Blah blah blah Schlamme camerawork blah blah blah Sorkin dialogue. For me, the wonderment in this episode came from watching Matthew Perry show that he can out-Sorkin Bradley Whitford. I hate to use the word multi-layered, since it's been done already, but man, the guy is practically a Vidalia. I always felt that he was the heart and soul of Friends, and I strongly suspect that he'll be the guy delivering the Moment in Any Sorkin Show Where I Get Misty more than his fair share of the time. (For what it's worth, I thought that the pilot lacked such a moment -- the closest thing was when Matt and Danny jumped onto the stage and ran out to meet the company of Studio 60.)
A few other minutiae:
- Jordan McDeere seems a lot more like Dana Whitaker than like the president of a network. So it's not even her first day -- is she the president of a network or not? Even Isaac Jaffe seemed to have more authority. She is awfully pretty, though.
- Funniest moment: Jack Rudolph sucking the inside of his lip when Jordan asked where her office was. I'd seen it in fifteen different previews, and Steven Weber's timing still cracked me up.
- Harriet/Harry is a jarring name for Sarah Paulson's character. It just bothered me. I don't know why.
- Did Whitford get his hair highlighted red to differentiate him from Perry, or was his hair always that color?
See you next week. Have fun.
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