"Back To You" 1x2

BACK TO YOU 1x2 "Fish Story"

If I had my way, I would be having this conversation with a turkey baster.

I'm beginning to remember my thought that you can't really tell a show until the first actual episode. Pilots are about shooting your wad, getting the network to please please pick you up and the onerous task of introducing everything. The first real episode, the pressure is off, you don't have to cram in 18 minutes of backstory and you can just use everything you've set up to tell a good story.

Another thing I realized I like about this show. Most people would have had an obvious theme that sounded like overly majestic local tv news music. But they use a restrained and hip music that reminds me a bit of John Williams' score for 'Catch Me If You Can'. It gives me hope that they won't be going for the obvious route on things.

As for this episode particularly, I never knew there were so many ways you could do that to a goldfish! I like that theyre mixing silly jokes with their overall character stories. It's basically impossible to judge what a series is going to become from just 2 shows. Looking back at the end of the first season, and judging the growth curve tells up so much more (look at the growth of '30 Rock' over the season last year). I'm looking forward to watching this one grow. I'm also trying to take it on it's own merits and not make it the great white hope of sitcoms everywhere.

This show has tased my heart.

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