I love this show, that said not the best episode ever. The silly "Loosemeat sandwich" story line was just plain stupid. I'm an Iowegan through and through, lived here all my life and rarely if ever eat a loosemeat sandwich, aka beef burger or Maid-Rite. I believe that is a lame reference back to the Roseanne & Tom Arnold story decades ago, yes once again a Hollywood stereotype( shocked? NOT). Then there's the slightly wicked and conniving Eli, where did he go and what have you done with him? The Eli we know and love would NOT roll over and play dead, he has become stoneless and meek. Let's forget the ridiculous presidential bid and the lame direction of the soft cases Alisha has been heading towards and get back to the smart and witty story lines we know and love.
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**1/2
edwagreen11 January 2016
Warning: Spoilers
This was probably the weakest of all the episodes of this usually top show.
Alicia throws a fit when Eli told her what he had done years before. She showed a part of her that had never been seen before on camera and she made the most of it.
That being said, the rest of the show was ridiculous. Iowa was made to be ridiculed by the Iowa caucuses. To begin with, the idea of Peter seeking the Democratic nomination was ridiculous and should have been put to bed long ago. The Iowans come off as very stupid people who vote based on ridiculous issues. Bringing up food doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have the stomach for the job. Margo Martindale did show some good acting here, especially when she spoke about a possible missed opportunity in her life, but then threw it off by saying in the end that the guy went to jail for mail fraud.
Howard Lyman and Peter's mother is another joke that should have been put to bed before it was allowed to fester. The old crank has been depicted as senile bordering on dementia. Suddenly, he is a womanizer who is quite sly. I liked him senile before.
Alicia throws a fit when Eli told her what he had done years before. She showed a part of her that had never been seen before on camera and she made the most of it.
That being said, the rest of the show was ridiculous. Iowa was made to be ridiculed by the Iowa caucuses. To begin with, the idea of Peter seeking the Democratic nomination was ridiculous and should have been put to bed long ago. The Iowans come off as very stupid people who vote based on ridiculous issues. Bringing up food doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have the stomach for the job. Margo Martindale did show some good acting here, especially when she spoke about a possible missed opportunity in her life, but then threw it off by saying in the end that the guy went to jail for mail fraud.
Howard Lyman and Peter's mother is another joke that should have been put to bed before it was allowed to fester. The old crank has been depicted as senile bordering on dementia. Suddenly, he is a womanizer who is quite sly. I liked him senile before.
Bus Ride To Oblivion
DKosty12314 June 2020
Warning: Spoilers
What is the first thing you should do when your going to take a long bus ride for days with a co-worker? Tell them something that will make them hate you.
That is the bad start here, but then to compound it the Campaign Bus is driving down the wrong side of the road. Gets pretty corny from here, I must say.
I gets kind of strange seeing the Democrats repeat their historic mistake of being able to count the caucus votes because the upcoming election has already been rigged by Clinton. Then again in 2020, this was even worse because Joe Biden had to try and rig it because he has a corn cob stuck in his computer.
This bus trip destroys Peter and Alicia all at once. It brings the kids along to see their parents being destroyed. It destroys Eli and the real campaign manager who finds out how wrong she is too. Later on this season, this series will do some comedy, and it will make some episodes entertaining. Trouble is even then it gets nowhere near what Boston Legal did for legal comedy.
This episode is just a total loss. As the season goes along, it's not going to get any better. The rise in comedy in some of the upcoming season 7 episodes does not make up for what has now become this series hallmark - dropped plot lines. When they do get the bus on the correct side of the road, they forget to fix the flat tire. Still this bus on the flat tire tire runs better than the Clinton Campaign which still has not been charged with trying to rig the election in 2016, and then blaming the Russians when they fail. They should have let Peter or Bernie win in Iowa. Nothing here but the last straw to inhale.
I gets kind of strange seeing the Democrats repeat their historic mistake of being able to count the caucus votes because the upcoming election has already been rigged by Clinton. Then again in 2020, this was even worse because Joe Biden had to try and rig it because he has a corn cob stuck in his computer.
This bus trip destroys Peter and Alicia all at once. It brings the kids along to see their parents being destroyed. It destroys Eli and the real campaign manager who finds out how wrong she is too. Later on this season, this series will do some comedy, and it will make some episodes entertaining. Trouble is even then it gets nowhere near what Boston Legal did for legal comedy.
This episode is just a total loss. As the season goes along, it's not going to get any better. The rise in comedy in some of the upcoming season 7 episodes does not make up for what has now become this series hallmark - dropped plot lines. When they do get the bus on the correct side of the road, they forget to fix the flat tire. Still this bus on the flat tire tire runs better than the Clinton Campaign which still has not been charged with trying to rig the election in 2016, and then blaming the Russians when they fail. They should have let Peter or Bernie win in Iowa. Nothing here but the last straw to inhale.
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