Last season when I watched the show, I always approached it from a distance, never sure exactly what it was suppose to be and never really embracing the characters. At that time, and before the current season started, my characterization of the show would have been, wacky. It's wacky because there's a woman who switches into crazy personalties All the while, she maintains a perfect family. Her husband is content even when she sleeps with other men albeit not consciously and puts up with her obnoxious alters. It's hard to take seriously a show that is so unrealistic it's laughable.
Season 2 began and maintained a completely new attitude. The characters were human, believable and not entirely outlandish. The show turned the corner in my mind and many others, becoming not so much a wacky dramedy, but a very human dramedy, balancing both the emotional aspects of the show and humor without reducing either.
"Open House" was another incredibly strong episode jammed with tons of stuff. Again, I'm wiped out from reviewing all the season finales the past few days, so I'll be short. I don't have much to watch next week, so I promise to have a longer review. Most notable to me outside of Tara and Charmaine's vile mother coming to town was Kate's continuing saga into adulthood which is isn't completed yet. After the Zach the Creeper spends some time with her, he realizes she's just a teen, not someone he can be with forever. And that's good for Kate. Zach probably has dead bodies buried in his backyard.
The ending of the episode was great example of what reality should look like, if not a little too obvious. It looks like a happy ending with Tara and Max falling asleep. Max wakes up to an angry Buck beating on him for sleeping with Pammy.
Score: 9.4/10
