A List Of Things Thrown Five Minutes Ago

THIS SHOW IS NOT WELL BUILT! CBS sitcom The Class (aka--that show that you watch because you need something to watch between HIMYM and Heroes) had its season (and probably series) finale tonight. You would think that it had a recipe for success--likable Tony-nominated performers from Broadway (Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Heather Goldenhresh), TV actors who were usually playing better than their shows were (Jason Ritter, Andrea Anders, and Lizzy Caplan), one of the creators of Friends, and James Burrows directing every episode. Yet, we had utter mediocrity, though punctuated with one or two moments of brilliance, and the surprisingly sweet Ferguson-Goldenhersh relationship. What went wrong? Was it trying to serve too many characters and relationships (the show started with 8 regulars, plus multiple recurring characters)? Was it making the characters too unsympathetic (two of the show's major "couples" got together when one of the members of the couple was married)? Or was it something else?