The Other Two – Season 3 Review

Well, this marks the end of The Other Two. I’m sad to see the show go, because it never did course-correct after an outstanding first season. Subsequent seasons have been progressively less funny, partly because the jokes haven’t been as strong and, in Season 3’s case, the story has simply become too dramatic. The fight between Brooke and Lance, for instance, was kinda devastating. I love Lance as a character, so it was painful to watch Brooke be such an asshole to him this season. I have similar feelings about Cary and how he treated his BFF, Curtis. I understand that one of the show’s main themes is how show biz ruins relationships, but turning your protagonists into such unlikable and irredeemable monsters is maybe not the best choice. Sure, Cary and Brooke both come around in the end, but the change of heart feels hollow given everything we saw prior in the season.

And, oh boy, this season was all over the place. While it’s true that the story has very serious beats, the humor has gotten way sillier. There were a couple of episodes in particular that were honestly too much. Like, Brooke attends an industry party where non-industry people are literally invisible? I mean, it’s kind of funny, but the sudden shift into cartoony hijinks really took me out of it. Same with the episode that spoofed Pleasantville (and, come on, is Pleasantville that relevant to pop culture?). The only gag that really landed for me was the pretentious theater play that went on for days, and people started showing up in their pajamas or bringing their laptops as they lost interest in the play but felt obligated to still go. That’s the perfect balance of being outlandish enough to be funny but not so outlandish that it breaks reality. Unfortunately, The Other Two forgot how to walk that line as of late, and now the show’s over…

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Clark
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Clark

I love gaming so much, I wrote a book about it.