"Dance Dance Revelation" spends way too much time following the characters fighting each other. A normal episode will have a conflict here and there, stemming from understandable disagreements or misunderstandings. However, "Dance Dance Revelation" makes us dislike the characters.
After acting bitchy the entire episode, Claire claims she only cares about the dance which is why she went crazy when she saw Gloria intruding in her area. That still doesn't excuse her mean behavior. Cam and Mitchell fighting, literally, over Lily was just sad. Like the other overreacting family members, Jay's overreaction to Phil's non-reactions prompts Phil to overreact.
Since there were three separate plots this week, all very average, there wasn't a real tie-up to everything that binded everything into that one emotional moment that we usually see. Instead, Phil delivers a voiceover while we see everyone having a good time. Does it excuse their behavior during the episode? In my eyes, not really.
Score: 8.3/10
Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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