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Why You Should Be Watching: Benched

Eliza Coupe has an uncannily innate ability to seem like the most composed and least poised person at the same time on screen. It is a trait that Happy Endings used well, even if it didn’t fully embrace it until the final season, with the delve into Jane’s increasingly slapstick Car Czar. When dealing with the messiness of Brad or Alex’s tomfoolery, Coupe’s Jane Kerkovich-Williams was the only one keeping everything together, yet when she was unable to live up to her own standards of perfection she fell apart before you could squeak out a trademark Kerkovich “What?”

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No More Happy Endings: What We’ve Lost with the Show’s Cancellation

When Happy Endings debuted in the spring of 2011, it was largely written off, either as yet another subpar Friends clone (in a spring that was strangely full of them) or a “hang-out” sitcom with not enough meat on its bones. It didn’t help matters that much of the abbreviated first season was aired out …

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‘The Following’ vs. ‘Happy Endings’: A study in contrasting presentations of bisexuality

A few days ago, SOS contributor Terence Johnson wrote about Fox’s new show The Following, and the key characters who turned out to be bisexual in the latest episode, titled “Mad Love”. This is an idea that would have been unfathomable in the early days of television, and remains a rare thing to see even …

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Happy Endings, Ep. 3.08, “Fowl Play/Date”: “Well I had to give him ‘ritas! It was Taco Tuesday!”

Happy Endings, Season 3, Episode 8: “Fowl Play/Date” Written by Sierra Teller Ornelas Directed by Rob Greenberg Airs Sundays at 10pm (ET) and Tuesdays at 9pm (ET) on ABC Enter Alex into the diner with Tyler, the racist parrot, follow it up with some crazy quips that only those six lovable weirdoes can provide, and …

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Happy Endings, Ep. 3.07, “No-Ho-Ho”: “Who cares, who cares, who cares? I get to open PRESENTS!”

Happy Endings, Season 3, Episode 7: “No-Ho-Ho” Written by Prentice Penny Directed by Michael Patrick Jann Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (ET) on ABC BUSTED!!! At least Jane is, when she hands over her ID to the waiter and a new revelation is revealed- Jane has been lying about her age for the past several years, …

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Happy Endings, Ep. 3.06, “To Serb with Love”: “Seriously! You’re the rozziest!”

Happy Endings, Season 3, Episode 6: “To Serb with Love” Written by Jonathan Groff & Brian Gallivan Directed by Victor Nelli Jr. Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (ET) on ABC First off, let’s talk about Alex and Dave’s corn typewriter. Good for Brad on guessing it and props to Dave for letting Alex cut loose. “The …

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Happy Endings, Ep. 3.02, “Sabado Free-Gante”: “This chandelier is gonna make it tough for chicken fights!”

Happy Endings, Season 3, Episode 2: “Sabado Free-Gante” Written by Josh Bycel and Jonathan Fener Directed by Stuart McDonald Airs Tuesdays at 9pm (ET) on ABC Who wants to go as the Jackson 5 Marionette? Yeah, that would be the award winning costume that our six abnormally weird friends go as for Halloween this year …

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