Let’s be honest, this is what anyone who hears Jason Biggs is co-starring in a new series wants to see, right? Ok, maybe not anyone. But just know that he does and we can move on from there. Because it may very well be the high point of the series for him. Indeed, if there’s one thing about the show that I don’t care for, it’s the Larry character portrayed by the guy from American Pie. I don’t find that his incredulous disposition fits the material well and he ends up serving as the naggy spouse more than anything, unable to appreciate his wife’s desperate situation because his own is inconvenienced by not gettin’ some.
But then I got thinking, maybe this is an interesting reversal of the cliché wife character in shows and movies that is almost always underdeveloped and usually annoying in how selfish they seem when really they’re the only sane person in the show (ok that last part may not apply to Larry). I thought of the way many people react to Skyler White in Breaking Bad or Carmela Soprano or Dexter Morgan’s various love interests, most notoriously Rita. Viewers complain about them, but they’re kind of essential, even if in some cases they’re not fleshed out terribly well or portrayed by weak acting. The point is they perhaps don’t receive the care and attention from their creators as they ought to. But for once, the husband fits that mold. And in terms of leveling the playing field or turning the tables or whatever, this is a feature of the show I can live with.
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