{"id":1342,"date":"2013-11-08T15:36:55","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T23:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/tn\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2017-12-11T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-11T15:52:00","slug":"any-friggin-sunday-and-relationships-united","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wormholeriders.net\/tn\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"The Neighbors: Any Friggin’ Sunday Can Be Relationships United!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Welcome to our alien analysis about The Neighbors<\/a>! \"ABC<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This weeks episode is written by Jeremy Hall<\/span><\/a> and Kristi Korzec<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Football is the American game. The reason many Americans love Sunday. As mentioned by Marty (Lenny Venito<\/a>), one of the most iconic films about football, \u201cAny Given Sunday<\/a>\u201d, gives us a better understanding of why football is so important to Americans. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, many Americans will spend a good portion of the last day of the weekend watching their favorite teams attempt to crush the opposition. As usual, with The Neighbors, there is a point to the story \u2013 one that we should all pay attention to.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In this episode, Reggie (Tim Jo<\/a>) continues to try to move his relationship with Amber (Clara Mamet<\/a>) forward. He makes it quite clear through his dialogue with Debbie (Jamie Gertz<\/a>) that he has no interest in a sexual relationship with her daughter. Rather, he is doing whatever he can to give her the perfect romantic evening. Naturally, he chooses the wrong people from whom to take advice, namely, mom and dad Weaver.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Marty is engrossed in Sunday football, completely ignoring anything else. We discover that this is not only a Marty Weaver tradition but is also the tradition of Debbie\u2019s parents before her, and obviously, a pet peeve for Debbie, who has resigned herself to spending Sundays alone as Marty, and now, Abby (Isabella Cramp<\/a>) and Max (Max Charles<\/a>) spend the day glued to the television.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry Bird (Simon Templeman<\/a>) has finally taken the time to watch golf, only to discover that he has modeled the entire community after a sport he hates. Therefore, driving golf carts and wearing golf clothes is unsuitable. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Oh, my. So, attempting to discover a new sport, he tags along in an attempt to find something brand new for the neighborhood to model. \u00a0Larry inserts himself in Marty, Abby and Max\u2019s football plan, hoping to learn something new.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Naturally, Larry gets football wrong, showing up with the right jersey, but also holding a Vu<\/a><\/span><\/span>\"The<\/a><\/span><\/span>vuzela<\/a>, a noise-maker that became popular during the 2010 International Soccer competition in South Africa. Since the Europeans call soccer, football, we can understand Larry\u2019s confusion.\u00a0 <\/span>There is also a very funny sight gag during the episode when Larry, extremely frustrated with his golf attire, removes his golf shirt only to be seen wearing a T-shirt with the, \u201cI heart golf\u201d statement on the front.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since Marty and the crowd have taken over at the Weavers, Reggie calls upon Debbie to help plan the perfect, normal, human date for Amber at the Bird\/Joyner-Kersee house. Amber seems far too focused on what she terms weird and awkward dates with Reggie where he simply watches her eat. Poor Reggie, although alien, he can do nothing right when it comes to dating. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Maybe Amber is a bit too judgmental and needs to relax a little. Reggie also seems to disturb Amber by being too friendly with Marty and sharing their entire schedule with him.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Jackie Joyner-Kersee (Toks Olagundoye<\/a>) is continuing to support the family by managing the Taco restaurant. She, of course, comes home exhausted but makes the mistake that many of us do, of not having time for her significant other, Larry. This becomes one of the underlying themes of this episode. Larry feels rejected, leading later on to Jackie feeling rejected when Larry attempts to find a new sport to keep himself entertained.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Since Reggie\u2019s desire to please Amber, nicely coincides with Debbie\u2019s frustration, that, like Jackie, she is being ignored by a husband who is far too interested in a sport, Debbie offers to teach Reggie how to make what she imagines as the perfect meal for Amber. The generation gap sets in strongly here. Debbie sets the romantic scene, complete with flowers, candles and an accordion player, who only seems to know one song – Voices Carry<\/a>, by Til Tuesday<\/a>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ultimately, Reggie and Amber, who get swamped by Larry, looking for Jackie, and Marty, looking for Debbie, escape to the roof where Amber explains that all she really wants in a romantic date, is some quiet time with Reggie, and her favorite fast food and chocolate milk shake. We discover that Reggie and the aliens do not eat food, not because they do not want to, but because they are unable to. Reggie tries some of the milk shake, only to vomit it up seconds later.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Inside the houses, Debbie and Marty get closer together as Marty tells her how much he cares about her and that she is always more important than football. \u201cThe only tight end I wanna watch is yours\u201d, he tells her.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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\"The<\/a>In the other house, Larry and Jackie also have a talk that clarifies their feelings. \u201cI don\u2019t like you working all the time, wife. I don\u2019t like that the only way you can decompress is by doing it alone\u201d. Jackie answers, \u201cI shouldn\u2019t have said that. That stupid game has shown me the other side of things and I didn\u2019t like it. So, even if I am tired, I\u2019d much rather be tired with you. You\u2019ve always been my favorite form of decompression, L.B\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The episode ends with the sport announcer giving a summary of the football game that sounds much like a summary of the episode. Larry also models several sports outfits to offer his family a new theme for their community.He looks progressively more silly in each outfit. He ultimately decides, \u201cThat\u2019s it, we\u2019re going back to golf. It\u2019s boring as hell, but at least we look amazing\u201d. I must say again, that I love Larry. Simon Templeman is comedic genius in his timing. Jami Gertz is the star of the show, but she is definitely being out-shined by the alien family. Toks Olagundoye and Tim Jo are also well chosen for their parts in this very funny series. Well done, guys.
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Great lines in this episode:<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reggie: \u201cTalk to me, Debbie Weaver. Help me put some love in my actually\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie: \u201cReggie, you\u2019re a sweet kid but I can\u2019t help you get into my daughter\u2019s pants\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reggie: \u201cWhy on earth would I want to wear her pants?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie: \u201cWell, that helps\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Abby: \u201c…then, the handsome one throws the ball as hard as he can. And then, one of the jumpy guys tries to catch it. And then, if you\u2019re lucky, someone pretty sings in the middle\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry: \u201cIs this sports or a Broadway musical?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Reggie: Excuse me, I don\u2019t want to complain, but it\u2019s starting to feel like I\u2019m not involved in my own date\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Debbie and Jackie (together): \u201cOh, mind your own business, Reggie\u201d.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry: \u201cMarty, I have a question for you. The football is shaped like an egg, and they rarely touch it with their feet. Why isn\u2019t the game called, hand-egg?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Marty: \u201cNo, no, no. My calendar still says Rockin\u2019 Bowling. \u00a0<\/span>Why wasn\u2019t my calendar updated? What\u2019s going on?\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Larry: \u201cSounds like my son is trying to…\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Max and Abby (together): \u201c…Score!\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Click<\/a>Thanks to Kenn<\/a> for final staging of the audio video embeds and images in this news article and thanks to you for stopping by WormholeRiders News Agency!! <\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

We look forward to seeing more of you here at our review site dedicated to our wonderful aliens friends known as The Neighbors<\/a>!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Please feel free to leave a comment here, click an icon below to share this interview with your friends, or you can visit and follow me on Twitter<\/a> by clicking on my avatar to the right.<\/span><\/span>\"Click<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Regards,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Thank you. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

ArcticGoddess1<\/a> (Patricia)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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