9/13 ep: "Affair Weather Friends"

[jekylljuice]

I just watched this episode myelf (cheers, Sparky), and - bloody hell!

Originally Posted by Zeitgheist

But am I the only one who DID sorta see it coming? I mean the first one I could think of when he said his name was Barry was Berry. I mean, I wouldn't think the writers would be so uncreative as to give almost similar names to two different characters... so... yeah. But it was still a great episode

When "Barry" first introduced himself to Mac and Bloo, I actually misheard it as "Berry", and I couldn't quite get her image out of my head every time they called him by name. But it was a connection I would have dismissed as too good to be true. Poor naive jj.

(I'm not sure if the flashbacks were totally necessary, since they detracted from what might have been a truly shocking "GOTCHA!" moment, but that's small potatoes.)

Anyhow, a fine, fine episode, in which Mac and Bloo behave almost like a troubled married couple - Bloo is drawn to a little infidelity, and Mac, upon realisation of this, goes to drown his sorrows in sugar. There was a sizeable role for Duchess too, which pleases me greatly, particularly since she didn't get much screen time in Season 4 (I got a real kick out of seeing the corners of her mouth go upwards - er, I mean to her right - for a very brief moment...she has quite a charming little grin). Nice to see more of Richie Wildebrat too, if only for a background cameo.

And yep, the return of such a familiar and long-dormant face should indeed be a new ray of hope to those of us who revere a one-off character. I'm still not getting my hopes up that I'll ever see my beloved Tinseltown producer again, but it's good to see that not every Foster's antagonist need fall off the face of the earth after being defeated (obviously Duchess and Terrence don't count).