bad!

Yep - that duck lines, and Mitchell's delivery of it, was great.

I agree. I normally think the ratings are way too high for this typically mediocre show (and the near-constant putdowns related to what it means to be female are tedious at best), but I thought this episode was the best so far this season.

This was episode 20, not episode 21 (you guys skipped the number 17), and, according to both Wikipedia and IMDb, this episode was called 'Pants on Fire', not 'No Ordinary Life'.. just to be pedantic. Enjoyed the review, though!

He's a genius comic actor that guy - I'd watch him in anything.

What with his name, his money, his clout, his fame, his connections and his talent (not to mention his renowned ability to get along well with other people), it's pretty amazing that Chevy isn't writing his own damn sitcom! Why, if he knows how to do it so much better than anyone else, is he not doing that?
What a…

Of course you have your (completely valid) reasoning. I just wanted to say that I actually started watching Fringe 'cos I would notice the name Fauxlivia in the recaps and I began to wonder what that was all about.. but my actual name is Olivia, so that was just a narcissistic move on my part.

I just didn't think there was any indication in the actual show that evidenced Liz feeling sexually jealous of Cerie.
(In this particular episode, at the very least. It's usually Jenna who's threatened by her, Liz who's exasperated by the reaction of the writers - which isn't quite the same thing as trying to protect…

The earlier part about how he imagines Liz is trying to protect her own feelings is weird too.

It was really cute the way Austin repeated that.. he actually came across the best out of the three of them this episode - I wasn't expecting that, to be honest.

If he *is* supposed to be utterly creepy (nicely put), he's doing it very well, though! Mind you, her husband in the show isn't exactly irresistible either..

Yes - that was a great link - thanks for that!

Agreed on the unsexiness of those two together.. I wonder if it's cos they're dating in real life or if they just have a terrible sex life together? Maybe I should start wondering about slightly more important things, admittedly - like everything else in the world.

Not only was it a cliche, it was utterly absurd - you don't hallucinate from steroids like prednisone for chrissake.