Very quick spoilers for the "My Boys" season finale coming up just as soon as I reload my flask...Disappointing end to a disappointing season, I thought. If last week was all set up, then last night was... mostly more set-up. There were a couple of scenes that felt like the show -- the guys divvying up best man duties, the gang (minus Andy, who was irritatingly separate from everybody for both these episodes) getting drunk on Bobby's last night as a bachelor -- but overall this two-parter failed to be an exception to the rule that sitcom vacation episodes stink.
I'm not sure how many of the problems of season two can be pinned on the shift down to only nine episodes. (Betsy Thomas says she had to cut a lot of planned stories out, though many of them sound like stuff about PJ's career, in which case we were probably better off.) But the stories often felt rushed, we didn't get enough of the guys just hanging out, the characterization was inconsistent (especially for Mike) and there were only a couple of subplots (Andy discovering the downside to a hot nanny, Kenny the super-stud, Dr. Brendo, maybe the shirt contest) that were laugh-out-loud funny.
In that same interview I linked to, Thomas says she's confident about them getting a third season. Let's hope it's one more in line with season one.
What did everybody else think?
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